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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 5h

This movie sounds awesome, but the only way to watch it seems to involve spending $40+ on a used DVD. So if someone could pester Criterion or Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome or whoever to put out a new edition, I'd appreciate it.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 9h

October is here, and now more than ever the ritual must be observed.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Relieved to hear this. For a minute there I was worried they'd made this fun and engaging.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All right, it's October, which means it's time to start Christmassing. Let's kick this off with the 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night reboot, which I actually liked. A lot, in fact. Yeah, I really wasn't expecting that.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

Distilled Concentrated Cheer, updated frequently between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas movie, TV, and book reviews, articles, fiction.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So that's Duel. Not sure what I expected. Definitely feels like a precursor to Mad Max, and you can tell it's Spielberg behind the camera. Extremely well made for a 70's suspense flick... but still very much a 70's suspense flick, for better or worse.

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Duel 1971: Car vs. Truck Chase

Alt: Gif from the movie, Duel, showing the protagonist, David, attempting to race away from the pursuing truck trying to kill him.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

Distilled Concentrated Cheer, updated frequently between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas movie, TV, and book reviews, articles, fiction.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was hoping Gabriel would weigh in on this, and he did not disappoint.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So THAT'S what an earthquake* feels like! *A tiny, baby earthquake, but still

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Image from the 2021 Christmas romcom vampire flick, Red Snow, showing a vampire tempted by the neck of a sleeping woman.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know the main point needs to be that they don't get to reinvent language when it suits them, but... Do they think calling it "super intelligence" makes it sound *less* stupid?

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

108 full size bars. The question I now have to confront is... how many more do I need?

Photo of three boxes, each containing 36 full size Hershey's bars.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If I were Langley, I'd be pissed at Rolling Stone. This is the exact opposite of how you get people to listen to something they otherwise wouldn't engage with.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's funny, because if you don't realize that unironically posting about bubbles on Bluesky is going to result in public humiliation, you have, in fact, been living in a bubble.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Excuse me, I don't live in *a* bubble. I live across *multiple* bubbles encompassing a diverse assortment of weird ass interests and opinions.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're doing Christmas book recommendations in September? One question: what the hell took us so long? Here are my non-fiction picks (I'm including historical fiction compilations here):

Photo of a bunch of awesome Christmas books: Santa Claus Worldwide by Tom A Jerman, Selling Out Santa by Vaughn Joy, Christmas Past edited by Thomas Ruys Smith, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas by Al Ridenour, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde, and The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories Volume 5 edited by Christopher Philippo

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I rewatched Adventures in Babysitting for the first time in decades. It's still fun and weird, but... God, 80's directors just stuck homophobia and rape jokes in every goddamn genre, didn't they?

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Thor with Hammer in Adventure

Alt: Gif of Vincent D'Onofrio as sort-of-but-not-really Marvel's Thor in the movie, Adventures in Babysitting

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Even with them returning to a dry space-well, I'm interested in seeing more Star Wars from the guy behind Skeleton Crew. That show ruled.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank God! For a moment there I was worried they might take the franchise in some sort of new direction or maybe explore a completely different era. Glad to hear we're retreading the Skywalker stuff. I like my media bland and unsurprising.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can't overstate how good this FAQ/love letter to Madam Web is. Highly recommended.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This looks awesome, but I understand the dialogue, so I'm guessing it's not *really* in Middle English, right? Any of you more scholarly types want to weigh in?

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WERWULF - Official Trailer 2 [HD] - Only In Theaters This Christmas

YouTube video by Focus Features

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two n's. One y. But it's not where you think.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Possibly the tornado in Wizard of Oz - the technical skill that went into that still amazes me. Other contenders include countless shots in Zeman's Invention for Destruction, stop-motion in the original King Kong, forced perspective in Lord of the Rings, and the AT-AT Walkers in Empire Strikes Back.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I knew a guy who didn't post his Letterboxd last four watched, and something horrible happened to him. True story.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sounds fun, when can I watch it on Disney+?

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bring an ice coffee to a job interview? I'd be worried what the coffee would think of me.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm torn between Community, Fargo, Steven Universe, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. There's a strong argument for any of them.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So, I've got three pounds of beef in the fridge that needs to go into the slow cooker in about an hour to be ready for dinner tonight, so I'm not loving the fact there doesn't seem to be a way to determine whether it's part of this goddamn recall short of waiting for a response from Kroger.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I knew a guy who didn't post his Letterboxd last four watched, and something horrible happened to him. True story.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Toy Story 5 is solid. Every installment in the main series has at least been good, so I'm not surprised this is, as well. I like that Woody isn't the lead (the movie would have been even better if he'd been cut entirely, or had just gotten a cameo or bit part).

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Smartpants Showing off his buttons

Alt: Gif of Smartpants from the movie, Toy Story 5

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amateur. Earth ate an entire goddamn PLANET.

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I can actually explain this because I am old enough to remember Superhero Movie discourse in the early 2000s, and have watched as sentiments have gone through these cycles a few times now.

"One thing I don't get is people saying Lanterns is embarrassed to do GL stuff. It's sparing and grounded but there's not bathos to undercut any of its actual use in any way I'd think meant embarrassment."

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rowlf embodies the history and spirit of the Muppets more than any other character. I love them all, but he'll always be my favorite.

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Muppets Rowlf

Alt: Gif of the Muppet, Rowlf, laughing

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just watched Chilly Scenes of Winter, and I'm genuinely curious whether the director intended it to feel that much like horror, or if it just drifted there as society's understanding of abuse evolved.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

Image of Rebecca Ferguson playing Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Most of my favorite television shows from this century are weird cartoons, and I maintain that's the way it should be.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm enjoying Lanterns, but the "this streaming show should have been a two-hour movie" vibe is getting harder and hander to ignore.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sounds like this is for promos before shows/movies, most likely similar to what HBO-Max already does. Annoying but not a deal breaker (at least for me): as long as they're not interrupting what I'm watching, I'm willing to tolerate a little bs beforehand.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Case in point bsky.app/profile/erin...

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Same. The book/movie/TV communities here are exceptional compared to every other social network I've encountered.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was incredibly satisfying seeing the Corridor react episode for Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is probably the best looking television show I've seen in my life (for a certain definition of "best looking," anyway).

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well, that got weirder. The deleted post was about the owner of Archie McPhee donating to a PAC pushing transphobic BS. I'm guessing the original post got taken down because the owner apologized, got a refund of his donation, and gave it to an anti-hate group instead...

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