After the Te Puke High School Massacre many had begun to wonder what caused Year 11 student Ryan McStep to go to his school and kill his fellow classmates. Some made claims that violent video games were the main cause arguing violent games that involve your video game character killing innocent people will make the actual person do the same in real life. Some argued that it was the lack of care from his parents for what he was doing, in which some were indeed right about how it was absolutely shameful that McStep's parents did nothing to prevent it.
Others argued it was the Australian Brotherhood giving influence to the young teen which made him go on a shooting spree at his secondary school. But when police examined and looked through his notebooks he kept in his bedroom they could only find that Ryan McStep was supportive of the Australian Brotherhood, but only reason he wrote why he was supportive of the terrorist group was because they kill people.
When authorities read more from his notebooks in his room they found Ryan wrote pretty much anything that was on his mind to rant about. In some instances he would rant about how much he fucking hated society and that the world was a lie. One thing he had wrote he said he believed he was a super soldier from one of the many films he watched and Ryan believed he would be unable to get killed easily by police.
"I fucking hate adults telling me what to do and why I must be a good person. I am a perfect human being I don't deserve to be told what to do by others even adults."
"Adults are just fucking annoying and are the reason the world sucks in the first place. They make rules you have to obey or else you will pay the price by punishment. They make strict guidelines such as how you dress up and what you can or cannot watch."
"Fuck that! I don't want to listen to anyone. I am my own king and by that everyone should be listening to me and obeying me instead! If only they all knew..."
"And those teachers at school are always telling me and others that the reason were in school is not just to learn but to find out what we want to do when we get older. Like what kind of job career do you want and where you want to go. Its bullshit."
"Society is nothing but a hivemind controlling everyone. Your expected to go to school and then graduate and then either get a job or go to college. Then get a job after. Then of course you get married and have kids of your own thus repeating the endless cycle of the hivemind that is society."
"We are all slaves to it and nobody just doesn't seem to care. That we are all slaves to that fucking bearded man in sky. We need to break free from this hivemind and become individuals for real."
"But nobody cares once again, only I do and if that is the case then I should just prove a point to everyone in the world why I am right and why they are all wrong."
With that said Ryan McStep had a variety of mental health problems. His parents had put Ryan on various medications since he was as young as four years old and they didn't realize that he needed more medication or was in need of a certain medication. But they didn't realize it until it was too late.
As Ryan claimed that society was a hivemind and that everyone was a slave to God, he also had other disturbing things he had written as well in his notebooks he kept in his bedroom.
In once instance he wrote about how much he admired the Zodiac Killer.
"I always want to be a man to kill as many people as possible. I always wanted to leave a big impact on this world as well."
"I've read a lot about serial killers especially my favorite the Zodiac Killer who terrorized San Francisco Bay area of California in the 1960's. That guy is a fucking legend in the serial killer hall of fame."
"He loved to just kill people for fun and he enjoyed it. He always got away with his murders because of his smart intelligence. It even fucking funny that the police were too stupid to even find out who exactly he was while he was busy taunting them with cryptic messages."
"And nobody knows who the Zodiac Killer was and nobody will ever know. And some of his cryptic messages will always remain unable to be cracked as well."
"That why I love that guy. He has the balls to not only kill people for fun, but to also taunt police and confuse them with his cryptic messages."
"That why the Zodiac Killer is my idol and always will be my idol. Sometimes I even dream of teaming up with him and killing people and taunting the police with him. If only I was in California in the 1960's, because if I was I would've of made a great sidekick for him."
"I hope to become like him one day. And when I do I know he'll be proud of me."
That said Ryan McStep not only had weird theories on how he taught society worked, but he also wanted to kill actual innocent people. He admired many serial killers, but the most he admired was the Zodiac Killer for his impressive tactics and for most importantly how he has never been caught.
The teenager with the mind of a monster would be the main reasons why he shot up his high school in Te Puke, New Zealand. He wanted to be like all the serial killers he was impressed by.
But also Ryan himself wanted to also simply become famous as well. He wanted his fifteen minutes of fame and the bastard got it.
And he even planned his massive big event as well. He prepared his items and weapons to create his own school shooting at his school. And he prepared for months to the point he even wrote in his notebook that it was the only thing he was focused on. Was preparing to kill as many people in his school.
In his notebook he had wrote that he intended to kill at least 30 people, which he then would kill himself by suicide by cop. He wanted to face his death with cold-blooded dignity.
-Inside the Mind of Ryan McStep: The Teenage Monster of Te Puke, aired on ABC, March 10th, 2034
Ever since the Te Puke High School Massacre and the haunting legacy left behind by the Australian Brotherhood. The film industry was once again hit hard again with censorship when it came to horror movies especially slasher films. Once again horror movies were in a big trouble once more by critics, worried parents, strict parents, conservative politicians, and so on.
With the shooter Ryan McStep being influenced from many films and TV shows he watched as well as some of the violent video games he played, many across the ANZC had called for a change in the film industry.
Many people were very concerned now of seeing children and teenagers on screen being killed in movies even if it was just a simple movie it made many parents panic and angered. Many parents in New Zealand and Australia argued that showing children and teenagers being murdered or harmed in movies or TV shows is breaking morals.
They all said that children and teenagers are innocent and they cannot understand what death is like, only adults truly do since their the ones suppose to show children and teenagers from what's right and wrong.
This led to massive protests and action against many of the horror movie industry due for having plenty of films portraying minors getting murdered or harmed whether on or screen. Many said that if more movies are created showing this it would cause another similar event just like what happened in Te Puke, New Zealand.
This led to many film directors and a few horror films that were still currently in development being stopped. Many horror film directors had to get rid of any scenes that showed children or teenagers getting harmed or killed even if it is off screen. Some movies had their original script completely rewritten just so there was absolutely no child involved as apart of the cast. There were also a few films that just simply were not released because of this action made against them by numerous concerned parents throughout the ANZC.
The slasher film, Red Blood Mountain which had Hugh Jackman suppose to star as role of a fictional hermit/serial killer named Jake Slasher who lived on Mount Ruapehu, the film was cancelled while it was nearly complete it's production. According to interviews years later Hugh Jackman even told everyone that the film was 98% complete and that the ending was still not finished. But when the film was cancelled it made the ending never come at all.
Though Jackman did tell and spoil interviewers the ending, in which Jake Slasher ends up getting killed by three teenage Maori boys by being thrown into a wood chipper. It still was unfortunate that nobody will ever get to see the film all because it had teenagers being killed in the story.
Jackman himself even stated that movie was going to be his first ever movie that he would actually star as a murderer in a horror film. He even said that he was looking forward to expanding his horizon.
Coming back to the main topic here. With the grim legacy left behind by the Australian Brotherhood and the Te Puke High School Massacre, the ANZC film industry was hit hard. Films were edited or changed, while some were just cancelled outright.
Eventually the ANZC government itself which was in charge of film and media, had agreed to make full censorship of such content. That meant now films and shows couldn't even show children or teenagers being killed on or off screen, and foreign films that showed it were outright banned from being sold or watched online.
And it was all because many people were so concerned for the safety of minors.
-Who Killed The Horror Film Industry?, a documentary made by Max Joeseph Stanley, June 1st, 2040