Eraserhead
“Where your nightmares end...”
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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Cast
18 people
Jack Nance
Henry Spencer
Known for
Twin Peaks
Lost Highway
Charlotte Stewart
Mary X
Known for
Twin Peaks
Little House on the Prairie
Allen Joseph
Mr. X
Known for
Marathon Man
Saturday the 14th
Jeanne Bates
Mrs. X
Known for
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Judith Roberts
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
Known for
You Were Never Really Here
Orange Is the New Black
Laurel Near
Lady in the Radiator
No other roles listed
Jack Fisk
Man in the Planet
Known for
Absurd Encounter with Fear
Jean Lange
Grandmother
No other roles listed
Thomas Coulson
The Boy
John Monez
Bum
No other roles listed
Darwin Joston
Paul
Known for
Assault on Precinct 13
The Fog
T. Max Graham
The Boss
Known for
Sometimes They Come Back
David Lynch Director · Peter Ivers Composer Frederick Elmes Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7.1M · Budget $100K · United States release February 3, 1978
Box office
Budget
$100,000
Worldwide gross
$7,100,000
Gross vs. budget
71.0×
Production
AFI
Production
American Film Institute (AFI)
Production
Libra Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 19, 1977
Premiere · Filmex Festival
United States · February 3, 1978
Theatrical
United States
June 10, 1977 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
September 28, 1977 · Premiere · New York City
November 1, 1977 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
March 13, 2010 · Premiere · Miami International Film Festival
April 21, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release, Detroit
June 30, 2023 · Theatrical · Seattle International Film Festival Series: Dreams & Nightmares: The Films of David Lynch
Australia
April 11, 1980 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 17, 2026 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 3, 1978 · Theatrical
January 10, 2006 · Physical · IMDB
February 20, 2025 · Limited theatrical · São Paulo, São Paulo, CineSesc (Retrospectiva Do Onírico ao Real – Uma Homenagem a David Lynch) (4K Restored Version)
Czechia
January 22, 1998 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Denmark
September 28, 1977 · Theatrical
Finland
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
France
June 7, 1978 · Theatrical
May 31, 2017 · Physical
Germany
February 28, 2011 · Physical · OmU
Greece
September 6, 2020 · Digital · Cinobo
Hong Kong SAR China
September 11, 2025 · Theatrical · 4k restoration
Italy
January 30, 1982 · Theatrical
June 28, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Limited 4k restoration rerelease
Japan
September 1, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 22, 1983 · Theatrical
August 3, 2008 · TV · Nederland 2
September 15, 2011 · Theatrical · Re-release
December 4, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
November 23, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Norway
September 28, 1977 · Limited theatrical
Poland
November 3, 1995 · Theatrical
Romania
February 3, 1978 · Limited theatrical
Russia
May 18, 2017 · Theatrical
February 5, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release
South Korea
July 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
May 13, 1981 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 28, 1977 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 29, 1979 · Theatrical · Rated X
June 16, 1986 · Physical · VHS
September 3, 1993 · Theatrical · re-release
January 8, 2001 · Physical · DVD
April 4, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
September 15, 2018 · Digital
August 16, 2019 · Premiere · HOME Manchester, Manchester International Festival
October 19, 2020 · Physical · The Criterion Collection Blu-ray
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