The concept for the television series is created by local writers and filmmakers S.P. Krause and Shayne Armstrong in association with Bob Baker and Paul Tams. Krause and Armstrong are also writing a number of scripts for the series.
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Ryan, Mark David (2008) A dark new world : anatomy of Australian horror films. [QUT Thesis]
Armstrong & Krause were interviewed by Mark Ryan for his QUT thesis.
Abstract and PDF download available here
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Inside Film www.if.com.au
The writing parnership between S.P.Krause and Shayne Armstrong that produced the AWGIE nominated script for Acolytes is based on a friendship stretching back to their school days. Simon de Bruyn discovers what makes them tick.
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Independent Magazine
by Courtney Fathom Sell
Australian screenwriting duo, Armstrong & Krause talk about their writing process, horrific influences and how near-death experiences led them to the craft of portraying nightmares.
http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/1964
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Ain’t It Cool – Cool News
TIFF: El Giante wants to fill you in on a great new genre flick ACOLYTES!
Work sucks today after hitting midnight madness last night and getting caught in the rain after, but it was certainly worth it to catch Acolytes; a dark, well written Australian thriller.
by Anton Grace
The history of Australian cinema has been frustrating for film-makers and historians alike .
Variety
by Russell Edwards
Curiosity leads three teens into a murderous tangle of plots in “Acolytes.” Oz chiller affects a scuzzy look, but its lensing is as precise as its intent to follow previous Aussie slasher success “Wolf Creek.” While auds may guess one major narrative deception early on, the yarn has plenty of barbed, unexpected twists. Pic, which preemed at South Korea’s PiFan fantasy fest and is skedded for Toronto’s Midnight Madness sidebar, should find devotees at fests and in commercial distribution before lingering on in ancillary.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937945.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&nid=256
Shane Krause and Shayne Armstrong
THE Darling Downs has spawned major filmmaking talents such as cinema pioneer Charles Chauvel, director George Miller and cinematographer John Seale.
Enter 38-year-old screenwriters Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause, whose writing partnership started when they were growing up at Dalby in the heartland of the Downs, watching thrillers such as Alien and The Thing at the local drive-in theatre.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24143535-5017585,00.html
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LANEWAY - Melbourne Talks Melbourne
by Keith Harwood
There’s no great history of traditional, mainstream genre films in Australia. For the brave few who do try, there will always be comparisons to the Hollywood movies that came before. John Hewitt’s thriller Acolytes will probably suffer the same fate, but, comparisons aside, the film does exactly what you would hope a thriller would do – it frightens.
