10 Insanely Intense Films Any Horror Fan MUST See

10. Eraserhead

Start strong: start weird. David Lynch’s debut feature Eraserhead is a dark, atmospheric ordeal that feels like a suffocation dream. It took five years to make, and is best described as a hypnotic, surreal fable about the paranoia and fear of fatherhood.

Incredible central performance? Check. Creepy setting? Check. Bizarre imagery? Check. Unnerving soundtrack? Check. Deformed monster baby unravelling into a spiralling explosion of deranged light and sound? Check.

There’s not much anyone can say that will prepare you for Eraserhead. Part psychological drama, part art movie, part horror masterpiece, it’s so strange, so ethereal, so beautiful, so harrowing, that the only relevant thing I can say is: who's that singing in the radiator?