Movies like Eraserhead
If Eraserhead's mix of baby, nightmare and mutant stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Eraserhead's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Backrooms
2026 · Directed by Kane Parsons · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: surrealism, body horror · Also horror and science fiction
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
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The Hidden
1987 · Directed by Jack Sholder · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: surrealism, body horror · Also science fiction and horror
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
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The Brood
1979 · Directed by David Cronenberg · 92 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: mutant, body horror · Also horror and science fiction · From the same decade (1970s)
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
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Black Swan
2010 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: nightmare, body horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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Extinction
2015 · Directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas · 110 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: mutant · Also horror and science fiction
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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The Thing
2011 · Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. · 103 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: body horror · Also horror and science fiction
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery.
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Ghostland
2018 · Directed by Pascal Laugier · 91 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: torture
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives.
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Cube
1998 · Directed by Vincenzo Natali · 90 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: claustrophobia
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
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Cobweb
2023 · Directed by Samuel Bodin · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: nightmare
Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination.