A couple of days ago nothing else good being on TV and my internet down meant that I decided to watch Danny Boyle's directorial debut, Shallow Grave. I expected a lot, with Christopher Ecclestone, Ewan McGregor and Kerry Fox starring. The original premise, of three people having to decide what to do with a dead body and a suitcase full of money expands over the course of the film into something much more.
This was the most gripping film I've ever seen, David's descent into psychosis was just brilliant, drilling holes in the floor, holding a drill to his flatmates head, and all this caused by sawing the hands and feet off the corpse. The film continues to spiral out of control, making me ever unsure of what David would do next. The killing and body disposing parts of the film have a very horror theme, and the garish piano music is reminisicent of the beginning of Halloween
It may have been easy for many people to dislike the main characters, but I found myself identifying with their very human greed. They didn't want to kill, they weren't insane to begin with, they just wanted the money. Who knows what they would do in the sort of situation they were put in?
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