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Comedian, actor, author and musician Lane Moore brings her cult-classic show \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher\u201d to its first in-person performance on April 10 in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n
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\t\t Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Brooklyn<\/a> for more local events \u2014 or submit your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n Brooklyn has never been short on inventive live performance, but comedian Lane Moore\u2019s might be one of its most playfully chaotic yet. On April 10 at the Twisted Spine bookstore<\/a> in Williamsburg, Moore will host the first in-person performance of \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher: An Improvised 80s Horror Movie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The show\u2019s<\/a> premise is simple: using a vintage 1980s teen board game, Moore constructs a fully original horror movie in real time, guided by the audience. Each performance is a \u201cchoose-your-own-adventure\u201d story where attendees help decide who survives and who meets a grisly (and comedic) end.\u00a0<\/p>\n Moore, known for her long-running show \u201cTinder Live\u201d and her work as an author, actor and musician, told Brooklyn Paper about her signature audience-involved work.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been doing \u2018Tinder Live\u2019 in Brooklyn for over 10 years now, where we go through my dating apps and swiping live,\u201d Moore said. \u201cWe\u2019re only matching with like the craziest profiles, and just out-crazing the craziest profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n That signature mix of improv and audience interaction carries directly into \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher,\u201d though this is the first time the show will be performed live.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c[The idea] came out of the pandemic,\u201d Moore said. With a planned tour and album release suddenly halted, she pivoted to livestreaming. \u201cI wanted to start doing a livestreaming show. Everybody\u2019s depressed, everybody\u2019s alone. I want to do something really cool to cheer people and myself up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Armed with a vintage dating board game called Heartthrob, Moore began experimenting with the idea that would eventually become \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was one of the only things I had in my apartment to keep me sane during that time,\u201d she said, adding that what started as a quirky livestream quickly evolved. \u201cIt turned into this improvised horror movie and people really, really loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n At the center of the show are exaggerated, archetypal \u201cteen boys\u201d pulled from the board game, complete with absurd traits and increasingly unhinged revelations.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s these cheesy, eighties boys with these cheesy, beautiful cliches,\u201d Moore explained. As the audience learns new facts about each character, some bizarre and some outright disturbing, they help shape the narrative.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. I don\u2019t know what the facts are gonna be,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI\u2019ll never improvise the same movie twice.\u201d<\/p>\n As her tour dates were rescheduled, she said that audiences always brought up \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aEverybody mentioned it when I would go to tour cities, they would say \u2018I love it so much, do it more.\u2019 I realized that this has become a really big cult hit and means so much to people.\u201d<\/p>\n The game\u2019s unpredictability is Moore\u2019s favorite part. She added that \u201cevery single show is like its own contained thing \u2014 nobody else will ever see this horror movie again.\u201d<\/p>\n The secondary sense of shared experience is a large part of why Brooklyn feels like the perfect home for the \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher\u2019s\u201d live debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I love about Brooklyn is that we have always been the birthplace of weird, camp-y and super interesting art,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI think so many of us are really craving experiences that can\u2019t be replicated.\u201d<\/p>\n For audiences, the appeal is multifaceted. There\u2019s the nostalgia of \u201880s aesthetics, the release of poking fun at terrible dating archetypes and simply watching a story unfold in real time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is so cathartic to be able to rip on these guys, even if they\u2019re fictional. Because they\u2019re emblematic of these dating struggles that we all face. And then to be able to be like, \u2018oh my God, every fact about this man is the worst.\u2019 We get to kill him off in a crazy, really funny way,\u201d Moore said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also so deeply thrilling and nourishing to get to be around a bunch of people who love weird, interesting art at a time where it\u2019s extremely necessary,\u201d she added. \u201cYou get to be around your people and laugh more than you\u2019ve laughed probably in months.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Lane Moore\u2019s \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher\u201d will open on April 10 at 8 p.m. at the Twisted Spine, 306 Grand St. in Williamsburg. Tickets cost $20 and are available here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t![\"Heart](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/by-Shervin-Lainez.jpg\")
Moore, known for her \u201cTinder Live\u201d shows, is bringing a new interactive experience, which originally began during the COVID-19 pandemic, to life.Photo by Shervin Lainez<\/p>\n![\"Heart-Throb](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4970-rotated.jpeg\")
The show uses \u201980s board game Heartthrob as characters in an original horror movie that Moore creates in \u201cHeart-Throb Slasher.\u201dPhoto courtesy of Lane Moore<\/p>\n![\"Heart-Throb](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lane-Moore-IG-new.jpg\")
\u201cHeart-Throb Slasher\u201d will open at Twisted Spine Bookstore in Williamsburg on April 10.Photo courtesy of Lane Moore<\/p>\n