
Movies that feel likeEraserhead (1977)
If you loved Eraserhead, the closest films we have are Scanners (1981), Altered States (1980) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). All three share Eraserhead's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Poison for the Fairies (1986).
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If Eraserhead hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: body horror
The difference: Trades the dream logic of Eraserhead for an angle of its own

The same mix in both: dread, then unease
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Eraserhead does

Cerebral horror in both cases

The same two preoccupations: surrealism, and black and white
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Eraserhead does

Dread-soaked science fiction, and it commits to that

Common ground: mutant

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nightmare

Both lean on dream logic more than on science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

Horror built on ideas, twice over
The difference: 38 years apart, and the 1930s show
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