Most Startling Films Ever Made

Eraserhead

Eraserhead came out in 1977, and to this day the movie still perplexes critics, viewers, and prop designers alike. This experimental body horror film, directed by David Lynch was not only spooky and weird, but nobody has any idea how the Eraserhead baby actually worked.

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The More You Know

  • The Judas Cradle was a means of torture where the victim was forced to sit on a spike.
  • Doctors treated “hysteria” through a “pelvic finger massage.”
  • Every 18 minutes, someone has a brain aneurysm that ruptures.
  • In Iron Man/Avengers, J.A.R.V.I.S is an acronym for “Just A Rather Very Intelligent System.”
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