Troll Hunter Director Returns with The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Teaser Trailer: Helmer Andre Ovredal's Brian Cox/Emile Hirsch starrer will have its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest on Friday.

By Scott Collura

As Fantastic Fest opens today down in Austin, Texas, we've got the exclusive debut of the teaser trailer for IFC Films' The Autopsy of Jane Doe, the latest film from director Andre Ovredal (Troll Hunter) which stars Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch.

From the Fantastic Fest site, here's the logline for the film: "When a mysterious body turns up at a crime scene, the local sheriff turns to the coroner and his son to find the cause of death." The Autopsy of Jane Doe is celebrating its US premiere at Fantastic Fest tomorrow (Friday, 9/23), so take a look at the teaser trailer below:

Director Andre Ovredal will be in attendance at Fantastic Fest for the premiere tomorrow. Here's a bit more on the film's plot from FF:

Austin Tilden is ready to get out of Grantham, Virginia. With his mom dead and his girlfriend pulling at him, the only thing keeping him is his relationship with his father Tommy, the local coroner. The Tilden morgue has been a staple in Grantham for years and Austin still has plenty to learn from his dad, who may be older but is still as sharp as they come. When the local sheriff brings in a corpse late one night, Austin blows off plans with his girlfriend to stay and help his father with the autopsy.

The body belongs to a young woman found half-buried at a crime scene. With no ID and her fingerprints not found in the police system, she's classified as a Jane Doe. What's more troubling is that there's no apparent reason for her to have been at the crime scene. And the body is pristine, with no apparent cause of death. As the Tildens start the autopsy, they discover that her eyes have clouded, which would indicate a body that's been dead for days, but the muscles show no rigidity or signs of rigor mortis. And that's just the first anomaly they find. As the strange inconsistencies pile up and a thunderstorm rolls in, the Tildens will find that the body on their table holds plenty of dark and terrifying secrets.

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