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.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Studio
AFI
Language
en
Status
Released
How Eraserhead performed
Budget
$100,000
Worldwide Gross
$7.0M
Gross Profit
$6.9M
Return
70.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Henry Spencer
Jack Nance
Henry Spencer
Mary X
Charlotte Stewart
Mary X
Mr. X
Allen Joseph
Mr. X
Mrs. X
Jeanne Bates
Mrs. X
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
Judith Roberts
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
Lady in the Radiator
Laurel Near
Lady in the Radiator
Man in the Planet
Jack Fisk
Man in the Planet
Grandmother
Jean Lange
Grandmother
The Boy
Thomas Coulson
The Boy
Bum
John Monez
Bum
Paul
Darwin Joston
Paul
The Boss
T. Max Graham
The Boss
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