Matt Taylor
Background
Matt Taylor is a student at Kangaloola High in New South Wales, Australia. He is in a relationship with Gail Sorenson.
During the events of Kadaicha (1988) played by Tom Jennings
Matt picks up Gail in his car and they pick up Tracy Hocking. They go to school and turn their assignments in to Mrs. Millhouse. Tracy tells Gail, Matt, Fizz Dryden, and Shane about her dream with the Aboriginal Dancers, The Kadaicha Man and the Kadaicha stone. Shane takes the stone and tosses it to Deb Hartley who hands it back to Tracy. Mrs. Milhouse asks to see the stone and she tells the class about Kadaicha stones and how if someone was given one then they were condemned to die. Tony Pirello makes a joke about it and Tracy tries to give him the stone. The next day at school, the students talk about Tracy's murder. Gail and Matt go to the school and see newspapers spread out on a table. They read them including an article in which Billinudgel says that the new residents will live under a curse. Fizz asks them what they think about what Billinudgel said and then Franky Boland walks into the room. He tells them that he is going to do research for a while and the others leave. Matt then drops Gail and Fizz at home. Gail, Matt and Fizz go to school and see an ambulance.
Gail, Matt, Fizz and Shane go to the beach and they are given a police escort consisting of Constable O'Bersky and Constable Pritchard. Fizz sees the storm drain and remembers it from her dream. They go inside of it, but come to the end of it. They go to swim in the river and while they are swimming, Fizz is attacked by a large eel and dragged away. O'Bersky and Pritchard wade into the water and help the others search for her, but they can't find her. Detective Rose questions Gail and Matt and Matt describes it as a snake or octopus. Fizz's body is then found by O'Bersky and Pritchard. During the night, Gail dreams about the storm drain, the cave and The Kadaicha Man. She calls Matt and they go into the storm drain and break into it with a pick axe and find the cave from the dream. Inside the cave is a skeleton. As they are leaving, they are caught by a Security Guard who brings them to his office and calls Alex Sorenson. Matt accuses Alex of not telling the authorities about the cave and threatens to call the Heritage Commission. Alex admits that he knew about the cave and eventually gives Gail Billinudgel's address.
Matt and Gail go the address and Lisa answers the door. She at first tells them that Billinudgel isn't there, but then gets him. He tells Gail that once she received the stone, there was nothing she could do as the spirits would follow her. Lisa asks Billinudgel to help Gail and he gives Gail a Spirit stone. As Gail and Matt are leaving, Detective Rose pulls up and asks them if they have seen Billinudgel and they lie and tell him no. At the preparation for the school dance, Shane has difficulty focusing while practicing his and Matt's new song. Matt drops Gail off at home so he and Tony can go speak with Billinudgel. Matt asks Billinudgel to help Gail and then leaves to go back to Gail's house while Billinudgel and Tony take a shortcut. Matt tells the police that he heard some noises coming from the park and they leave. Matt rings the doorbell and Gail lets him in. Matt's eyes change and he attacks Gail. He starts to choke her and Alex tries to stop him, but Matt tosses him away. Matt suddenly returns to normal. Later, a Doctor looks over Matt.