Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the “Jane Doe,” they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
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Film Cast:
- Austin Tilden: Emile Hirsch
- Tommy Tilden: Brian Cox
- Emma: Ophelia Lovibond
- Jane Doe: Olwen Catherine Kelly
- Sheriff Sheldon: Michael McElhatton
- Officer Cole: Parker Sawyers
- Lieutenant Wade: Jane Perry
- Louis Tannis: Mark Phoenix
- Irene Daniels: Mary Duddy
Film Crew:
- Additional Editor: Steve Mirkovich
- Costume Design: Natalie Ward
- Director of Photography: Roman Osin
- Foley Recordist: Detlef A. Schitto
- Casting: Elaine Grainger
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lars Ginzel
- Executive Producer: Stuart Ford
- Sound Editor: Manuel Laval
- Sound Designer: Christian Conrad
- Producer: Eric Garcia
- Special Effects Supervisor: Scott McIntyre
- Director: André Øvredal
- Line Producer: Tim Cole
- Original Music Composer: Saunder Jurriaans
- Producer: Rory Aitken
- Producer: Ben Pugh
- Executive Producer: Matt Jackson
- Executive Producer: Steven Squillante
- Foley: Martin Langenbach
- Editor: Peter Gvozdas
- Original Music Composer: Danny Bensi
- Screenplay: Ian B. Goldberg
- Art Direction: Astrid Sieben
- Standby Art Director: Melanie Light
- Assistant Costume Designer: Clementine Charity
- Production Design: Matt Gant
- ADR Mixer: Richard Kondal
- Editor: Patrick Larsgaard
- Still Photographer: Susie Allnutt
- Music Editor: Vanesa Lorena Tate
- Post Production Supervisor: Marian Briozzo
- Prosthetic Designer: Kristyan Mallett
- Gaffer: Phil Brookes
- Script Supervisor: Sheila McNaught
- Carpenter: Alex Abelman
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Stephen Coren
- Makeup Designer: Jemma Harwood
- First Assistant Director: Jim Imber
- Sound Recordist: Ian Maclagan
- Sound Editor: Tina Laschke
- Music Supervisor: Andy Ross
- Digital Imaging Technician: Luis Reggiardo
- Carpenter: Seb Palmer
- Second Assistant Camera: Karl Clarke
- ADR Editor: Sabrina Naumann
- Casting Assistant: Emma Gunnery
- Producer: Fred Berger
- Additional Photography: Vanessa Whyte
- Screenplay: Richard Naing
- Co-Executive Producer: Adam Cobb
- Rigging Gaffer: Dave Staton
- Key Grip: Warwick Drucker
- Property Master: Timothy Wilkinson
- First Assistant Camera: Rami Bartholdy
- Best Boy Electric: Joe Judge
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Michael Tuohy
- Systems Administrators & Support: Sam J. Green
- Makeup Designer: Bella Cruickshank
- First Assistant Editor: Nicholas Emme
- First Assistant Editor: Patrick O’Mahony
- Production Coordinator: Dot Kyle
- Art Department Assistant: Adam David Grant
- Hairstylist: Lisa Pemberton
- Location Manager: James Player
- ADR Editor: Grace Averbuch
- Set Decoration: Robin Jones
- Second Assistant Director: Daniel Jerome Gill
- Construction Manager: John Moolenschot
- Third Assistant Director: Laurie Mahon
- Foley Editor: Anja Seidel
- Unit Production Manager: Andrew Chapman
- ADR Mixer: Rodrigo Galvan
- Production Assistant: Ashley Marsden
- Dressing Prop: Andrew Barden
- Dressing Prop: Joe Fitz-Gerald
- Dressing Prop: Sebastian Pietrovito
- Painter: Anthea Dixon
- Production Accountant: Steve Cronick
- ADR Mixer: Simon Sampath-Kumar
- Location Assistant: Enest Ansah
- Associate Producer: Courtney Noble
- Floor Runner: Viva Stuart
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Zoe McLachlan
- Boom Operator: John Thorpe
- Costume Assistant: Dickie Bass
- Costume Assistant: Holly Clarke
- Costume Assistant: Rosalind Hackett
Movie Reviews:
- Madsen7: From director André Øvredal (Trollhunter) comes one of the best horror movies of 2016, The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Suspenseful, clever and creepy from start to finish this horror movie follows the story of father and son (played by Brain Cox and Emile Hirsch), both coroners, as they experience unexplained and paranormal events while examining the body of an unidentified woman (played by Olwen Kelly). Execution is superb, from directing, editing, camera-work, color grading, sound editing, dialogue. Movie also features some fine acting, most notably from Brian Cox (no surprise there) There is not a single moment where I felt bored, tension is always present and creepy atmosphere makes it very enjoyable. Also scares don’t feel forced but rather real and well earned. Maybe couple of shortcomings or sins here and there prevent it to be a masterpiece, but it is still a very damn good movie. Simple story skillfully executed. Horror is not dead, it is still here and very alive, you just need to have passionate and talented people working behind the cameras.
- Gimly: But satisfaction brought it back.
_Final rating:★★★½ – I strongly recommend you make the time._
- Reno: **The one corpse no coroner want to mess with!**
And this is something different. Actually, no films are different these days, but it has succeeded to shape differently with an already known platform. Except the small parts of the opening and the ending, the rest of the story takes place in a postmortem room and its building. It is a one night story and revolves around two characters, a coroner father and his assistant son. After receiving an unidentified body to examine, the son decides to stay back with his dad by dropping out the plan to go a date with his girlfriend. As the procedure begins, the night goes on. But at the half way through, they begin to experience the strange events. And once it goes beyond their hands, they try to survive the threads that come their way which pretty much the rest of the film.
A short and sweet horror. I mean no sweet, but very effective theme. There are lots of things you won’t understand, even the film does not explain them for us. But if you sit back and think about them after you have watched it, you would get many perspectives, like about the corpse, and what happened at the end. I could have revealed mine in here, but it would only spoil your watch if you are yet to see it. Overall, there’s nothing serious you are going to miss any details. Except one question that nobody sure about is who is/was Jane Doe, I mean her background story that linked to this film event. Only a prequel would explain that. So I hope they make one quickly. Meantime, don’t miss it if you’re looking for a decent horror film. Because it’s much better that any recent horrors.
_7/10_