dinner with girlfriend and her parents

[@thecartercrew3725]

Even the "normal" parts of this film are so surreal and frightening. You just never know when something is about to go south

[@bwgbwg1529]

if you think that the first dinner with your girlfriend's parents was a bit "awkward", you might watch this.... :D

[@skidmark2704]

Fair enough, but my girlfriends parents were deaf, and her dad insisted on talk to me. Accents are one thing, but that was a bit much.

[@y-o-u-b]

exactly the reason why i uploaded it 12 years ago, a friend told be an experience whith his new fiance, and to make it seem much milder, i showed him this ^^ unfortunately she didnt find it funny

[@DouglasGreenough-o7o]

💮🛣️🌅📻.

[@jacobd8086]

The scene is a good way to describe a anxiety attack that’s building up

[@gagemcnew]

i love the dad so much he’s just so funny

[@3hooks781]

Same! Carried this whole scene on his back! LOL!

[@DyslexicTurtle]

I feel like I know him

[@mmaforever594]

2:14 the fucking bizarre little spaz attack she has is so disturbing and even more disturbing how the mum just starts brushing her hair and acting completely oblivious to it

[@hootinouts]

I put every pipe in this damn neighborhood, look at my knees

[@Doctormario4600]

LOOK AT MY KNEEEEES

[@andta7889]

The knee symbolizes food. When bill says are you hungry after provoking the audience to look at his knees, he is suggesting that knees are a stable source of nutrition for life.

[@abominusrex3205]

Comparatively this is less awkward than the dinner I had with my girlfriend's parents.

[@hansgoober35]

Those puppies nursing on the dog makes me massively uncomfortable for some reason

[@dannysunwantedopinions]

The suckling noise is similar to dragging nails down a chalkboard!

[@AlephNeil]

"Oh, I'm sorry!" gets me every time.

[@sharonbodea7677]

Best line ever.

[@dannysunwantedopinions]

Relative to today’s social standards, these 5 people might be considered artful conversationalists.

[@abcrane]

note to self: Lynch is not a movie to watch during dinner

[@y-o-u-b]

yes

[@blasthead1722]

My therapist told me that I was "too happy" and that wasn't good. He prescribed my viewing this movie.

[@AliensAnonymous]

Nobody goes to a therapist becasue they're too happy.

[@alancosta4760]

@@AliensAnonymous exactly hahaha

[@andta7889]

False assumption. A therapists job is to set the optimal level of emotional ratio between all members of society. If one member has too much happiness, it is there job to redistribute the resource to other entities.

[@frankkorfanta2057]

That's freaking hilarious!

[@frankkorfanta2057]

​@@andta7889interesting take...

[@chrisitl]

R.I.P. Jack Nance 🖤

[@gibbons9599]

I love Lynch’s ability to turn everyday situations into a nightmare. He really allows the audience to get into the mind and emotions of his characters by presenting the viewer not “reality”, but a particular kind of evocative imagery. It’s almost impossible to tell when he’s being excessive because nearly every scene wants you to have the most extreme reaction possible - and I think that’s why it works so well. Nothing is left untouched by the nightmare, be it subtle awkward interactions like meeting the parents to a woman screaming in terror as she’s murdered by her father possessed by his childhood trauma.

[@y-o-u-b]

i think more of his films as an impressionistic or other classic, non-kitsch painting come to life and "work" like an intense dream oder nightmare "work", not intentionally. and at the same time there are on the other hand strong elements of immense beauty (not so much in eraserhead, but e.g. in twin peaks, which i suppose you are referencing ("childhood trauma" = bob??) represented by, or just present as the love of james, the soulfulness of cooper, the musical expression by badalamenti which sadly passed away recently, etc

[@austindarrenor]

It's the awkward silence that gets me.

[@jesco_biafra]

Please tell me you didn't just spoil Twin Peaks for me 😭 I'm literally in the middle of the first season right now.

[@johnduffy6992]

nobody mentioned granny tossing the salad? ehhhh.

[@spontina]

"Tossing the salad" is a sexual expression which is why granny smokes after tossing. One of those puppies is now rumored to be the baby.

[@francisco9999]

Incredible scene. Lynch was/is a genious

[@robertjensen1048]

Wait until you see the baby. This part here is NOTHING.

[@Diakonov29]

well henry whadya know?

[@riley5722]

Are you still with us Ryan?

[@shanedigby]

😀.......Oh...I don't know much of anything....................................😀

[@jessicagilbert1974]

Nobody has even mentioned that Mary was also Miss Beadle in Little House on the Prairie, Charlotte Stewart is an amazing person btw.

[@Brock2097]

Very kind of Mary's mom to get grandma to help out with dinner and a smoke

[@SamuelBlack84]

She wanted to feel involved 😊

[@m0kiee]

Why is the chicken moving and bleeding? Why is the mom yelling like she's possessed? Why is the dad frozen? Why did the mom start licking henry?

