| | Skeleton Key DVD
| Category | Suspense DVDs, Horror Movies, Thriller Videos, Mystery, Haunted Houses | | Starring | Gena Rowlands, Kate Hudson, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant | | Director | Iain Softley | | Director of Photography | Daniel Mindel | | Executive Producer | Clayton Townsend | | Producer | Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Iain Softley | | Screenwriter | Ehren Kruger |
Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any door in the house--with the exception of one, which she claims she has never been able to open. But curiosity gets the best of her, and Caroline opens the door to find a wealth of materials representing the old house's history of hoodoo, an ancient form of folk magic. She soon discovers that the house harbors a dark secret--one that Violet knows more about than she first admits.
Breaking her string of lighthearted romantic comedies, Kate Hudson gives a performance that proves she's more than capable of playing a feisty damsel in distress. Ehren Kruger's (THE RING) script gives her some physically demanding scenes, while providing the audience with a steady string of effective jolts culminating in a SIXTH SENSE-style twist that few are likely to see coming. Louisiana's swampy, heavy atmosphere is literally a character in the film, while Gena Rowlands, at age 75, astounds once again with one of her most surprising roles. THEATRICAL RELEASE: AUGUST 12, 2005 Skeleton Key Reviews: "[T]he performances are full-throttle, with Hudson as the most pig-headedly fearless heroine in years, making good on her ALMOST FAMOUS promise."
-- Nick Hasted, Uncut "[A] basic bayou thriller distinguished by a very self-conscious subversive streak..."
-- Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly Skeleton Key Movie Review Skeleton Key DVD Region [unknown]
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