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Author: Daniel Goodwin

Australian debut writer/director Ben Young makes an astonishing transition from lightweight TV with Castaway and Prank Patrol (Candid Camera for the i-generation) to this edgy, visually scintillating kidnap/rape/escape thriller. Hounds of Love gradually unravels its characters before developing them via scenes of suspense, conflict and surprising poignancy. Young shuns gratuitous violence and gruelling exploitation to set HoL apart from lesser contemporary sub-genre efforts as well and grimier Giallo and Grindhouse flicks like Almost Human, House on the Edge of The Park and I Spit On Your Grave.

It’s near Christmas in sun-soaked suburban Perth, 1987, when troubled teenager Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings) is kidnapped by local maniacal grunts John and Evelyn (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth), bound in their home then subjected to psychological torment, sexual humiliation and physical abuse. Vicki must manipulate John and Evelyn by studying their characters/relationship dynamics then turn...

A new music show is being launched on Channel Ten's digital channel Eleven in 2012. The currently unnamed entertainment programme, which will be aired on Saturday mornings next year, is believed to have been introduced to replace the void left by old music show Video Hits, which was axed a few months ago after 25 years on Aussie television. According to The Daily Telegraph, the new series will be hosted by Scott Tweedie, after he was poached from ABC3 children's show Prank Patrol. Producers of the programme are now looking for a female co-host over the age of 18 and have set up an open casting call on Eleven's website. > Channel Ten auditions stars for new Andrew Rochford breakfast show

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The producers of The Amazing Race Australia have teamed up with Universal Music and Chinese production company Ato Ato Integrated Media to bring RockBand . the TV show . to local shores. Independent production company activeTV, which also produced kids show Prank Patrol 2, will co-produce the Chinese format and distribute content via TV, Internet and mobile. .Australians love their rock music. It.s a hugely popular genre which hasn.t been tapped into for primetime Aussie TV,. activeTV president Michael McKay said in a statement. .This format worked incredibly well in China, particularly with its strong transmedia elements.. So well in fact that about 130 million music lovers tuned into the first series and about 20 million tuned...