Horror Rings A Bell In First Trailer For 'The Autopsy Of Jane Doe' Starring Emile Hirsch

Winning the first runner up for TIFF’s Midnight Madness Audience Award, and earning strong buzz out of Fantastic Fest, let me be frank, I don’t get the hype for “Troll Hunter” director André Øvredal’s “The Autopsy Of Jane Doe.” Cheap, predictable, uninventive — you can read my full review for all my thoughts. The film really didn’t play for me, and I’m slightly astonished that many have been cast under its spell. But hey, whatever works, and perhaps other horror fans will find something to love.

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Starring Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox, the movie is essentially a single location thriller, about father and son medical examiners, whose latest body on the table turns out to be something supernaturally sinister. Here’s the full synopsis:

Experienced coroner Tommy Tilden and his grown-up son Austin run a family-owned morgue and crematorium in Virginia. When the local Sheriff brings in an emergency case — an unknown female corpse nicknamed ‘Jane Doe’, found in the basement of a home where a multiple homicide took place — it seems like just another open-and-shut case. But as the autopsy proceeds, these seasoned professionals are left reeling as each layer of their inspection brings frightening new revelations. Perfectly preserved on the outside, Jane Doe’s insides have been scarred, charred and dismembered — seemingly the victim of a horrific yet mysterious ritualistic torture. As Tommy and Austin begin to piece together these gruesome discoveries, an unnatural force takes hold of the crematorium. While a violent storm rages above ground, it seems the real horrors lie on the inside… 

“The Autopsy Of Jane Doe” opens on December 21st.