Eraserhead

David Lynch's debut feature is part body-horror, part metaphysical lullaby — Henry Spencer's apartment, factory, and infant fuse into one anxiety dream. The sound design alone (built by Lynch and Alan Splet over years) makes the film one of the most physically unsettling works in cinema.

• Took five years to film, with frequent shutdowns for lack of money.
• Lynch slept on the set for part of the production.
• The famous baby was made of unknown materials Lynch refused to disclose.
• Stanley Kubrick screened it for the cast of The Shining.
• Mel Brooks personally championed it to fund The Elephant Man.

• "In Heaven, everything is fine."
• "They're still not sure it is a baby!"
• "Are you sick?"
• "Mary, what is it?"
• "Oh, you are sick!"