Eraserhead

Hoo! This is a tough one to tackle.
Eraserhead is an oldie. Black and white, released in 1977, its cast was composed of a bunch of no-names and directed by David Lynch, a man who, at the time, was a complete unknown to the film industry. He later went on to film The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet and was even asked by George Lucas to co-direct Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (which he refused)
Eraserhead is a cult classic, and unsurprisingly so! It's a weird, disturbing, artistic flick. What is real and isn't is never clear, and it can't even be said that anything that happens in this film is real. Rather, it stays eerily in the realms of the surreal and unreal.

So. Eraserhead. There isn't much I'll say because it really is a film you have to experience yourself, but there are a few warnings to be made first.
As I said, this is an old film. The special effects aren't stellar. The very opening to the film will no doubt produce a few laughs. It begins with Henry, the protagonist of the story, moving about sideways on the screen as if he was being dragged by computer-mouse from corner to corner. Behind him (or in front of him?) is a strange sphere (planet? animal? golf ball?).
My reaction to the first scene was silent laughter, it looked ridiculous. I was worried that the rest of this film, a film so revered by some, had lost its disturbing quality to time, it had become outdated and ridiculous.
Nope.
As the film continued, I found myself getting more and more engrossed into what was happening.

I could say much more about what was so compelling about this film, but I'll only list two.

One was the use of sound. Throughout the film there is background noise. Industrial grinding, doors creaking, a radiator hissing... the listener can never find a peaceful, quiet moment. It keeps you uneasy, it makes everything more sinister.
It changes too. As soon as the sound has fell into the background, where you no longer notice it, it begins to change, re-emerges into your consciousness where you can't get it out.
And at the very end... when the sound simply stops...

Two was how uncomfortable the film made me. I didn't cringe out of horror, I cringed out of how much I wanted everything to stop. I didn't stop watching, I forgot that I was watching a film, I simply wanted everything to stop, to go to normal, for the sound to fade away and for everything that was happening to dissapear.
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What do I say about a film like Eraserhead? Is it a good watch? Yes... of a sort. Would I recommend watching it? Absolutely.
The acting, I'll admit, isn't incredible, yet somehow even that seems intentional, it adds to the uneasiness, awkwardness of the film. It makes you cringe even more.
If you can get over the special effects, then Eraserhead is an incredible movie. It is an experience to watch, an experience that you are probably better off not having. But have it anyway! It's wicked cool.