Eraserhead
1977, NR, 90 min.
Directed by David Lynch, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart.

One of those movies that almost defines the term “cult film,” this is the debut film by the twisted Lynch who also brought us Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart. Eraserhead was made back when Lynch could still be called an experimental filmmaker. All that means is that there are lots of truly repugnant images here. Are they human or are they “other”? Not even their mutant baby knows for sure.

This article appears in October 8 • 1993 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.