"For the future brains behind "Trainspotting" and "The Beach", it was an auspicious debut which was much admired at the time and has been much imitated since. It also gave a young Scottish newcomer by the name of Ewan McGregor his first chance to shine in a starring role on the big screen... Brilliantly combining Grand Guignol horror with gallows humour, shocking violence, and bold stylistic flourishes, "Shallow Grave" proved Quentin Tarantino didn't have the monopoly on dark crime capers. The script loses its way in the last third and the dialogue is a little arch, but these are small prices to pay in a movie that's not so much a thriller as a 90-minute adrenaline shot." - Neil Smith, BBC