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Friday 28 October 2011

ERASERHEAD [1977]

Along with Night Of The Living Dead, Pink Flamingos, The Evil Dead and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, David Lynch's Eraserhead is one of the definitive Midnight Movie cult classics. And with good reason.
A bizarre little black and white film, layered with a loud and sometimes subtle industrial soundscape, corners filled shadows you can almost swear something is watching you from within and outrageously awkward moments that make you squirm in your seat.
Jack Nance's hilarious and sympathetic Henry Spencer role, seals the deal for him as a long time member of the Lynch Mob.
Lynch creates a foreboding post-apocalypsish world that is somehow all too familiar like a dream or nightmare we've long since buried.
With it's ludicrous humor, creepily effective slow pacing and dreamlike elements of sci-fi, David Lynch's Eraserhead is a no-brainer when it comes to a Halloween Horror run.

5 roses up the bum (business end sticking out) out of 5

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