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The Skeleton Key
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
2005 · Directed by Iain Softley · 104 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Fearing is believing.
Crew
- Written by: Ehren Kruger
- Cinematography: Dan Mindel
- Edited by: Joe Hutshing
- Music: Edward Shearmur
- Production design: John Beard
- Produced by: Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Daniel Bobker, Iain Softley
Cast
- Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis
- Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux
- Peter Sarsgaard as Luke Marshall
- John Hurt as Ben Devereaux
- Joy Bryant as Jill
- Marion Zinser as Bayou Woman
- Maxine Barnett as Mama Cynthia
- Fahnlohnee R. Harris as Hallie
- Deneen Tyler as Desk Nurse
- Ann Dalrymple as C.N.A.
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, MFPV Film, Double Feature Films, ShadowCatcher Entertainment
- Budget: $43,000,000
- Box office: $93,983,911
- Themes: dreams, nurse, key, new orleans, louisiana, plantation, haunted house, lawyer, attic, occult, vinyl record
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