First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch arrived on the scene in 1977, almost like a mystical UFO gracing the landscape of LA with its enigmatic radiance. His inaugural work, "Eraserhead" (1977), stood out as a cinematic anomaly, painting a surreal narrative of a young man navigating a dystopian, industrialized America, grappling not only with his tumultuous home life but also contending with an irate girlfriend and a mutant child.
Writing | David Lynch | Screenplay |
Production | David Lynch | Producer |
Sound | David Lynch | Original Music Composer |
Editing | David Lynch | Editor |
Art | David Lynch | Production Design |
Art | David Lynch | Art Direction |
Crew | David Lynch | Special Effects |
Camera | Herbert Cardwell | Director of Photography |
Camera | Frederick Elmes | Director of Photography |
Production | Fred Baker | Executive Producer |
Directing | David Lynch | Director |
Camera | Catherine E. Coulson | Assistant Camera |
Production | Doreen G. Small | Production Manager |
Directing | Catherine E. Coulson | Assistant Director |
Sound | David Lynch | Sound Effects |
Sound | Alan Splet | Sound |
Crew | Frederick Elmes | Special Effects |
Sound | Peter Ivers | Original Music Composer |