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Film · 2016

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Directed by André Øvredal · starring Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox and Ophelia Lovibond

  • 1 h 26 min
  • Horror · Mystery · Thriller
  • UKUSA
  • 6.1 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.7 Users10 votes
  • 5.4 Critics5 reviews

Synopsis

In 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' two coroners, father and son, Tony y Austin Tilden (interpreted by Brian Cox and Emile Hirsh). Both of them have to investigate the body of a young mysterious woman. The police finds the body of one mysterious homicide woman. Once they proceed to work with the boy they realized that the victim no apparent cause of death. So the cause of her death isn't identified and they discover new strange and new hints about the case and her terrifying secrets.

This horror movie is directed by André Øvredal and written by Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing. Starring by english actors like Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton or Jane Petty, among others, the film was awarded with special prize of jury in Sitges Film Festival.

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The essentials

Runtime
86 min1 hour and 26 minutes
How long is The Autopsy of Jane Doe?
1 hour and 26 minutes (86 minutes).
Who directed The Autopsy of Jane Doe?
André Øvredal.
Who is in The Autopsy of Jane Doe?
It stars Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond and Michael McElhatton.
Where can I watch The Autopsy of Jane Doe?
In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Prime Video and on rent on Apple TV.
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Director
André Øvredal
Producers
Fred Berger

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What the critics say average 5.4 from 5

  • 7.0 VarietyDennis Harvey While 'Autopsy' lives up to its title, providing plenty of grisly medical gore, the forensics induce less squirming than the exacting yet playful way Ovredal keeps making us anticipate more… Read
  • 6.7 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty The Autopsy of Jane Doe is essentially a 90-minute episode of Jack Klugman's late-?70s TV show 'Quincy, M.E.' with more graphic gore, goo, and guts. Read
  • 5.8 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich This morbid film takes body horror to a new level, but leaves its brains behind. Read

Soundtrack

All 6 songs
  1. Farming ManTennessee River Crooks Spotify
  2. Open Up Your HeartThe Hamblens Spotify
  3. Maze SongPRS, Alan Waller, PRS Spotify
  4. Midnight BlackThe Temperance Movement

Trivia

  • Martin Sheen

    Martin Sheen was originally cast as Tommy, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. He was replaced by Brian Cox.

  • Prizes

    'The autopsy of Jane Doe' won the Jury Prize during the 49th edition of the International Festival of Fantastic Cinema of Catalunya- SITGES in 2016.

  • He was inspired by...

    The Norwegian director André Øvredal was inspired to do a horror movie after attending a screening of The Conjuring. He immediately called his agent and told them that they should try and find a good horror script for him. A month later they showed him this script and he was immediately interested.

  • The song

    The song playing throughout this movie was on the Flintstones. Let the Sunshine in, sung by Pebbles.

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