Scarfies
A captive in your basement. What would you do?
1999 | 101m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Sarkies |
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| Writer: | Robert Sarkies, Duncan Sarkies |
| Staring: |
| This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch? | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 1999 |
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| Director: | Robert Sarkies |
| Writer: | Robert Sarkies, Duncan Sarkies |
| Genres: | Comedy, Thriller |
| Keywords | new zealand, gang, marijuana, squatting, flatmates |
| Production Companies | New Zealand Film Commission, Nightmare Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Willa O'Neill | Emma |
| Taika Waititi | Alex |
| Charlie Bleakley | Graham |
| Neill Rea | Scott |
| Ashleigh Seagar | Nicola |
| Jon Brazier | Kevin |
| Mark Neilson | Gordy |
| David Kilgour | Self (The Clean) |
| Andrew Munro | Self (The Yams) |
| Robert Scott | Self (The Clean) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Sarkies | Director, Screenplay |
| Duncan Sarkies | Screenplay |
| Trishia Downie | Line Producer |
| Ken Turner | Art Direction |
| Annie Collins | Editor |
| Ruth Stoffels | Makeup Artist |
| Gaylene Barnes | Production Design |
| Rachel Bullock | Casting |
| Amanda Neale | Costume Designer |
| Stephen Downes | Director of Photography |
| Gerry Vasbenter | Camera Operator |
| Chris Burt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Katherine Fry | Continuity |
| Axel Paton | First Assistant Director |
| Lisa Marinkovich | Second Assistant Director |
| Damon Martin | Third Assistant Director |
| Roxane Gajadhar | Production Coordinator |
| Cara Paterson | Set Dresser |
| Mark Angelo | Stunt Coordinator |
| Chris Hiles | Sound Recordist |
| Andrea Towers | First Assistant Editor |
| Simon Adams | Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dave Whitehead | Sound Editor |
| Peter Mills | Sound Editor |
| Paul Potiki | Storyboard Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lisa Chatfield | Producer |
| Chris Hampson | Executive Producer |
| Chris Brown | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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