Directed by:
André ØvredalCinematography:
Roman OsinCast:
Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Olwen Catherine Kelly, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton, Mark Badham, Parker Sawyers, Jane PerryVOD (6)
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Experienced coroner Tommy Tilden and his grown-up son Austin run a family-owned morgue and crematorium in Virginia. When the local Sheriff brings in an emergency case - an unknown female corpse nicknamed ‘Jane Doe’, found in the basement of a home where a multiple homicide took place - it seems like just another open-and-shut case. But as the autopsy proceeds, these seasoned professionals are left reeling as each layer of their inspection brings frightening new revelations. Perfectly preserved on the outside, Jane Doe’s insides have been scarred, charred and dismembered - seemingly the victim of a horrific yet mysterious ritualistic torture. As Tommy and Austin begin to piece together these gruesome discoveries, an unnatural and terrifying force takes hold of the crematorium. While a violent storm rages above ground, it seems the real horrors lie on the inside. (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
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Good idea, great execution and moderate runtime that helps the atmosphere, thanks to which the viewer does not get bored. Ugly, a mystery, an autopsy, corpses, darkness, a thunderstorm... ask yourself who could resist such a horror invitation, right? Ummm.... Certainly, some of the jump scares were predictable to cheap, but there were also moments that, I think, no one expected, and the gradual unraveling of the whole mystery was very entertaining to me. Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch are great.
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The first "forensic" half in the style of "conversations at the autopsy table" is very fresh and exciting, the second begins to use on more familiar genre tropes and uses shabby jump scares. Exchanges of views between father and son are sometimes engulfed by rigor mortis, and the final revelation is not exactly from the "what you don't hear about every Halloween" category, but the rather skillful directing and good atmosphere push it through the kiln door with triumph. André Øvredal did not disappoint, just another crunchy story, this time sprinkled with formaldehyde and conducted in a sharp sagittal spirit. By the way, it's a movie that awakens the necrophile in someone. A little bit.
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A superb example that horror isn't dead and it's still possible to create original and intriguing films that have that precise unsettling and eerie atmosphere you expect, and it's achieved here solely through one enclosed space and three actors, one of whom lies motionless on the autopsy table throughout. Brian Fox and Emile Hirsch are excellent.
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I waited the entire time for the final ultra-shock, such as that I got from, for example, the Spanish movie [REC], but it
never came. I waited for it because the director managed to delicately escalate the horror-like tension to the point that
viewers could feel it in the marrow of their bones. The A-list acting duo gives the movie some prestige, you can smell the
stench of dead bodies in the morgue from each shot, and the unmoving, soulful look of actress Olwen Catherine Kelly
will haunt you for long hours after you’ve finished watching. It’s a pity that the logic of the plot suffered. With a better
script, this could have been the best horror movie of 2016.
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I'm having an early Christmas today. The Autopsy of Jane Doe is one of the highlights of this year and I didn't expect it to be the unbeatable number one this year, and I've seen the trailer at least 20 times!! Only an absolute cretin and a spineless motherf*cker can have any complaints here. The film skillfully mixes several horror elements, so everyone from a glutton for guts to a person craving for scares or atmosphere will find a taste for it and that's how it should look like! The whole horror is heavily mysterious and I personally can't think of a more interesting idea than an unidentified corpse that is full of surprises, puzzles and mystery. Strongly engaging from the start, the atmosphere downright steals your breath in places, the music gets under your skin and the captivating visuals push your eyeballs out. I found the dissection itself more entertaining than any other gore orgy. The main characters are professionals in their field and you believe and agree with all their claims. The final denouement warmed my heart and it is definitely not a nice film but a very bleak and cold one. Confident, purposeful and very skilled filmmaking of a kind that is very rare in horror. The quality of the film could be compared to a 30 year old Rum. The only thing that pisses me off here is that the film is too good. I'm sending a 100 euro donation to the director so I can have a sequel for next Christmas. Story 8/10, Atmosphere 10/10, Gore 8/10, Visuals 9/10, Action6/10, Suspense 9/10, Humour 0/10. Entertainment 9/10, Scares 7/10. 100%.
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