Marcello Hernández might be SNL’s self-appointed “Movie Guy,” but when it comes to cult film cred, the real star to follow is Sarah Sherman.
Sherman, who performs outside of Studio 8H under the stage name Sarah Squirm, has quietly built one of the best Letterboxd accounts in comedy—or anywhere, really. With nearly 40,000 followers and a taste profile that spans splatter horror, underground oddities, and high-art depravity, Sherman’s feed offers a warped, wonderful peek into her mind—and her influences.
Since joining SNL in 2021, Sherman has established herself as one of the show’s most distinctive voices, blending body horror, surrealism, and gross-out absurdity into a genre all her own. Her Letterboxd log reflects that sensibility perfectly: Five-star raves for The Substance, the Evil Dead franchise, and Phil Tippett’s nightmarish stop-motion opus Mad God (“legit more impressive than the Great Pyramids and the Mona Lisa combined”) sit alongside reviews of forgotten VHS gems and underground cult hits.
Take her review of Frankenhooker, the 1990 exploitation classic about a grieving fiancé who reassembles his dead lover from sex worker body parts. Sherman calls it her “dream role.” Or her pitch-perfect roast of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake, which she dubbed “Frank Zappa Nosferatu.” She nails Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, too: “Mr. Bean for horny New York hipsters.”
Even SNL isn’t immune from the influence of her film brain. This past season, Sherman appeared as “The Original Nosferatu,” complete with the heavy makeup and sunken eyes of the 1922 vampire. The costume lives on as her Letterboxd profile photo.
She’s not plugging her day job in her bio, either. It reads: “i have the best taste on the planet….b*tch.” It’s a joke, obviously. But also? Not wrong.
If you’re into late-night comedy, weird cinema, or just want to know what kind of movies fuel SNL’s most unhinged genius, Sherman’s Letterboxd is the place to be.
