{"id":1268,"date":"2014-02-14T17:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T06:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2014-02-25T00:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:19:27","slug":"wolf-creek-2-co-writer-is-the-horror-guy-the-go-to-man-for-all-things-grotesque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"‘Wolf Creek 2’ co-writer is the “horror guy, the go-to man for all things grotesque”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes. Yes I am.<\/p>\n

My University town’s newspaper The Geelong Advertiser<\/em> has run a great article today about the grounding Deakin Uni gave me for my horror career (being the only university at the time to even consider including genre fiction on the curriculum). Considering I taught there for a number of years (in Gothic and Subversive Fiction amongst other things) it’s nice to now be able to acknowledge the contribution.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.geelongadvertiser.com.au\/news\/horror-man-learns-his-skills-at-deakin-university\/story-fnjuhori-1226826519533<\/p>\n

Horror Man Learns his Skills at Deakin University<\/h2>\n

Margaret Linley, The Geelong Advertiser<\/em><\/p>\n

February 14, 2014<\/p>\n

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AARON Sterns is the horror guy, the go-to man for all things grotesque, macabre and scary. It\u2019s a skill set he honed while studying and lecturing at Deakin University. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And so it\u2019s no surprise his name shares equal billing on the screenplay for Wolf Creek 2<\/em>, due to be released next week.<\/p>\n

He is also the co-writer of a novel that is a prequel to the original Wolf Creek<\/em> movie in which character Mick Taylor, played by John Jarrett, tortures and kills some backpackers whose car has broken down in the outback.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe book looks at Mick Taylor\u2019s incredible backstory,\u2019\u2019 Mr Sterns said. \u201cSo many people wanted to know. We get hints (in the films) of some of the barbaric possibilities that a bushman might have gone through where death is seen almost as a part of life it\u2019s almost mundane.<\/p>\n

\u201cI seized upon that. I place him working on a cattle station. I had his father a dogger, a dingo hunter. There\u2019s that exposure to death.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr Sterns paid tribute to both his study and teaching experiences \u2014 he taught gothic and subversive fiction \u2014 at Deakin, which allowed him to focus on horror writing, a genre largely ignored by other universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew a lot about the history of serial killers, the trigger moments, and so when I was given the opportunity to write about the most iconic serial killer (Mick Taylor) I could bring all of my imagination to the fore,\u2019\u2019 the former Geelong man said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor has become emblematic of the fear of the outback and it struck a chord. He is the expert bushman who didn\u2019t take kindly to tourists trampling all over his backyard. Wolf Creek<\/em> is the highest grossing R film ever in Australia, the highest grossing film for that year.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Australia, he said, was full of people clustered around the coastline inherently suspicious of the vast interior that can swallow people whole.<\/p>\n

Mr Sterns was a consultant on the first movie, sharing an office with Greg McLean, the writer and director. He also had a cameo role, playing one of Taylor\u2019s cronies in the pub.<\/p>\n

When the sequel idea was floated \u2018\u2019the script was handed back and forth\u2019\u2019 between the two until it was ready.<\/p>\n

Wolf Creek 2 <\/em>will be released next Thursday.<\/p>\n

Origin: Wolf Creek<\/em>, by Greg McLean and Aaron Sterns, is published by Penguin. RRP $19.99<\/p>\n

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