Colin Cairnes

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Colin Cairnes

Colin Cairnes is approximately one half of the Cairnes Brothers writing/directing duo. Col and Cam's debut feature, 100 Bloody Acres (starring Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson) was released in 2013 to rave reviews with Matt Zoller-Seitz at rogerebert.com calling it "the best low budget horror-comedy since Shaun of the Dead". The film won the Midnight X-treme Award at the Sitges Film Festival, and …

Known For

Late Night with the DevilLate Night with the Devil · 2024
Late Night with the Devil
7.12024
MovieHorror
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
Scare CampaignScare Campaign · 2016
Scare Campaign
5.72016
MovieHorror
A popular prank TV show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for the last 5 years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But as we enter a new age of online TV, the producers find themselves up against a new hard edged web series that makes their show look decidedly quaint. It's time to up the ante, but will the team go too far this time, and are they about to prank the wrong guy?
100 Bloody Acres100 Bloody Acres · 2012
100 Bloody Acres
5.82012
MovieComedyHorror
Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
Night Owls Episode 335Night Owls Episode 335 · 2024
Night Owls Episode 335
8.72024
MovieHorrorThriller
The original broadcast of the 1977 Halloween special of Night Owls With Jack Delroy. Released on VHS as part of a collector's edition of Late Night With The Devil.
Dark PlaceDark Place · 2019
Dark Place
6.52019
MovieHorror
An Australian Indigenous horror anthology with five terrifically twisted tales by five Indigenous filmmakers.
Killer NativeKiller Native · 2019
Killer Native
6.02019
MovieHorror
A bitingly wicked take on first contact between British settlers and Aboriginal people – and zombies.
Celestial AvenueCelestial Avenue · 2009
Celestial Avenue
2009
MovieDramaRomance
Kath is looking for love in all the wrong places. In Chinatown in the middle of a less than successful blind date, she overhears the soulful Cantonese singing of Ah Gong. Kath is intrigued. Is there more to Ah Gong than meets the eye?
Vale LightVale Light · 2019
Vale Light
2019
MovieHorror
In the public housing commission estate of Pendle Vale, a single mum and her daughter do it tough, until one day a witch decides to change their fortune.

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Under One RoofUnder One Roof · 1995
Under One Roof
1995
SeriesComedy
Under One Roof was a television programme in Singapore. First aired in 1995, Under One Roof was the first locally-produced English-language sitcom in Singapore. A critical and popular success, the show won the Best Comedy Programme or Series Award at the Asian Television Awards in both 1996 and 1997, a Best comedy actor award,three best comedy actress awards and was a finalist in the "Best Sitcom" category at the International Emmy Awards as well as the New York Festivals Awards.It paved the way for future sitcoms like Happy Belly, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Mr. Kiasu, and Living with Lydia. It starred a multicultural cast reflecting the ethnic makeup of Singapore: Moses Lim, Koh Chieng Mun, Vernetta Lopez, Nicholas Lee, Andrew Lim, Selena Tan, Zaibo, Norleena Salim and Daisy Irani. In later seasons where Selena Tan's character made an appearance, Chinese-Hong Kong actor Richard Ng was cast to play Bobby, Anita's father.

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