The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

Director:

André Øvredal

Writers:

Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing

Stars:

Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond

7 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Brian Cox	...	Tommy
Emile Hirsch	...	Austin
Ophelia Lovibond	...	Emma
Michael McElhatton	...	Sheriff Burke
Olwen Catherine Kelly	...	Jane Doe (as Olwen Kelly)
Jane Perry	...	Lieutenant Wade
Parker Sawyers	...	Trooper Cole
Mary Duddy	...	Irene Daniels
Mark Phoenix	...	Louis Tannis
Sydney	...	Stanley the Cat

Storyline

While investigating the murder of a family, Sheriff Sheldon and his team are puzzled with the discovery of the body of a stranger buried in the basement that does not fit to the crime scene. He brings the corpse of the beautiful Jane Doe late night to the coroner Tommy Tilden and requests to have the cause of death until the next morning to have an answer to the press. Tommy's son and assistant Austin Tilden is ready to go to the movie theater with his girlfriend Emma, but he decides to stay to help his father in the autopsy. Along the stormy and tragic night, they disclose weird and creepy secrets about Jane Doe.

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Plot Keywords:

autopsy | morgue | female frontal nudity | female pubic hair | escape attempt | 

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Taglines:

Her curse lives deep within.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, unsettling grisly images, graphic nudity, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Japan]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross USA:

$10,474

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,170,043

Company Credits

Production Co:

42, IM Global, Impostor Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The production filmed at Home Farm in Selling, Kent, which doubled as the exterior and kitchen of the Tilden family home.

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Goofs

At around 41 minutes, when Austin writes XXVII on blackboard, it is possible to see faint traces of these numbers on the board suggesting that they had already been written there and later erased. Austin is writing almost exactly on them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Deputy Ballard: [over radio] Sheriff, you gotta get down here.
Sheriff Burke: [crouching down] We got an ID on her?
Deputy Ballard: No, sir. No relation to Paul and Carol.
Lieutenant Wade: Who's she?
Sheriff Burke: Well, for now, she's a Jane Doe.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the "Special thanks" section, the last entry is the single word: "Troll". André Øvredal's previous feature film was Trollhunter (2010).

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Connections

References The Notebook (2004)

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Soundtracks

Midnight Black
Written by Philip Campbell, Paul Sayer, Nicholas Fyffe, Luke Potashnick, and Damon Wilson
Performed by The Temperance Movement
Courtesy of Fantasy
By arrangement with Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

Creepy as Hell

And a simply wonderful throwback to the 1970s when horror was, well, horror -- and not based on gimmicks like "found footage" but rather genuine scene-setting, story building, audience engagement, and full-tilt creepiness.

Probably destined to become a classic.

Brian Cox is this generation's Donald Pleasence, that is to say, a character actor who could not give a bad performance if he tried yet is destined to never actually stand out in any single production because that is his style.

Director André Øvredal is one of those rare finds -- an auteur with (so far) a small body of work who is producing better and better films. This suggests that over time he will probably give us bigger and better treats to come.

And while Ophelia Lovibond does not get a lot of screen time, the exposure she does have will only add to her fan base. An American accent so natural you would think she was trained by Hugh Laurie and a performance so sweet you might not even recognize her (unless you looked twice) as the very same actress that underpinned an entire season of Elementary.

Recommended? This is a must-see!