After an initial green band trailer for André Øvredal‘s Trollhunter follow-up The Autopsy of Jane Doe, we now have a dissection with a little more bite in the form of a red band trailer. Led by Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox, Jane Doe follows the duo as father-son coroners whose latest bodily investigation may yield new meaning to the phrase “every body has a secret.” Cleverly using the four stages of an autopsy as its structural premise, the trailer starts with more subtle scares — e.g. a fly protruding from the deceased’s nose, a threatening radio broadcast — and then moves into the more downright wild as it progresses.
Taking place in what seems to be a single location, Jane Doe looks to be a smaller-scale project than Øvredal’s debut, hopefully building even more atmosphere and tension within its confined premise than the largely-outdoor Trollhunter.
See the red band trailer below, with a nod to The Movie Box:
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 hits VOD on December 20th, followed by a a theatrical run on December 21st.