Review of film: Eraserhead.

In a word: bazaar

In 407 words:

A film leading the way in the What-the-fuck genre. Seriously I had no clue what-so-ever, what was going on while watching this, slack jawed all the way through.

this hour and twenty-five minute long black and white trip, begins with the jokers brother pulling a few switches, then he are thrown into a world of bazaaraties. Henry goes to see his girlfriend and stays with her family for dinner. for their awkward meal they have mini chicken which bleeds from the whole whenever you are about to carve it.

Some weird stuff happens then we find out Henry-boy has had a rather strange little baby. This baby, however, is like no other. Smooth slimy skin and a long thin neck extruding from a peble-ish head down into a bundle of bandages.

The baby does not stop crying for about the same length of time as the ice age, suggesting the film is set in Haringey...

After that there really is no story, just strange happenings. At one point Henry's head pops up and we see a replica baby poking out from his remaining neck.

On a scale factor from one to ten of what-the-fuck i would give it a solid 9.3. Loads of things happen that not even a thesaurus could describe. The only other film I think I could compare it to is the evil dead 2 and doesn't even come close. Most of the sound is ambiance and the dialog is kept to a bare minimum. The first voice comes in ten minutes into the film. Which by then in ‘The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy’, the Earth had been demolished...

The cast comprises of the joker's brother and the family of admiral Ackbar. The acting I would say is brilliant, creating the awkward and shifty atmosphere to allow such horrors to become acceptable to the average not-a-freak person. Another thing allowing my head not to blow up is the effects creating a sense of realism.

I thought the end was mostly inconclusive and maybe could have done with more than a bottle of spray cream going over the top. Had this film been a person, it would be sitting in a dark corner twitching and listening to extreme minimalism.

Over all, if you're looking for a film to freak you out a little, go for it. If you're just looking for a nice ol' black n' white, it's best to keep on looking.