Review of The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) by Orlando O — 28 Aug 2017

Nothing more scarier than being stuck in a morgue with lights flickering, silent noises until you hear a bell ringing with a mysterious figure walking down the hallway. The Autopsy of Jane Die has so much potential in being a scary supernatural horror movie but it misses out in every chance it gets with the thrills. Only saving grace with the movie is its short run time so you do not have to worry about dozing off anymore. I found the film to be very boring, uninteresting plot, and the direction lacked scares and suspense.

The plot is dull. An unidentified corpse goes to a morgue led by Brian Cox's character and his son Emile Hirsch. They both perform a three-phase autopsy to figure out what is the cause of death since there were no signs of physical trauma. As they learn more, they discover a written symbol inside her, which soon causes a lot of supernatural sightings in the morgue. As they both get stuck in there, when they see one of their corpses with a bell on its foot walking around.

The plot does give some brief backstory to who this Jane Doe is. Without giving away details of the plot, but it does put the concept into a witchcraft idea. But the film never triggers for any suspense with the direction. You spend the whole movie watching two characters, slowly moving from one room to another. Hoping there is nothing on the other room. And the film has no suspense or thrills.

Emile Hirsch is a great actor and same with Brian Cox. But there characters were decent to see. We learn about Hirsch's character that he loves his father and wants to help him out with the morgue. But at same time, he is growing up and wants to leave home for new opportunities but has trouble trying to break the news to his father.

Overall, The Autopsy of Jane Doe was not as good. It lacked scares and was boring throughout. The plot was dull, taking its entire place in a morgue with tedious characters. Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox did what they could with their performances but could not save the movie.

I rate the film 2 out of 5 stars.