In 2007, Taylor-Compton appeared in the film "An American Crime" which told the true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who had kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. Taylor-Compton then returned to the horror genre as Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie's remake of the classic "Halloween". She endured a long audition process, but as director Zombie explains, "Scout was my first choice. There was just something about her; she had a genuine quality. She didn't seem actor-y." "Halloween" currently stands as the highest grossing overall film in the "Halloween" franchise.