Horror Hangout | Whitney Moore

Whitney Moore is an actress, writer, director, and lifelong horror fan whose work spans indie genre films, hosting, and original creative projects. Whitney is known for her sharp perspective on horror culture, including her time hosting Bloody Disgusting’s This Week in Horror. She has also appeared in films such as Birdemic: Shock and Terror, Satanic Panic, and most recently, Bennie Safdie’s The Smashing Machine. In this episode, Whitney and I geek out about all things horror, including our favorite gateway horror, what’s shocked each of us recently, and why body horror resonates as strongly as it does in today’s culture. On today’s episode of The Nick Taylor Horror Show, please give it up for Whitney Moore. Show Notes Movies Mentioned The Smashing Machine Bring Her Back Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Evil Dead Rise The Monkey The Blackcoat’s Daughter I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Poltergeist Child’s Play Scream (franchise) It (new entry referenced via trailers) Five Nights at Freddy’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? (series) Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Goonies The Addams Family (animated films referenced) Hotel Transylvania (franchise referenced) Zootopia Fallout (series) Twin Peaks (series) Lost Highway Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person The Ugly Stepsister 28 Years Later Bone Temple May (2002) Valentine Heart Eyes Natural Born Killers Ready or Not Abigail M3GAN M3GAN 2.0 Drag Me to Hell Send Help Primate Chimp Crazy (docuseries) Tiger King (docuseries) The Cove (documentary) Flipper (referenced via dolphin trainer context) Jaws Plan 9 from Outer Space Books and Resources Carl Jung and “shadow work” (discussed as a framework for horror and self-understanding) David Lynch book on Transcendental Meditation Follow Whitney Moore at: Website: https://www.gimmemoore.com/ What’sGood, Whitney’s newsletter: https://www.gimmemoore.com/join IMBd: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3179972/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitneysmoore/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/tweetneymoore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mooreofwhitney/