Plonk a handful of strung-out, cashed-up narcissists in a house and the carnage is basically guaranteed.
Lena Dunham's cult TV show Girls knew this well. In one of the series' most memorable episodes, its central quartet retreat to a secluded bungalow by the beach, ostensibly to patch up old wounds with a spot of salt air.
What ensues, of course, is nothing short of a bloodbath. Secrets tumble out before the first drink is downed; resentment spills over into all-out warfare. Every friendship leaves a little bruised.
