The nastiest British thriller ever?
Warp filmsNow being re-released, Shane Meadows' 2004 film told a brutal story of warped masculinity and revenge that is still shocking, two decades on. Christina Newland talks to its director.
With its seething menace and bleak realism, punctuated by the occasional dose of the surreal, Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes (2004) is a uniquely British story of small-town cruelty and revenge. Made on a shoestring budget with a cast of actors who would later go on to major work in Hollywood, the film, now just shy of 20 years old, has long been difficult to see, and is mercifully receiving a restoration and UK theatrical re-release today.