Erin Snyder

@erinlsnyder.bsky.social

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Self-published novelist, movie geek, and Yuletide nerd, originally from Maine and now living in the Pacific Northwest (He/Him) About my books: https://erinlsnyder.com/ Christmas movie reviews: www.mainliningchristmas.com/

Picture of a glass display shelf containing toys of a bunch of Star Wars villains, along with imperial droids and ships.
Screenshot of two men in ski boots sitting in lawn chairs with a snowy backdrop from the 2014 Swedish film, Force Majeure
Photo of ten DVDs or Blu-rays: The Apartment, Happiest Season, Three Wishes for Cinderella, Tokyo Godfathers, Love & Peace, The Princess Bride, Miracle on 34th Street, Nightmare Before Christmas, Millions, The Long Kiss Goodnight
Photo of ten DVDs or Blu-rays: Three films by Karel Zeman (the relevant one is The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen), Amelie, Six String Samurai, Ghost in the Shell, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Harvey, A Canterbury Tale, Petite Maman, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and Roman Holiday
Screenshot of the Recent Activity section of my Letterboxd account: Cape Fear (1962 version, 4 stars), Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1.5 stars), Marty Supreme (4.5 stars), and Wolf Children (5 stars)
Photo of Blu-rays or DVDs of the five X-Men movies I just said were the worst in the series but bought anyway, presumably because there's something wrong with me: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants (hey! I got a break from writing "X-Men" on that one!), and X-Men: Apocalypse
Screenshot of my Letterboxd profile, showing my last four watched: Birds of Prey (4.5, rewatch), Mortal Kombat II (the new one, 3.5), The Cradle Will Rock (3), and Masters of the Universe(once again, the new one: 2)
Movie poster for the 1999 Christmas comedy, Go
Blu-rays of the movies, The Sacrifice Game and The Holdovers
Blu-rays or DVDs of the movies, The Green Knight, A Christmas Horror Story, Millions, and The Nightmare Before Christmas
Blu-rays of The Phantom Carriage, After Life, and Brooklyn-45
Photo of a DVD of the movie "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
Five DVDs: Hulk, Ghost Rider, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Cutthroat Island, and Fred Claus
Photo of the DVD for the Christmas vampire romantic comedy, Red Snow, beside the 2025 Christmas remake of the vampire classic, Nosferatu
Photo of a DVD of the animated Christmas special, The Snowman, beside a Blu-ray of the Japanese folk horror movie, The Snow Woman
Photo of Blu-rays for the movies, Harvey and Watership Down
Blu-rays for the movies, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Wicker Man
Image of the cover to the 1991 Loreena McKennitt album, The Visit
Photo of the Disney Edition of the board game, Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls
Screenshot of my Letterboxd profile, showing the last four movies I logged: Masters of the Universe (2026, 2 stars), Everything Everywhere all at Once (rewatch, 5 stars), Blue Heron (4 stars), and Brighton Rock (4 stars).
Image of a doedicurus that I believe originates from the series, Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. The doedicurus is a giant armadillo with a spiked tail, kind of like evolution was feeling nostalgic for ankylosaurs and decided to remake them with the closest mammal available.
Phone of Blu-rays of two very different movies directed by Billy Wilder: Double Indemnity and The Apartment
Screenshot of my Letterboxd profile showing the last four movies I saw: The Roaring Twenties, CQ, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and No One Will Save You.
Screenshot of my Letterboxed profile showing the last four movies I watched: Bringing Up Baby (5 stars), Total Recall (1990, rewatch, 4.5 stars), The Bride (4 stars), and A Useful Ghost 4.5 stars)
Photo of the Criterion Blu-ray for the movie Lone Star. I haven't seen it yet, but I hear it's great!
Photo of the Criterion Blu-ray of the 1938 movie, Bringing Up Baby.
Screenshot of the Recent Activity of my Letterboxd profile showing my last four watched: Predators (4 stars, rewatch), Forbidden Fruits (3 stars), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (3.5 stars), and The Birdcage (4 stars, rewatch)
