{"id":4969,"date":"2025-08-01T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4969"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:12:02","slug":"eraserhead-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4969","title":{"rendered":"Eraserhead-1977"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eraserhead-1977<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director David Lynch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Top 250 Films #249<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Top 40 Horror Films #38<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #541<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70034219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4970\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70034219-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70034219-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70034219.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed December 10, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eraserhead is one of the oddest films that I have ever seen. The film is an early (1977) David Lynch film, shot entirely in black and white.<\/p>\n<p>It is a surrealist horror film.<\/p>\n<p>Entrancing is the locale of the film- a bleak wasteland, of sorts, in an even bleaker town. The name is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Factory worker Henry Spencer (Nance) is garish in appearance\/with spiky hair and wild eyes; he is peculiar, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>He trods day after day, to and from his job, meeting interesting, yet grotesque characters. He has an inhuman child with a snake-like face.<\/p>\n<p>Henry meets an odd woman while carrying groceries home, and his apartment is filled with rotting vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>While not one of Lynch&#8217;s best works, since the &#8220;plot&#8221; is incomprehensible to follow or make very much sense of, still, Eraserhead is a blueprint for his later works, with odd visuals and even odder characters. It is to be revered for its imagination alone.<\/p>\n<p>The film is fascinating in its weirdness, but I probably never need to see it again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a must-see for any David Lynch fan for the warped experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eraserhead-1977 Director David Lynch Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart Top 250 Films #249 Top 40 Horror Films #38 Scott&#8217;s Review #541 Reviewed December 10, 2016 Grade: B+ Eraserhead is one of the oddest films that I have ever seen. The film is an early (1977) David Lynch film, shot entirely in black and white. 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