亚历克斯(伊万•麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰)、大卫(克里斯托弗•埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston 饰)和朱丽叶(凯瑞•福克斯 Kerry Fox 饰)三个好友合住在一户公寓内,三人征集新房客时问出各种怪异问题,玩的不亦乐乎,最后在朱丽叶主张下,吸纳了写作的单身男子雨果,岂料雨果入住不久就身亡在屋内,惊慌的三人发现了雨果装有巨额现金的箱子,金钱诱惑难以抵御,他们悄悄将雨果分尸掩埋。巨款在手的亚历克斯和朱丽叶春风得意,但会计员大卫却终日忧心忡忡,终于大卫在二人挥霍钱财后暴发,将钱箱搬到阁楼收藏看管。与此同时,两名匪徒为了寻找钱箱,一路大开杀戒,并闯入了三人的公寓,大卫突然发力将匪徒杀死,此时的大卫,已经愈发神经质,将事情引向了更加危险的方向…… Shallow Grave is a 1994 multiple–award-winning dark comedy crime film that marked the cinematic directorial debut of Danny Boyle with an original screenplay by John Hodge. The film also provided starring roles for the then relatively little-known actors Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox. The production was funded by Channel 4 television and the film was distributed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment who, as with their other releases, generated a large amount of publicity for the film on a limited budget. Shallow Grave was the most commercially successful British film of 1995, considered a "90s classic" by Criterion in 2012. It earned Boyle the Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle. Plot David Stephens (Christopher Eccleston), a chartered accountant, Juliet Miller (Kerry Fox), a physician, and Alex Law (Ewan McGregor), a journalist, share a flat in Edinburgh. Needing a new flatmate, they interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner to amuse themselves at the applicants' distress before finally offering the room to the mysterious Hugo (Keith Allen). Shortly after Hugo moves in, the trio find him dead in his room, with a large suitcase full of money. They agree to keep Hugo's death a secret and keep the money for themselves. They agree to bury the body in the woods after removing the hands and feet to prevent identification should it be found. They draw lots and David is given the gruesome and traumatising task of dismembering the corpse, with Juliet disposing of the parts in her hospital's incinerator. Unknown to the three friends, Hugo is being sought by a pair of violent men who are torturing and murdering informants as they follow Hugo's trail. The flat below Alex, David, and Juliet's is broken into, causing them much apprehension and anxiety. The break-in also draws the attention of the police, who are surprised when the three deny that they ever had a fourth flatmate. While Juliet and Alex spend part of the money to 'feel better', David's fears explode into full-blown paranoia. He hides the suitcase of money in the attic, and begins living there, drilling holes in the attic floor to watch the living space below. The relationship between the three becomes increasingly strained and distrustful, with undertones of sexual tension and rivalry. The men trailing Hugo break into the trio's flat and violently assault Alex and Juliet, until they reveal where the money is. As they each enter the dark attic, David, who has been lying there in wait, kills them with a hammer. The trio again visit the same woods to dispose of the two bodies. Alex and Juliet become more worried than ever about David's mental state and David becomes worried that the two are conspiring against him. Juliet secretly buys a plane ticket to South America in anticipation of flight overseas, but also seduces David to get at the money. Matters come to a head after the bodies are discovered by chance - the grave having been too shallow - and Alex is sent by his newspaper to cover the story. He returns to find Juliet and David have reached an understanding about their shared plans that excludes him. That night, Alex - now fearing for his life - tries to secretly phone the police inspector in charge of the case, but he is interrupted by David and Juliet leaving. The doorstep altercation quickly escalates into a murderous triangular fight. David reveals he knows Juliet's secret plan to betray them and attacks her. In the scuffle, David stabs Alex in the chest but is killed by Juliet before he can finish Alex off. With David dead, Juliet tells Alex he can't come with her, she then forces the knife even deeper into Alex's torso, pinning him to the floor, before fleeing to the airport with the suitcase of money. However, arriving at the airport, she discovers that she has been tricked - the suitcase is filled not with money but with hundreds of headline clippings about the triple grave taken from Alex's newspaper. Devastated, with no possessions except her plane ticket, and knowing that she will soon be wanted for murder, Juliet flees the country. The police arrive at the flat to find Alex bleeding heavily and pinned to the floor. The camera pans to under the floor to reveal Alex's secret - removed from the suitcase and now concealed under the floorboards, are the missing bundles of cash.