In a mansion appears evidence of a cruelly murdered couple, both found by Sheriff Burke (Michael McElhatton), alongside the body of an almost intact and exceptionally preserved of a young woman in her mid-twenties. The Forensic crew formed by father Tommy (Brian Cox) and son Austin (Emile Hirsch) has to execute an urgent autopsy . Like father , like son , Austin follows teachings his daddy along the way the forensic practices . As Austin leaves his girlfriend (Ophelia Lovibond) with whom had amusement plans, deciding to stay with his father during the seemingly quiet night to carry out the autopsy due to the emergency of the case and amid a huge media frenzy. Things go wrong , when they discover cryptic marks , severed tongue , rare tattoos on the body of the young girl , as well as strange phenomenon and poltergeists successively happening. Body has a secret. Her curse lives deep within. Can they unearth pale Jane Doe's morbid secret?
Horror fairy tale , being consistently paced, finely played by starring duo : Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch and with a lot of gore , twists and turns .Weird terror movie that's heavy on gory autopsy scenes with acceptable though completely interior production design , colorful cinematography and decent but no excessive special effects , incuding gruesomely vivid guts . A twisted plot in which father and son become involved into a supernatural intrigue resulting in plunging themselves deeper and deeper towards a world of impossible occurrences and equally inexplicable findings . It contains adequate cinematography by Roman Osin, as well as thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans . The motion picture was competently directed André Øvredal. This is a good director with a short but interesting career with penchant for Chillers and Horror movies. This is André Øvredal's first English-language film. Andre is a craftsman who has made various nice films , such as : "The Tunnel" , "Scary Stories", "Mortal" , "Troll Hunters" , "Future Murder"and some shorts. Rating : 7/10 . Better than average Terror movie in spite of developing itself at limited interior scenarios. Well worth watching.
Horror fairy tale , being consistently paced, finely played by starring duo : Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch and with a lot of gore , twists and turns .Weird terror movie that's heavy on gory autopsy scenes with acceptable though completely interior production design , colorful cinematography and decent but no excessive special effects , incuding gruesomely vivid guts . A twisted plot in which father and son become involved into a supernatural intrigue resulting in plunging themselves deeper and deeper towards a world of impossible occurrences and equally inexplicable findings . It contains adequate cinematography by Roman Osin, as well as thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans . The motion picture was competently directed André Øvredal. This is a good director with a short but interesting career with penchant for Chillers and Horror movies. This is André Øvredal's first English-language film. Andre is a craftsman who has made various nice films , such as : "The Tunnel" , "Scary Stories", "Mortal" , "Troll Hunters" , "Future Murder"and some shorts. Rating : 7/10 . Better than average Terror movie in spite of developing itself at limited interior scenarios. Well worth watching.