[@karlfriedmann5320]

Ah a fellow seeker truth, asking the tough questions

[@kellytrindles984]

I think she’s sexually suppressed

[@Obama_OReilly]

Because it is nightmarish and the director wanted the movie to be surreal and nightmarish

[@gregmercil3968]

I read somewhere once that this whole movie is supposed to feel like you’re in a really weird dream, and only gets weirder as the movie progresses, as dreams usually do.

[@Watcher4111]

So you doesnt understand what surreal art is

[@abcrane]

the way I "read" Lynch: take away the weird stuff, you are left with the mundane neuroses of armored emotion, sexual repression, "normalization" of behavior...the general pathology that a Jung or a Freud would uncover...so the weird stuff is a metaphor for what lies under the facade of such a rigid, stale, lifeless "lifestyle" and culture. the stern frigid mother projecting her toxic standards on the boyfriend "what do you do?' probing to see his "social worthiness" while the neurotic daughter tries to seek the approval...

[@jonathancarpenter5621]

"What do you know.?" Well I don't know much of anything...

[@amapaballpooper9979]

This ambience sound is spooky

[@AirSandFire]

It's how anxiety sounds.

[@gregmercil3968]

The spooky background noise really makes this movie.

[@stanmonzon5788]

Yes he sounds very clever.

[@allanfmarsden]

May he rest in peace. On of his best..

[@theodore6710]

Three families you should never have dinner with: Sawyer Family. Baker Family. This Family.

[@GnosticElohim]

And the Whitaker's...

[@hootinouts]

David Lynch almost didn't hire Jeanne Bates for this scene as he thought she was too pretty.

[@y-o-u-b]

omg i just realised shes also the old lady in mulholland drive

[@suzanneallen6212]

The sounds are so uncomforable. I love you david lynch

[@allyberg2792]

This movies a trip

[@despertandoparaosomprofess522]

Great movie. For me, It's about getting married and having a baby when you just DON'T want it...

[@grelm1322]

You're extremely short-sighted and perhaps shallow if that's all you see in this

[@despertandoparaosomprofess522]

@@grelm1322 That's not ALL I see... Anyway, people can see different things... This is how art works. Great that you can see different things too.

[@alancosta4760]

@@despertandoparaosomprofess522 it's about that and a lil bit

[@alancosta4760]

Não sei muito bem porque escrevi em inglês haha

[@cgi_angel6001]

Spot on!

[@JusttoTalk-o7j]

Imagine this happening in real life at your girlfriend's house.

[@jellyfishrage33]

Meeting the parents. It's never a happy, comfortable experience.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Especially as my ex-girlfriend's mother didn't speak English 😂

[@kailattimore62]

thankyouu needed to analysis these scene for film studies and the other scenes where onnly the dinner scene with none of the context

[@ANDROLOMA]

Children, this is why you should never mix your psilocybin with lysergic acid.

[@br33zy771]

the only movie that actually scared my dog

[@anycolouryoulike8567]

Your dog sucks. Fuck dogs.

[@weirdman5215]

@@anycolouryoulike8567 Fuck yours

[@ast3663]

the pups suckling part? ..or the ambient sounds?

[@user-yk6dn4rp4f]

The Dad reminds me of Jordan Peterson

[@MathiGabriel]

I always thought it was a reference to Julius Sumner Miller

[@callmeterry5371]

lol

[@New_Orleans_Ghost_Hunter]

Scotty kilmer sounds just like him

[@Emgee78]

holy crap mary is the teacher from little house on the prairie!

[@netzahuacoyotl]

And she is Bobby Briggs' mom in Twin Peaks. Henry is Pete Martell in Twin Peaks.

[@cuntdork]

I *knew* she looked familiar!! Ha!

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

The famous "chickens" 🤮 😂

[@Enkarashaddam]

I love how grandma helps with the salad

[@rubylace9963]

can someone tell me what was up with that little chicken and why the mother was reacting that way?

[@thenuke24]

this dinner’s getting mighty cold

[@Koen75NL]

It's "man-made" chicken.

[@nrqed]

I have always wondered how the sale pitch for this movie went....How did he get people to invest money to make it?!

[@AnnaLVajda]

I think he went around with 23 cans of film and got rejected repeatedly until the Toronto film fest picked it up.

[@shape9381]

I mean its all basically in rooms. Doesn't seem like it would take that much, especially with help from other like minded individuals.. and I'm sure a young Lynch was very.. charming.. as he is now

[@SamuelBlack84]

He paid for a lot of it with his own money

[@laureljade3476]

thanksgiving/christmas dinners be like.

