History NightmareFuel / Eraserhead

* The Baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] It literally ''has no body''... It's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open! The fact that we ''still'' don't know how it was made. When asked about the prop's product, Lynch basically said "[[YouDoNotWantToKnow You don't want to know.]]"[[note]]Which could be taken as "why spoil the mystery when the answer will unavoidably disappoint?"[[/note]]

* The Baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] It literally ''has no body''... It's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open! The fact that we ''still'' don't know how it was made. When asked about the prop's product, Lynch basically said "[[YouDoNotWantToKnow You don't want to know.]]"

* The Baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] It literally ''has no body''... It's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open! The fact that we ''still'' don't know how it was made. When asked about the prop's product, Lynch basically said "[[NothingIsScarier You don't want to know.]]"

* The Baby's dissection took the cake.
** As did the subsequent [[spoiler:lung-stabbing, after which it was ''[[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank gushing]]'' blood... Or some kind of fluid]].

* So very much. From the Man-Made Chickens, to [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Eraserhead_baby.jpg Henry's child]], to The Lady In The Radiator, to...
** While making ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick forced the cast to watch this before filming in order to "get them into the mood."

** Those... Giant... Fucking... Heads...

* The Baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] [[spoiler:It literally ''has no body''... It's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open!]]
** The fact that we ''still'' don't know how it was made. When asked about the prop's product, Lynch basically said "[[NothingIsScarier You don't want to know.]]"

** The fact that we ''still'' don't know how it was made.

* There are several scenes that heighten the viewer's fear of NothingIsScarier. For instance, there is a ''lot'' of long-lasting shots (5-10 minutes) of absolute white/ black, while the soundtrack (if it can be called that) turns into something that sounds like blood rushing into your ears, making it impossible to tear one's eyes from the screen yet be terrified at the prospect of what might or might not happen.

* "Oh, you ARE sick!"

* The baby cackling towards the end of the film. When it started doing that, one knew something was [[EnfantTerrible seriously wrong]] with it. The thing was just interchangeably annoying and creepy up until that point.

* When the Lady Across the Hall has a [[JumpScare vision of the baby]].

* The baby's dissection took the cake.

* The baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] [[spoiler:It literally ''has no body''... It's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open!]]

* So very much. From the Man-Made Chickens, to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eraserhead_baby.jpg Henry's child]], to The Lady In The Radiator, to ...
** While making ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick forced the cast to watch this before filming in order to "get them into the mood".

** Those...giant...fucking...heads...
* When the Lady across the hall has a [[JumpScare vision of the baby]].
* When Henry sees the Man In The Planet on the stage
* The way the Lady across the hall [[NothingIsScarier comes out of the shadows.]]

** As did the subsequent [[spoiler: lung-stabbing, after which it was ''[[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank gushing]]'' blood...or some kind of fluid.]]
* The baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] [[spoiler: It literally ''has no body''...it's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is its body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open!]]
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* The baby's BizarreHumanBiology (it's ''technically'' human, despite looking like some space alien critter) [[BodyHorror itself]] [[spoiler: It literally ''has no body''...it's just a weird head with a long neck and body organs! Another interpretation is that the "bandages" ''is it's body'' and that Henry basically cut a baby open!]]

* There are several scenes that heighten the viewer's fear of NothingIsScarier. For instance, there is a ''lot'' of long-lasting shots (5-10 minutes) of absolute white/ black, while the soundtrack (if it can be called that) turns into something that sounds like [[HellIsThatNoise blood rushing into your ears]], making it impossible to tear one's eyes from the screen yet be terrified at the prospect of what might or might not happen.

* So very much. From the Man-Made Chickens, to Henry's child, to The Lady In The Radiator, to ...

* For this troper, the baby's dissection took the cake.

** While making ''Film/TheShining'', StanleyKubrick forced the cast to watch this before filming in order to "get them into the mood".

* THAT LADY IN THE RADIATOR STOMPING ON THE SPERM-BILICAL WORM CORD THINGS! Her face was nasty enough...
** The way she just seems to melt into one scene from [[NothingIsScarier nothing]] is also thoroughly disturbing, especially considering she's probably the nicest character.

** While making ''TheShining'', StanleyKubrick forced the cast to watch this before filming in order to "get them into the mood".