Norman Snider has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Dead Ringers.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 8%
Titles Scored
3
Highest-Ranked Title
Dead Ringers (Top 8%)
Primary Role
Writer
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 31%
3 titles scored
By genre
Thriller
2
Horror
2
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Norman Snider’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
briskdarkharrowingapproachable
serious
intimate
haunting
unsettling
stylized
Recurring themes
slow-burn revealobsessionanti-heromedicine sciencebody horrorhospital medical
pacing
brisk 5/9brisk 5/9
tone
dark 2/9dark 2/9
intensity
harrowing 6/9harrowing 6/9
complexity
approachable 5/9clear 5/9
humor
serious 3/9serious 3/9
scale
intimate 4/9intimate 4/9
spirit
haunting 5/9haunting 5/9
texture
unsettlinguneasy
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
brisk (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone
dark (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
harrowing (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
approachable (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor
serious (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale
intimate (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
haunting (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
slow burn reveal, obsession, anti hero, medicine science, body horror, hospital medical
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Dir. David Cronenberg · With Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
Dir. Eric Red · With Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Dir. George Hickenlooper · With Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston, Hannah Endicott-Douglas