[@ryanwagner6715]

I guess we’re all a little weird

[@misanthropiq]

Many many thanks! I was able to forget my depression for this moment. 🖤

[@russellm7530]

This reminds me of the family in TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 1.

[@bllpnt1]

Where did you get this version of the film? It is in 4:3 and doesn’t just look like a pan&scan. I’d like to see a full version in this ratio!

[@y-o-u-b]

some file from somewhere more then a decade ago. maybe there is an "open matte" version, as discussed here: forum.fanres.com/thread-3583.html

[@bllpnt1]

@@y-o-u-b Thank you for that link. I wonder if there are any mistakes or details visible in this open matte version. Lynch's storyboards for the film are in 1.85, I wonder if they framed things in that or 1.33. anyways, thank you .

[@y-o-u-b]

@@bllpnt1 you can gather different versiones, compare them in a video editing software, and if needed make your custom framed, cropped version out of an open matte version etc. . btw i feel for this for a few moments, unfortunately only a joke: www.theonion.com/david-lynch-finally-releases-colorized-edition-of-eras-1829335485

[@neilcox7879]

I think it was the LSD that helped me understand this movie.

[@Lockinsign]

How was this not made to drop acid to? Like I watched it last night, unpleasant, but worth it!

[@BlacklightSummerOfficial]

Lockinsign okay boomer

[@alancosta4760]

r u hungry?

[@thinginground5179]

Because no one wants a bad trip. How can you watch baby fetuses getting stamped on on acid? Wtf? It's morbid.

[@Lockinsign]

@@thinginground5179 sure your correct but trippy nonetheless. Consider me morbidly curious?

[@thinginground5179]

@@Lockinsign Bruh yes i will consider you morbidly curious

[@stellastar7979]

just finished this movie like 20 mins ago. literally the most disgusting and unsettling movie i’ve ever seen… throw away the 60+ horror movies i’ve already watched, this one takes the cake for the most confusing and stomach-turning film on my list. 😭

[@ast3663]

life is full of beauty but also real horror. Lynch just was open to both..Hollywood slasher movies are just pretty lies.

[@monkeyboy4746]

Henry plays with the couch and it gives his girlfriend the Big-O.

[@ATHFShakeZulah]

Dinner at my mums is far scarier than this, not joking either.

[@abbacle]

They really pioneered "The Big Bang Theory with no laugh track" trend in 1974.

[@fredflintstone8048]

great film

[@nicktownsend6872]

1:33 to 2:40 was the first moment they shot for the film. One single take. May 29, 1972.

[@andta7889]

The chicken dinner scene symbolizes the creation of life. The chickens were small. Like a baby chick. Did the chicken or the egg come first? The scene answers this question. There is no egg. Instead gravy comes out of the chicken. So gravy is the source of all life.

[@CWPage]

10:52 "Well, ah... Mary?" "Mother! *Sob*" "Answer me!" "Too nervous." "There's a Baby. It's at the Hospital." "MOM!" "And you're the father." "But that's impossible, it's all---" "Mother, we're still unsure if it's a Baby!" "Pretty much sure there's a Baby. And the two of you are married, which is very soon you'll pick the baby up." Discuss what difference it makes whether the baby was a baby or not. LOL.

[@koanikal]

Whoa, a German version of a film that isn't dubbed! edit: You Germans totally know what I'm talking about :)

[@CavangoVulgora]

So true, so true :(

[@koanikal]

@@CavangoVulgora I feel for you if you live in Germany. I've had two friends who lived there for a while, and they mentioned the dubbing. Subtitles y'all. Then you get to hear the actors actually acting.

[@y-o-u-b]

@@koanikal seldomyl some dubbed versions e.g. clockwork orange, profit a lot from german dubbing

[@shanedigby]

Definitely the weirdest movie I have ever seen, but anything Lynch is weird. And I love it!

[@jimsmith1856]

Couldn't live with that wallpaper.

[@kalj21]

The granny just sitting there 🤣🤣

[@SamuelBlack84]

She's seen things 😂

[@kalj21]

@@SamuelBlack84 How many premature babies pass through that house a year? Probably like five... HUNDRED!!!!

[@Buledde]

Somehow , he hit the nail. Took me like 20 years.

[@infinitejest.4994]

This film nearly gave me a nervous breakdown at 19. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@New_Orleans_Ghost_Hunter]

The dad sounds like Scotty Kilmer 😂😂😂😂😂LOL

[@teclasicbaldi]

the only people to have fun watching this stuff were the actors playing in it, i like to imagine they were laughing a lot

[@HYPNOGLANCE87]

"Watches the entire video". Yea.....the dinners getting.....cold

[@razenhell6514]

It's bizarrely clever.

[@fuffoon]

Its not funny to think that I really know the same discomfort. I have mingled with the dregs at the bottom of society. Its as comfortable as concrete underwear.

