The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Simply A Masterpiece

Fantastic!

A Masterpiece!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This takes a while to get going - almost half way through and he main event hasn't started, but it doesn't feel like time wasted. It builds a slow journey, which starts off with psychological scare, and adds a sprinkling of more flashy scares later. Overall it builds tension well, and the story and set up are original so that, despite some familiar techniques, your never quite sure where its going.

A great atmospheric horror story that has an original theme. The acting is good there's no ridiculous special effects and how the story unfolds is excellent. The IMDB score doesn't match how good this film is, it's a solid 8/10. Recommended

Impressive and very scary. It is particularly good for the first half when all manner of ideas are being thrown about whilst we try and understand what could have happened. The Jane Doe looks good all the time and is a constant reminder that something very bad has taken place. It is nice that we are asked to switch allegiances during the film but I would have liked to have left the basement once or twice. A little more exposition as to where the girl was found and the circumstances and/or more revelations of possible origins to the clearly sinister happenings. As it is it is pretty claustraphobic and just a tiny bit disappointing the way things turn out after such an horrific first half or so. Mind you, imperfect it may be but you won't be able to tear yourself away, even though you may want to.

'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' is a chilling and suspenseful film, but falls short of being great due to it's tasteless climax. Director André Øvredal uses his limited setting well and creates a great claustrophobic feeling that immerses it's audience into the mystery of the film. The two leading actors both portray their characters well, and have a great father-son chemistry that helps bring the story alive. While the first half is very compelling and suspenseful, the film loses it's audience when the cliches start rolling in. While Øvredal had great potential with the original plot line he never really reached greatness. He set up the viewers for a plot twist that was rather unsatisfying. Then, predictable cliches and cheap jump scares were added in to make it worse. However, despite my negativity on the last half of this film, overall it was still quite good. The suspenseful first half was definitely unsettling and the mystery was very intriguing. It was made very well, with great directing on Øverdal's part. Had the ending to this movie went a little further, then this would have been one hell of a horror movie.