Eraserhead premieres at Filmex in Los Angeles in 1977. Director David Lynch’s surreal body horror film about a man trying to care for his horribly deformed child plays the midnight movie circuit for years, becoming a cult favorite and added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2004.
This Day in Halloween: David Lynch's surreal body horror film "Eraserhead" premieres at Filmex in Los Angeles in 1977. / Illustration by Presley Rodriguez