The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 344 1970s horror movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic87/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
2,828 audience votes
Key crew
- David LynchOriginal Music Composer
- David LynchScreenplay
- Peter IversOriginal Music Composer
- David LynchDirector
Cast
- Jack NanceHenry Spencer
- Charlotte StewartMary X
- Allen JosephMr. X
- Jeanne BatesMrs. X
- Judith RobertsBeautiful Girl Across the Hall
- Laurel NearLady in the Radiator
- Jack FiskMan in the Planet
- Jean LangeGrandmother
- Thomas CoulsonThe Boy
- John MonezBum
- Darwin JostonPaul
- T. Max GrahamThe Boss
Stills
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Themes
babynightmaremutantclaustrophobiaparents-in-lawpencilsurrealismblack and whitetortureparallel worlddisturbedbody horror
Horror Movies on Max, Ranked
Eraserhead is #13 of 60
