The Skeleton Key (2005)

Directed by

Iain Softley

Genre

horror film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 2,306 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hospice nurse in New Orleans takes a job caring for an elderly couple in a remote plantation house. She starts to suspect that dark secrets and supernatural forces tied to Hoodoo rituals are at work inside the home.

mysteriouscreeping dreadatmosphericsupernaturalmoodyslow-burnsuspensefulsouthern gothic

What happens

The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural folk horror film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joy Bryant. The screenplay by Ehren Kruger follows a New Orleans hospice nurse who begins a job at a Terrebonne Parish plantation home and becomes entangled in a mystery involving the house, its former inhabitants, and Hoodoo rites that took place there. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $94 million on a budget of $43 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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