Scarfies

Aug 5, 1999

1h 41m

★ 5.2

A captive in your basement. What would you do?

Overview

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?

Genres

Comedy

Thriller

Production Companies

Nightmare Productions

New Zealand Film Commission

Scarfies Trailers

Cast

Emma

Willa O'Neill

Alex

Taika Waititi

Graham

Charlie Bleakley

Scott

Neill Rea

Nicola

Ashleigh Seagar

Kevin

Jon Brazier

Gordy

Mark Neilson

Self (The Clean)

David Kilgour

Self (The Yams)

Andrew Munro

Self (The Clean)

Robert Scott

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