What is the iRankMovies score for Eraserhead?

Name: Eraserhead
Director: David Lynch
Genre: horror, science-fiction
Released: 1977
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 7.2

Eraserhead has an iRankMovies score of 79.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Eraserhead (1977)

Where your nightmares end...

Release:1977

Runtime:1h 29m

Country:United States

Director:David Lynch

Language:English

Genre

HorrorScience Fiction

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Keywords

BabyNightmareMutantClaustrophobiaParents In LawPencilSurrealismBlack And White

iRank79

Eraserhead rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 143K votes

Rotten Tomatoes87%

Metacritic87%

TMDb7.34/10· 3K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Eraserhead

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Cast of Eraserhead

Jack Nance
as Henry Spencer
Charlotte Stewart
as Mary X
Allen Joseph
as Mr. X
Jeanne Bates
as Mrs. X
Judith Roberts
as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
Laurel Near
as Lady in the Radiator
Jack Fisk
as Man in the Planet
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Jean Lange
as Grandmother
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Thomas Coulson
as The Boy
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John Monez
as Bum
Darwin Joston
as Paul
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T. Max Graham
as The Boss

Eraserhead facts

Budget: $100K
Box office: $7M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Lynch creates profoundly unsettling atmosphere through surreal body horror
•Black-and-white cinematography establishes claustrophobic industrial aesthetic
•Avant-garde approach challenges conventional narrative storytelling expectations