Movie
The Skeleton Key
2005PG-131h 44m6.6 / 10
Fearing is believing.
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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Synopsis
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
More about The Skeleton Key
Cast
Kate HudsonCaroline Ellis
Gena RowlandsViolet Devereaux
Peter SarsgaardLuke Marshall
John HurtBen Devereaux
Joy BryantJillMarion ZinserBayou Woman
Maxine BarnettMama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee R. HarrisHallieCredits
- Directed by
- Iain Softley
- Written by
- Ehren Kruger
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $43M
- Box office
- $94M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States- MFPV FilmGermany
Double Feature FilmsUnited States- ShadowCatcher EntertainmentUnited States
- Daniel Bobker ProductionsUnited States
- Brick Dust Productions LLC
Themes
atticcreoledark pastdreamsevil spiritsghostshaunted househoodoo
