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 NotesMovies Mentioned

1. The Smashing Machine
2. Bring Her Back
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. Evil Dead Rise
5. The Monkey
6. The Blackcoat’s Daughter
7. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
8. Poltergeist
9. Child’s Play
10. Scream (franchise)
11. It (new entry referenced via trailers)
12. Five Nights at Freddy’s
13. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (series)
14. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
15. The Goonies
16. The Addams Family (animated films referenced)
17. Hotel Transylvania (franchise referenced)
18. Zootopia
19. Fallout (series)
20. Twin Peaks (series)
21. Lost Highway
22. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
23. The Ugly Stepsister
24. 28 Years Later
25. Bone Temple
26. May (2002)
27. Valentine
28. Heart Eyes
29. Natural Born Killers
30. Ready or Not
31. Abigail
32. M3GAN
33. M3GAN 2.0
34. Drag Me to Hell
35. Send Help
36. Primate
37. Chimp Crazy (docuseries)
38. Tiger King (docuseries)
39. The Cove (documentary)
40. Flipper (referenced via dolphin trainer context)
41. Jaws
42. Plan 9 from Outer Space

Books and Resources

1. Carl Jung and “shadow work” (discussed as a framework for horror and self-understanding)
2. David Lynch book on Transcendental Meditation

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1. Website: https://www.gimmemoore.com/
2. What’sGood, Whitney’s newsletter: https://www.gimmemoore.com/join
3. IMBd: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3179972/
4. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitneysmoore/
5. X (Twitter): https://x.com/tweetneymoore
6. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mooreofwhitney/