The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016 Directed by André Øvredal

Every body has a secret.

Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

Emile Hirsch Brian Cox Ophelia Lovibond Olwen Catherine Kelly Michael McElhatton Parker Sawyers Jane Perry Mark Phoenix Mary Duddy

Alternative Titles

A boncolás, The Jane Doe Identity, La morgue, La autopsia de Jane Doe, Демон внутри, Dēmona autopsija, Демон всередині, Skrodimas, Η αυτοψία, Tundmatu naise lahkamine, Obdukcija Džejn Do, ジェーン・ドウの解剖, Autopsja Jane Doe, A Autópsia, Аутопсията на Джейн Доу, Obdukcija Jane Doe

horror mystery

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Review by brat pitt ★★½ 13

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sorry but if she’s a vvitch from 1692 then why was her bush perfectly trimmed and waxed
Review by DirkH ★★★ 10

This could have been so brilliant.
The build up in this horror film, one that tries to play with the classic haunted house genre, is superb. It opens with a scene that imbues the film immediately with a great sense of mystery. We then cut to the location where the rest of the film will take place, an old crematorium come mortuary run by a father and son. The place oozes character and serves as a fantastic location for a horror film. There is this palpable feel of the dead, strengthened by the first autopsy scene.
There is an unnerving sense of realness to the corpses and the way the outstanding central duo (Cox and Hirsh) move around them. Director…
Review by davidehrlich ★★½ 3

She won’t be receiving any awards attention for her role as an unidentified corpse in “The Autopsy of Jane Doe,” but Olwen Catherine Kelly’s performance — in which she lies naked and motionless on a metal slab for 99 minutes — is a profoundly morbid testament to the notion that less is more. At first seeming more like a marvelously effective prop than she does an actual character, Kelly’s frigid corpse soon thaws into a gruesome display of the Kuleshov effect, her blank stare growing a touch more evil every time “Trollhunter” director André Øvredal cuts back to it.
The dark heart of a horror movie that begins as an atmospheric mystery before flatlining into something much schlockier, Kelly doesn’t…
Review by josh lewis ★★★ 3

props to any horror film willing to go for empathy when exploitation is so much easier, and to include a brief digression that gives the (usually tactless) animal death its proper emotional due
Review by Hollie Horror ★★★½ 7

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I could have really loved The Autopsy of Jane Doe if they would have stuck with the father & son doing an autopsy for a majority of the running time, uncovering long-hidden artifacts that only become more and more puzzling the deeper they cut, maybe even skype in Vincent D'Onofrio as an occult expert before the medical examiners are mysteriously killed too! It seemed as though there was pressure to turn up the scary in the second half, but it only hindered the inspired first half by relying too much on generic frights.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all about riding this witch wave as long as it lasts, I only wish the good feelings I had about the first half persisted until the very end, because the post-mortem portion was that good.
Review by Michał ★★★

the girl playing the corpse is a better actress than jlaw
Review by katie ★★★½ 2

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black phillip did it better
Review by stephanie ✨ ★★★★

miss jane doe: 🔪 🔪 🔪 I'M A BAD BITCH! 🔪 🔪 🔪 YOU CAN'T KILL ME! 🔪 🔪 🔪
Review by calvin ★★★ 1

this bitch got a paycheck without even fucking moving...AN ICON
Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 4

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A stellar first-act of tradition and process in the lives of father/son coroners soon transforms into a spooky chamber-horror. Quite understated and beautiful performances by Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch.
Review by Tony the Terror😼🏳️‍🌈 👻 ★★★★ 1

I borrowed this from the library a while back and kinda forgot that I had it, but then I was tidying up this weekend and found it mixed in with my own stuff so I figured I better watch it and heyooo I was not expecting to dig it as much as I did!
I think I read somewhere that this was a supernatural story because I wasn’t surprised when it took a turn in that direction, but I feel like I should have been? I can’t be bothered to look so I’m just going to write that I can’t remember if the preview revealed that or not because I’m not even sure I saw the preview.
All of the…
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★

olwen kelly's performance as the naked corpse was a mood

Recent reviews

Review by larissasoyyo ★★★

Honestly I just remember it was a really good idea but I was watching it alone at the bus and I almost shat myself a couple times so I decided not to pay it full attention.
But good premise and great job giving me nightmares.
Review by Sonny Brooks ★★★½

I would have simply left the premises
Review by Dan ★★★½

Daily Horror Scavenger Hunt 33 - March 2021
1. To start things off, let's thank Matt Winfield for hosting February's hunt by watching something that Matt has rated 4 stars exactly. He's a generous rater so you should have plenty of awesome options!
This starts off really strong, with a mysterious body showing up in the morgue of a young girl. Seems like she's got nothing really wrong with her externally but as the autopsy begins they start noticing some really bizarre and extreme internal injuries. The first hour of this I really enjoyed but unfortunately the angle they take it seemed less exciting than I hoped. I do really enjoy Brian Cox though and he and Emile Hirsch had…
Review by kd03751bjs ★★★½

This movie starts at a crime scene, but really begins when Jane Doe gets back to the morgue. As weird things begin to happen, the two main characters race to find answers to the mystery this body poses. It was definitely creepy and I enjoyed watching it.
Review by Fran ★★★

La parte de la autopsia me ha gustado, el resto eran clichés vistos mil veces. Habría preferido que la película se centrase en la sala de autopsia con los personajes descubriendo más y más detalles bizarros.
Review by Maykera Crazy ★★★½

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• Furos
1. A morte do gato acabou não dando em nada praticamente, foi-se criada uma tensão mas no fim das contas ele apenas se machucou para termos uma cena "emotiva"?
2. A cena da aparição da garota foi completamente aleatória, não tinha como ela entrar ali assim como não tinha como eles saírem dali, ela saiu sem fazer nenhuma barulho ou algo do tipo.
3. Não investiram muito nos cadáveres móveis, com poucas aparições e visuais que poderiam ter sido muito bem explorados para criar um suspense/terror ainda maior.
Overall: Ideia interessante, execução boa, porém tem seus erros e potenciais desperdiçados. Eu realmente vejo que existia um potencial para ser um 2010s essential mas acaba só sendo Ok
Review by isabella ★★★½

a bicha fez de tudo sem mover um dedo em fim rainha ne porém não entendi bem ela vai ficar fazendo isso a vida inteira, eu pensei que ela ia reviver ou algo... tipo eles não tinham a culpa do que aconteceu com ela
Review by Kinopsia ★★★½

Fairly average horror that cheats a bit for effect, which is an irritant. But kind of enjoyable all the same. Some good sh*t you up moments.
Review by n/e ★★★★½

man what the FUCK horror films don't usually make me scared afterwards but after watching this i think i won’t be able to sleep tonight
Review by chloe ★★★½

review soon
Review by tvNmovies ★★★½

I am still thinking about how good this was
Review by Emily ★★★½

I don’t get scared easily but around the end of this movie I kept stopping and starting it and being like okay there are 30 minutes left you can do it and then when I finished it I slept for like 18 hours. It’s probably not that scary but I have this deep, irrational fear that I’ll one day be trapped in a room with a corpse and I don’t know where it came from or why it would ever happen but here we are. This movie was a nightmare. I loved it. I will not watch it ever again.