Feb. 24, 2026

Horror Hangout | Whitney Moore

Horror Hangout | Whitney Moore
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Season 5

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

  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

Follow Whitney Moore at:

  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/