I was sad just to see it sick. I was already depressed when I watched this movie but the mutant baby made me more depressed because I felt so sorry for it. Stupid Eraserhead should have taken it to the hospital.
Depending on the angle, I'm either horrified by it or think it's kind of cute...it definitely didn't deserve to die, though. It sort of reminds me of the turtle-thing from that old kids movie, "Pet Shop."
Every time you read this signature, an orphaned puppy gets fed into a meat grinder.
I was actually really happy he killed it. It was important for him, because the baby represented a lot of his distress and melancholy. So, for the sake of the film, I'm very happy he killed it. Otherwise I wouldn't feel the least bit relieved at the end of the movie.
I felt sad because my take on the film was that it was the result of the corrution and industrial apocalyptica which had engulfed society; the lack of kindness in society, not to mention the potential environmental pollution may have been active influences in the child being born to mutated and deformed. Yes the child wasnt perfect by a long shot, but i still thought it was innocent, and didn't deserve to die like that. Moreover, i actually thought that Henry would have kept the baby alive as it was essentially the only thing keeping a relationship between he and his wife.
Still, could be worse... My nose could be gushing blood!
I don't think he cared about the relationship with his wife anyways. He hadn't seen her for months and months, then all of a sudden he founds out she's pregnant and they have to get married. They live together a short while and then she leaves him, he never tried to stop her or get her back and she's never seen again.