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29/07/2005 Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller 1h 44m
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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.

  1. Ehren Kruger

    Writer

  2. Iain Softley

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kate Hudson

    Caroline Ellis

  2. Gena Rowlands

    Violet Devereaux

  3. Peter Sarsgaard

    Luke Marshall

  4. John Hurt

    Ben Devereaux

  5. Joy Bryant

    Jill

  6. Marion Zinser

    Bayou Woman

  7. Maxine Barnett

    Mama Cynthia

  8. Fahnlohnee R. Harris

    Hallie

  9. Deneen Tyler

    Desk Nurse

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-08-27
_**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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$43,000,000.00

Revenue
$93,983,911.00

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