Photo of a Blu-ray set containing six Terminator movies.
Screenshot of the "Recent Activity" section of my Letterboxd profile: The Sheep Detectives (4 stars), Noah (a generous 3 stars), Little Caesar (3 stars), and They Will Kill You (4 stars)
A stack of Blu-rays and DVDs containing the following movies: Colossal, Blade Runner 2049, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Speed Racer, Power Rangers (2017), and Big Trouble in Little China
Movie poster for "They Will Kill You"
Movie poster for Dust Bunny
Photo of Weird Al Yankovic
Screenshot of my Letterboxd Recent Activity for the #LastFourWatched thing: Project Hail Mary (4/5), rewatches of Back to the Future parts 3 (4/5) and 2 (4.5/5), and I Am Frankelda (3.5/5).
Screenshot from the title sequence for the 80's post-apocalyptic dystopian adventure series/toy commercial, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Original logo for The Muppets
Image from the 2015 Japanese kaiju Christmas fantasy musical comedy, Love & Peace, showing Pikadon, the benevolent but now monstrously giant turtle, looming over the side of a packed auditorium.
Screenshot of the Recent Activity section of my Letterboxd profile: The Jester's Tale (4/5), Incredibles 2 (5/5), Heroic Times (2.5/5), and The Mummy Returns (3.5/5)
Picture of the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of the 1943 film, Heaven Can Wait, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
A picture of a bunny. A baby bunny. A little baby bunny. With little baby bunny ears. So little. So baby. So bunny.
A stack of eight DVDs or Blu-rays, each containing a movie about a killer Santa Claus.
Screenshot of the Recent Activity section of my Letterboxd profile: The Mummy (1999, 4.5 stars, rewatch), Point Blank (1967, 4 stars), Predator: Killer of Killers (2025, 4 stars, rewatch), and The Music Man (1962, 3 stars).
Photo of a DVD set containing The Christmas Shoes and 8 other movies
Photo of Gift Certificate to "Dunstan Video," good for "1 free rental" compliments of "Bonny Eagle" (that would be the high school I graduated from in 1998). The certificate is undated, and the "Presented to" line is blank. It contains an "Authorized Signature" showing a first name of "Paul" and a last name which could be a lot of things.
A stack of used DVDs (and one Blu-ray), including four seasons of The Simpsons.
Screen capture of the "Recent Activity" section of my Letterbox account: rewatch of Predator Badlands (2025, 4 stars), Beyond the Blank Rainbow (2010, 4 stars), The Tale of the Fox (1937, 4 stars), and Working Girls (1931, 3 stars).
Photo of a bunny holding a bundle of dead plant material, possibly to build a nest, or possibly to cosplay as Groucho Marx.
Profile picture of me on an escalator while dressed as Batman dressed as Santa Claus.
Poster for the 1968 Japanese movie, The Snow Woman.
Screenshot of my Recent Activity on my Letterboxd account: The Northman (4.5, rewatch), Season of the Witch (3), Son of the White Mare (4, rewatch), and Last Year at Marienbad (5).
Poster for the 1961 French New Wave movie, Last Year at Marienbad
Television screen playing the paused movie, Last Year at Marienbad. The words, "You dread his return" appear at the bottom. The image is a reflection in a mirror of a woman sitting on a bed looking at her reflection in three other mirrors.
Movie poster for the 1979 sci-fi/horror movie, Alien
Screenshot from the movie, BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE, showing Kim Novak as Gillian holding her cat just below her eyes, so their gazes seem to mirror each other as they both stare at the camera.
Screenshot of my Letterboxd Recent Activity for the Friday "last four watched" thing that none of you are at all tired of seeing every week. The movies are: The Faculty (3.5 stars), Send Help (3.5 stars), Cruella (4 stars, rewatch), and The Thing From Another World (4 stars).
Picture of a coyote in my backyard.
Movie poster for the... uh... horror(?) movie, Being John Malkovich.
Picture of action figures of the original series Star Trek bridge crew on an away mission in a Nativity scene.
Screenshot of the title card from the 1951 movie, The Thing From Another World
Photo of the Blu-ray for the movie, Colossal, starring Ann Hathaway.