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Foxtel and Seven West Media's streaming platform Presto will stream its first local commission in a world premiere on December 9.

The exclusive special event, Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye, was made spcificially for the streaming service and sits immediately after the season finale of the regular series on Network Seven..

It centres on the Braxton family and will see the special guest return of two of Home and Away.s favourite characters, Heath (Dan Ewing) and Bianca (Lisa Gormley), to Summer Bay.

The Braxton family face their biggest challenge when Brax (Steve Peacocke) and Ricky.s (Bonnie Sveen) baby son Casey is kidnapped in a calculated act of revenge by Brax.s arch nemesis . Gunno (Diarmid Heidenreich) . the man responsible for his seeming .death..

It.s a race against time as Heath, Ash (George Mason) and Kyle (Nic Westaway) frantically search for baby Casey while Bianca,...

The torturous new horror flick from director Michael Budd, entitled Love of My Life, is releasing on VOD by Gravitas Ventures on April 29th, and right now we have a look at the artwork for you. Dig it!

In Love of My Life a young man is held captive by a deranged surgeon and given the choice of surviving five days of torture to save the life of the woman he loves or to order her killed and be set free.

Bela Deliá (The Tunnel) stars alongside Diarmid Heidenreich (Underbelly) as the tortured couple with Peter O’Brien (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as their tormentor.

Synopsis

Inside one of the many operating theatres of an old, rundown abandoned hospital, a man awakes strapped to a table, disorientated and scared. On the side of the room is a single monitor, showing him a live feed of his loved one trapped downstairs in...

Gravitas Ventures brings the horror film Love of My Life to VOD on April 29th. The Tunnel's Bel Delia stars. Directed by Michael Budd, the film follows the story of a young man being held captive by a deranged surgeon and given the choice of surviving five days of torture to save the life of the woman he loves, or to order her killed and be set free. Delia stars alongside Diarmid Heidenreich (Underbelly) as the tortured couple with Peter O’Brien (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as their tormentor. Check out the trailer here.

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It seems a week doesn't go by at the moment without news that an Australian indie genre flick is about to start shooting. Seriously, there must be growth hormones in the water out here.Now comes news that body-horror love story Love Of My Life, is preparing a whiplash quick shoot in December this year to turnaround the film for release in March 2013! Now that's fast. To kick things off and show they mean business, the production has cast Bel Deliá - last seen going into meltdown as the lead in viral horror The Tunnel. The film also stars Diarmid Heidenreich and Brendan Clearkin. Love Of My Life is written by Liam Barrett and will be co-directed by Barrett and Michael Budd. Here's the synopsis: Inside one of the many operating theatres...

Bel Deliá, star of the indie horror hit The Tunnel, is returning to the genre with the psychological thriller Love of My Life.  She'll star opposite Diarmid Heidenreich; Liam Barrett will direct with Michael Budd who also co-stars.

Love Of My Life follows the story of a young man who is held captive by a deranged surgeon and given the choice of surviving five days of torture to save the life of the woman he loves, or to order her killed and be set free.

Shooting is expected to begin this December.

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