History Film / ShallowGrave

* PosthumousNarratiom: [[spoiler:The film is narrated by David, who is the only one of the three main characters to die in the film]].

* PosthumousNarrator: [[spoiler:The film is narrated by David, who is the only one of the three main characters to die in the film]].

* PosthumusNarrator: [[spoiler:The film is narrated by David, who is the only one of the three main characters to die in the film]].

* DealWithTheDevil

* SoundtrackDissonance: Andy Williams doesn't exactly gel with the ending.

* JerkAss: Alex, at least to begin with. Though none of the three could be considered particularly likeable, even before the money is found.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Both Hugo and David. Hugo's eyes are seen staring back at David as he's about to smash his face in. When David is later stabbed his eyes remain open even as he is taken to the mortuary]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: David has no problem [[spoiler: cutting people up (after the first instance),]] but he can't bring himself to watch Juliet undress.

* GenreSavvy: Alex, since he's a journalist looking for a hot scoop and thus knowing all the typical stories of different criminal deeds. It borders on DangerouslyGenreSavvy when he [[spoiler: starts playing his friends]].

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Alex]] pulled one on [[spoiler: Juliet]] when he's HintDropping. He didn't say a single word while being pinned to the floor with a knife.

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: At the beginning, when the three leads are interviewing for a new flatmate. [[Series/AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]] could have been taking notes. Arguably also inverted, since aside from being a bit weird the interviewees generally come off as harmless, and it's the interviewers -- who take cruel pleasure in stringing them along and bullying them -- who come off worse.

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: At the beginning, when the three leads are interviewing for a new flatmate. [[Series/AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]] could have been taking notes.

* ColdBloodedTorture: With emphasis on the "Cold" part. When trying to track down Hugo, the mob drowns one of his associates in a bathtub full of bloody water, then locks another in a freezer. When they [[spoiler:finally locate the flat where Hugo spent his final moments, they introduce themselves to Alex by smashing both his shins with a crowbar.]]

* ContinuityNod: Implied in an audio commentary for Danny Boyle's second film ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''. Hugo was played by Keith Allen, who played a dealer that was given a suitcase filled with money by the main characters in film ''Trainspotting'', which suggests that that dealer ''was'' Hugo.

* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: averted by David when he punches Juliet, played straight by Alex when he tells David he shouldn't have hit her]]

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: At the beginning, when the three leads are interviewing for a new flatmate. [[AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]] could have been taking notes.

* HeyItsThatGuy: That's right, [[StarWars Obi Wan Kenobi]] and [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] used to be flatmates, and [[{{Rebus}} DI John Rebus]] was their local copper. Peter Mullan also has an early role as one of the thugs hunting down the money. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor Vincent Van Gogh]] was a travel agent.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The opening voiceover states that "this could have been any city," though wherever it is, it's apparently in Scotland.
** WordOfGod says it is set in Edinburgh. Though quite a bit of it was filmed in Glasgow.

* BritishCoppers: The film features both [[OldCopYoungCop a kindly old one and an up-and-coming bright young one]].

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''Shallow Grave'' (1994) is a British crime {{thriller}} {{film}} and BlackComedy starring Creator/EwanMcGregor in his first major film role, alongside Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Kerry Fox. DannyBoyle's directorial debut, the movie follows three friends who share a flat in Edinburgh. When their new flatmate, Hugo, dies suddenly of a drug overdose, they discover that [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney the suitcase he brought contained a very large amount of cash]]. They decide to keep the money, disposing of the late Hugo in a [[TitleDrop shallow grave]], and all seems well, until some of Hugo's associates come looking for him...

''Shallow Grave'' (1994) is a British crime {{thriller}} {{film}} and BlackComedy starring EwanMcGregor in his first major film role, alongside ChristopherEccleston and Kerry Fox. DannyBoyle's directorial debut, the movie follows three friends who share a flat in Edinburgh. When their new flatmate, Hugo, dies suddenly of a drug overdose, they discover that [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney the suitcase he brought contained a very large amount of cash]]. They decide to keep the money, disposing of the late Hugo in a [[TitleDrop shallow grave]], and all seems well, until some of Hugo's associates come looking for him...

* ContinuityNod: Implied in an audio commentary for Danny Boyle's second film ''{{Trainspotting}}''. Hugo was played by Keith Allen, who played a dealer that was given a suitcase filled with money by the main characters in film ''Trainspotting'', which suggests that that dealer ''was'' Hugo.