Henry (Jack Nance) is the primary character and his hairstyle is responsible for the name of the film. His world has always been black and white, figuratively and literally. I suppose shooting B&W was meant to add to the classic appeal. Henry's world, at least what we see of it seems bereft of any of the things you would usually see. People coming and going, cars and maybe even a taxi, people going about their lives and work. The viewer doesn't really know if there are three people in Henry's apartment building or three hundred. If they are there they don't show themselves with one exception.

One day Henry's girlfriend comes to tell him he should come to her home for dinner right away. He does and meets her family who are all at least as strange as Henry if not more so. Before too long his girlfriend's mother backs him into a corner and insists upon knowing if he and the daughter have had sex. When Henry finally says yes she immediately hits on him. More than the daughter can bear as she blurts out that she had a baby and they must pick it up from the hospital. Even more shocking is that the doctor's don't know if it IS a baby! Her mother says it was just premature. The next thing you know the girlfriend and the "baby" have moved into Henry's apartment. The baby is driving his mother crazy because he won't ever let her sleep. One day her frazzled nerves get the best of her and she leaves telling Henry he better take good care of the uhm, baby. (At this point my other friend asked if I had any beer. Then the other friend asked the same question and picked up the newspaper). After Henry's girlfriend leaves he discovers the baby won't let him leave, or sleep much either. The entrapment Henry feels about commitment, marriage, having children are pretty obvious. Day after day he grows more and more delusional. The radiator talks to him with a tiny singing lady who serenades him at times. He sees things that turn out to be but shadows. He grows more and more angry and frustrated by this kid and it's behavior - it's begun to take a physical and mental toll. The suspense I guess is when will Henry go completely out of his mind.

Everything in the movie is industrial, old technology, grimy, grainy, dim with lots of mechanical noises even in the soundtrack. There are deformities of all kinds everywhere. Disfigurement seems to be a common theme, who knows why. The creator, David Lynch is supposed to be so edgy, so willing to take a risk and totally unwillingly to talk about this crap.

I don't care what people say about me this film is crap! And the horror label? Just because the kid looks kinda like ET's head with it's body swaddled in wraps? It actually reminds me more of Little Shop of Horrors plants. Of course any woman would be horrified to give birth to…whatever it is but I still couldn't find the horror aspect unless Henry getting married and having kids is a "horror" to him. For what it's worth my two viewers rated it "1" and "½" stars. And Lynch took five years to make this stuff!

I gave this movie every chance but I just did not like anything about it. I wouldn't even advise a rental! One thing no one could argue with is that there are a whole lot of movies to watch before you see this one.