Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Critics largely found André Øvredal's morgue-set horror an effectively claustrophobic slow-burn, with its lead performances and creeping dread singled out for praise. The sharpest disagreement landed on the ending: some felt the film lost its nerve in the final act, with at least one reviewer calling it an awkward compromise between art-house ambition and genre exploitation.
“taut, yet often slyly funny scarefest”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“constructs a sinister claustrophobia”
Richard Whittaker·The Austin Chronicle
“Øvredal masterfully balances the requisite gore with some well-earned jump scares and a foreboding sense of doom.”
Joe Lipsett·Bloody Disgusting
Horror, Mystery
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Critics largely found André Øvredal's morgue-set horror an effectively claustrophobic slow-burn, with its lead performances and creeping dread singled out for praise. The sharpest disagreement landed on the ending: some felt the film lost its nerve in the final act, with at least one reviewer calling it an awkward compromise between art-house ambition and genre exploitation.
“taut, yet often slyly funny scarefest”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“constructs a sinister claustrophobia”
Richard Whittaker·The Austin Chronicle
“Øvredal masterfully balances the requisite gore with some well-earned jump scares and a foreboding sense of doom.”
Joe Lipsett·Bloody Disgusting
Horror, Mystery