¡QUÉ HORROR! 2017
Candidate #13
(September 2016)
"Mommy told me something a little girl should know.
It’s all about the Devil and I’ve learned to hate him so.
(The Autopsy of Jane Doe OS’ courtesy of bloody-disgusting.com
& mondotees.com.)
It’s all about the Devil and I’ve learned to hate him so.
She said he causes
trouble when you let him in the room.
He will never ever leave
you if your heart is filled with gloom.”
--“Open Up Your Heart”
The
body of an unidentified young woman found under strange circumstances is
brought in to the Tilden Morgue & Crematorium, where father and son
Tildens, Tommy (Brian Cox) and Austin (Emile Hirsch) set about to uncover cause
of death.
But
this is far from a cut and dried post
mortem, as the Tildens soon discover…
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a rousing
“Welcome Back!” for director André Øvredal (who was last seen ‘round these
parts in the 2011 ¡Qué horror!
rundown, with Trolljegeren).
This
time though, there are no amusing, humorous chuckles to be had. This is dark
and disturbing stuff, courtesy of a script by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing,
which is, honestly, a welcome surprise.
Familiar
with some of Goldberg’s work on Once Upon
a Time and Dead of Summer (for
which Naing also wrote an episode), I hadn’t expected him capable of horror of
this grimness. I’m glad to be divested of that impression.
So
effective is the film that no less than Guillermo del Toro (“A fun, stylish,
beautifully built funhouse of horror!”) and Stephen King (“Visceral horror to
rival ALIEN and early Cronenberg. Watch it, but not alone.”) have sung its
praises.
¡Qué horror!
can do naught but agree…
“Whatever the hell
happened in here… we are way past
possible.”
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