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I debated whether or not to give this one a or Then I decided, f**k it, this film deserves the higher rating.
This is a genuine horror film ladies and gentlemen. Pure and simple. The film takes the genre back to basics and does a tremendous job of making me feel uneasy and tense. I had no idea what the film was about and was glued to the screen as the mysteries unfolded.
A dead woman is found at a gruesome murder scene. Her body is pristine and doesn't fit with the rest of the crime scene. The Sheriff brings the body to a local morgue where father and son coroners are finishing up another body. They are told they need to find answers about how she died tonight. When they begin their dissection, they discover oddities that simply don't match up. The questions about how, where, when and why she died don't add up either. The deeper into the examination they get, the more horrors they find.
Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch work really well off each other, bringing the father-son dynamic to the front of the story. This is a mystery, but the relationship between these two immediately connect with the viewer. These aren't some cookie cutter characters that we don't care about if they live or die. They actually feel fleshed out and with purpose. The script is smarter than that and it lets us in their lives.
The bare bones basics of the film is what makes it work. The use of sound is key here. We see that Cox ties bells to the feet of the dead. Back in the day they would do this incase someone wasn't dead. They'd hear the bell tingle at night and know that the person was still alive. He's old fashioned that way, so he does it as well. You better believe once they show this that it will come back to haunt them. Jingle here, tingle there. The use of sound is important in this film. The images work in their favour as well, being restrained when needed and graphic when the examination happens. This film has blood and guts, but it's never over the top. The more they peel away at the body, the more you want to find out about her.
There are a few cheap scares that I feel that the film is better than. So I was surprised to see it use some of those cheap gimmicks here and there, but overall, the atmosphere in this film is superb. Real dread and tension in some scenes. The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a horror winner in my books and I urge people to give it a chance this October season. Add it to your watch list and watch it in the dark.
October 12th
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Isolated Horror
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Isolated Horror
I debated whether or not to give this one a or Then I decided, f**k it, this film deserves the higher rating.
This is a genuine horror film ladies and gentlemen. Pure and simple. The film takes the genre back to basics and does a tremendous job of making me feel uneasy and tense. I had no idea what the film was about and was glued to the screen as the mysteries unfolded.
A dead woman is found at a gruesome murder scene. Her body is pristine and doesn't fit with the rest of the crime scene. The Sheriff brings the body to a local morgue where father and son coroners are finishing up another body. They are told they need to find answers about how she died tonight. When they begin their dissection, they discover oddities that simply don't match up. The questions about how, where, when and why she died don't add up either. The deeper into the examination they get, the more horrors they find.
Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch work really well off each other, bringing the father-son dynamic to the front of the story. This is a mystery, but the relationship between these two immediately connect with the viewer. These aren't some cookie cutter characters that we don't care about if they live or die. They actually feel fleshed out and with purpose. The script is smarter than that and it lets us in their lives.
The bare bones basics of the film is what makes it work. The use of sound is key here. We see that Cox ties bells to the feet of the dead. Back in the day they would do this incase someone wasn't dead. They'd hear the bell tingle at night and know that the person was still alive. He's old fashioned that way, so he does it as well. You better believe once they show this that it will come back to haunt them. Jingle here, tingle there. The use of sound is important in this film. The images work in their favour as well, being restrained when needed and graphic when the examination happens. This film has blood and guts, but it's never over the top. The more they peel away at the body, the more you want to find out about her.
There are a few cheap scares that I feel that the film is better than. So I was surprised to see it use some of those cheap gimmicks here and there, but overall, the atmosphere in this film is superb. Real dread and tension in some scenes. The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a horror winner in my books and I urge people to give it a chance this October season. Add it to your watch list and watch it in the dark.