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

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