[@y-o-u-b]

its lynch .. his unique weirdness is great, quite impressionistic at times, it has to be uncomfortable to work

[@bruh-pl2ls]

I know exactly what you mean

[@md3833]

Drôle d'ambiance ! J'avais oublié 😂

[@brandondrake14]

Erasurehead was played by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac.

[@robbielad7760]

I saw this when I was 10 and at 33 I finally know the name off this movie, I remember it disturbed me to this day and that's 23 years ago it was the chicken on the table crazy stuff

[@Boom_OH]

I'm almost 30. I feel yah I think I saw it around 12.

[@nightshadegatito]

Saw it at like 14, always been in love w it

[@isabelbeckerman9226]

I watched this bizarre film last week on Turner Classic Movies, and by GOD, I can't remember a movie that sets my skin crawling than this ghastly thriller. Eraserhead made me feel like I was anywhere near my emotional functionality because I couldn't comprehend completely the plot of the movie in its entirety. You have to wonder if director David Lynch went through an unstable and disabled stage in his life to showcase the breakdown of his mental capabilities in this film. If he did, he successfully made a name for himself by creating the most disturbing horror flick that can whimper the faintest of hearts horrendously.

[@y-o-u-b]

yes its maybe the worst ever so far

[@yvonnemckay7287]

Holy craps this movie is weird

[@Kickballkixcereal]

What is Mary doing at 2:16?

[@sharonbodea7677]

Having a spasm

[@jaylady1136]

This m movie reminds me of my dad my dad used to run a theater called uptown theater and he played this for a dollar movie at midnight I remember it very clearly I was 14 years old and I got to go to the movie to the movies that was so excited but this movie is so weird

[@Rei-mn9mn]

wow this is super fucked up and i love it

[@John-wg6xw]

This movie is totally unique and will forever remain that way occupying a catagory of "1". If anyone else ever tries to make another film like this it will only be viewed as just a wannabe rip off. You can never make an "ERASERHEAD 2".

[@supertrooperaspie9607]

This one of the sickest Films i have ever Seen !!! Confused ,tears ,esspecially at the end.wow

[@dunce237]

super trooper aspie? The “sickest” you’ve seen?? Oh boy mister... you haven’t seen nothing yet.

[@wleon4068]

@@dunce237 Really? Seriously? You want to watch 'The Human Centipede 1 and 2

[@dunce237]

W Leon LOL!! That’s more like a child’s cartoon compared to the flicks I consider “sick”

[@TWH442]

@@dunce237 such as?

[@Dbzmad34222]

@@dunce237 edgy

[@bonnacon1610]

Jan ‘25: guess we’re all here now, huh?

[@y-o-u-b]

"Unsichtbar macht sich die Dummheit, indem sie sehr große Ausmaße annimmt. Ganz ungereimte Behauptungen sind unwiderlegbar."

[@Toons_HD_blo0d]

grandma didn't like that bubbles from chicken

[@sampletext-d4t]

you seem way too young to be watching this

[@Toons_HD_blo0d]

@@sampletext-d4t I am

[@opentrunk]

Happy Thanksgiving 07:00

[@BlacklightSummerOfficial]

This film is a meme

[@ambiguitedandroid_user0313]

A good meme

[@joematthew495]

in-laws, am I right?

[@KENKENNIFF]

Holy Moly what was that all about

[@mikeh2006]

I don't know how to feel about this.

[@siriusvenus8708]

The address of this hell parent joint is 2416. 2+4=6 and 1+6=7. 6 is Hell and 7 is Heaven according to some wacked out numerologists. I think the address was intended to have some kind of meaning and not just a random address.

[@onedayyoumay95]

Why is the mom kissing him

[@AnnaLVajda]

Wild at heart the Mom tries to seduce Nick Cage too.

[@mistylee683]

I love u David Lynch

[@solanacea6070]

7:12 is she having a seizure?

[@chrisruth7057]

This more strange than even Spider Baby

[@mrbenoit5018]

At thr I like that the title doesn’t mention this is from a film

[@Zauberkaffee2001]

Hhis is how I imagine purgatory to be!

[@bokehintheussr5033]

every christmas...

[@stephenfox8685]

Wish I knew what the deal was with the creepy mom.

[@y-o-u-b]

she seems the only sane one (besides some weird issues)

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

normal tuesday

[@thomasvleminckx]

B L U E R O S E

[@parranoya100]

Seems normal.

[@mistylee683]

Holy ghosts with the mostis

[@stewartquark1661]

Was the mother kissing his neck?

[@stephenfox8685]

No. She was fitting him for for a suit.

[@stewartquark1661]

@@stephenfox8685 I feel better. Will watch again

[@melissamier7849]

Little miss baby tate feel no paid

[@Boom_OH]

Well that was awkward