The Skeleton Key poster

The Skeleton Key( 2005)

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Fearing is believing.

Overview

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kate Hudson

      Caroline Ellis

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      Gena Rowlands

      Violet Devereaux

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      Peter Sarsgaard

      Luke Marshall

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      John Hurt

      Ben Devereaux

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      Joy Bryant

      Jill

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      Marion Zinser

      Bayou Woman

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      Maxine Barnett

      Mama Cynthia

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      Fahnlohnee R. Harris

      Hallie

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      Deneen Tyler

      Desk Nurse

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      Ann Dalrymple

      C.N.A.

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      Trula M. Marcus

      Nurse Trula

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      Jen Apgar

      Madeleine Thorpe

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      Thomas Uskali

      Robertson Thorpe

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      Jamie Lee Redmon

      Grace Thorpe

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      Forrest Landis

      Martin Thorpe

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      Tonya Staten

      Nurse Audrey

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      Isaach de Bankolé

      Creole Gas Station Owner

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      Christa Thorne

      Creole Mother

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      Ronald McCall

      Papa Justify

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      Jeryl Prescott

      Mama Cecile

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      Lakrishi Kindred

      Frail Customer

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      Sabah

      Luke's Secretary

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      Joe Chrest

      Paramedic

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      David J. Curtis

      Party Guest

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      Tiffany Helland

      Party Guest

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      Brian Ruppert

      Party Guest

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Thu Aug 27 2020
    _**The Louisiana bayou, an antebellum mansion, Hoodoo and Kate Hudson**_ A New Orleans hospice worker (Kate Hudson) takes a job at a dilapidated antebellum mansion in the bayou caring for a dying old man (John Hurt). His wife seems to be hiding something, however (Gena Rowlands). Peter Sarsgaard is on hand as the estate’s amiable lawyer. "The Skeleton Key" (2005) is a Southern Gothic supernatural thriller set in the Louisiana bayou à la “Cat People” (1982) and “The Reaping” (2007). It’s not as good as the former, but arguably superior to the latter or at least on par. Most of the film i...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    43000000.00

    Revenue

    93983911.00

    Keywords

    • dreams
    • nurse
    • fight
    • kidnapping
    • key
    • new orleans, louisiana
    • plantation
    • lawyer
    • attic
    • occult
    • vinyl record
    • locked door
    • creole
    • southern gothic
    • hoodoo
    • paralytic husband