
Movies that feel like Eraserhead (1977)
If you loved Eraserhead, the closest films we have are Scanners (1981), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) and Altered States (1980). All three share Eraserhead's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If Eraserhead hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: body horror
The difference: None of the dream logic Eraserhead is built on

The same two preoccupations: surrealism, and black and white
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Eraserhead does

The same mix in both: dread, then unease
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Eraserhead does

Cerebral horror in both cases

Dread-soaked science fiction, and it commits to that

Common ground: mutant

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nightmare

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism

Both lean on dream logic more than on science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: nightmare

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white
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