Henry Spencer is our main man and the film is his story, his very odd story. He visits his girlfriends parents for dinner and shit gets weird. I've known guys break up with a girl because she doesn't like his favourite band, yet Henry sticks with her after a her parents serve up a chicken for dinner that although it appears dead and cooked, starts to move and then emits black liquid from its chest. Maybe not a dumping offense?
Her mother is insane and switches her mood more often a traffic light changes colour. Her dad meanwhile, acts like nothing is wrong as his wife is going mental 5ft away from him. Things go from bad to worse for Henry as his girlfriends mum tries to kiss him. Mary (the girlfriend) has just given birth prematurely and her mother informs Henry he will marry Mary, with little say in the matter.
The baby rears its ugly head. That is the most literal use of that term, ever. This is the baby Daphne and Celeste were singing about. Henry does a pretty shit job of looking after it and it gets ill. Then a girl with big cheeks sings a song and Henry's head comes off and turns into the babies head.
The babies guts fall out and Henry stabs it with scissors. The baby mutates and grows even more bizzare than before. We end with Henry being embraced by the singing girl and everything ends.
I've missed out a lot of scenes as i don't see the point of ruining everything for people that have never seen it. If you have a night free, turn off the light and watch Eraserhead. The first time i saw it, i stared at the TV screen a good few minutes after the film had finished, just in a trance over what the hell i just watched. The whole film is one long, strange, metaphorical ride. I don't think you can see it without being entranced. Love it or hate it, you'll be sucked in.
