Danny Boyle's stunning, energetic debut arrived in 1995 and not only gave us Boyle but brought Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox to the wider attention of the cinema-going public. Shallow Grave is a cautionary tale about not letting money and greed get in the way of friendship, masterfully played by its three leads. It gave a twisted Hitchcock-ian hint at the eclectic career Boyle would go on to have. Three friends living in an Edinburgh townhouse need a new flatmate, and after interviewing several candidates settle upon Keith Allen's shady Hugo. Not long after he moves in they find Hugo dead in his room with a suitcase full of money, and instead of reporting his death they opt to bury him in the titular shallow grave and share the money between them. So begins a descent into paranoia, distrust, betrayal, madness and further murder.
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