Autopsy (20008)

“Autopsy” is a fun horror movie that takes advantage of some simple plot points, classic make-up effects, and good casting choices. The film never tries to take itself too seriously or to push the limits on a particular style or theme. The more films I see from this series, the more I come to love the “After Dark Horrorfest” film selections. This movie is from the 3^rd series of the 8 Films to Die For.

The story is simple; a group of young adults who were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras end up hitting a tree on a lonely deserted road. They’re all ok but discover that they also managed to have hit someone as well as a tree. Before they know what to do, an ambulance comes driving up the road and the orderlies get out and collect the man. When they notice the kids, they suggest that they come to the hospital for an evaluation for trauma and to call a tow truck for their vehicle. They all go and end up at Mercy Hospital. Once there, they are slowly separated one by one for various reasons, the first being Bobby who was actually injured during the accident. Slowly, Bobby’s girlfriend Emily realizes that something is wrong when she isn’t allowed to see him after a few hours and she begins to sneak around the hospital. The reveal is that the hospital was closed down after Hurricane Katrina and is being run by a nurse, two orderlies who were former prison mates, and a mad doctor intent on saving his wife with whatever means necessary; she’s suffer from some kind of terminal cancer that they never explain. Emily’s friends are slowly killed one by one by either the doctor’s experiments or by the orderlies who are having a little aggressive, violent fun. The end result is the same as the victims have various organs taken as replacements for the doctor’s ailing wife. Emily uses her cunning and luck to survive the encounter and finally finds the wife and how she’s being kept alive….

Favorite moment – there is a scene when Emily kills one of the orderlies and the effects are great and realistic without the use of CGI.