Digging to Death (2021)

David is newly divorced, up for a promotion at work, and moving into a new home he’s just purchased.  Well that’s a lot of stress. On top of that, his daughter is afraid she’s going to lose her insurance and not be able to afford the treatment for her health condition. David says not to worry as the promotion can help pay those bills, plus it’s allowing him to afford this new house.  He may want to actually have gotten the promotion before taking on additional financial responsibilities.

When David starts digging in the backyard, he finds a huge box an inch beneath the surface. It’s probably seven feet by seven feet.  When David opens it, he finds a body and piles of cash.  Why would anyone put either of those things in such a shallow hole?

For reasons not explained, David fears if he reports the dead body to the police, they’ll think he did it.  Since he just moved into the home, it’s unlikely they would suspect him unless he has some sort of violent past.  He hides the cash in the house and covers up the box with the body in it. Thus starts a series of strange occurences where he finds muddy footprints in his house, and sees the corpse banging on the  door outside the security room. Then David starts killing anyone he suspects may be after the money - and he suspects anyone who talks to him.

There’s a continuity issue where the money goes from being loose in the hole to back into the garbage bag the next day. Also with the amount of time he opens and closes the box, I can’t believe his neighbors wouldn’t have seen.  If a new neighbor moves in and you see him constantly out in the back yard with a shovel, you might watch absentmindedly or be more curious thinking, what the hell is that guy doing?

The movie starts off slow but you get sucked in and wonder what is going on. But a it goes on, it’s just David getting paranoid about his money, and obsessing about his potential promotion, while going insane. Is it the money, the divorce, is he off his meds, or was he just hiding his insanity all along and the stress tipped him over the edge?

Ridiculous dialogue:

Did the last people leave the fridge and stove? [said while looking at the fridge and stove in the house her father has already moved into]

The board covered by only an inch of soil.