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The Skeleton Key (2005) - Movie Browser

Kate Hudson unlocks a door that should've stayed locked. The South will rise... and switch bodies.

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Overview

Drama Horror Thriller Mystery

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

Content warning

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cultural appropriation of belief systemsthe price of curiosityaging and bodily autonomysystemic racism in folklore

Standout Aspects

Acting

Gena Rowlands serving terrifying grandma realness.

Production

That plantation house deserves its own billing.

Writing

Third act twist still divides Reddit to this day.

Best for:Solo·Friends·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence·Disturbing

Director

Iain Softley

ReleasedJul 29, 2005

Runtime1h 44m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Budget$43M·Revenue$94.0M

Top Cast

Kate Hudson

Caroline Ellis

Gena Rowlands

Violet Devereaux

Peter Sarsgaard

Luke Marshall

John Hurt

Ben Devereaux

Joy Bryant

Jill

Maxine Barnett

Mama Cynthia

Fahnlohnee R. Harris

Hallie

Deneen Tyler

Desk Nurse

Ann Dalrymple

C.N.A.

Trula M. Marcus

Nurse Trula

Jen Apgar

Madeleine Thorpe

Thomas Uskali

Robertson Thorpe

Jamie Lee Redmon

Grace Thorpe

Forrest Landis

Martin Thorpe

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