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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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