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After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux, a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet, 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.Product Identifiers
ProducerDaniel Booker, Stacey Sher, Iain Softley, Michael Shamberg
EAN5050582362459
eBay Product ID (ePID)48571471
Product Key Features
ActorJoy Bryant, Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard
Film/TV TitleThe Skeleton Key
DirectorIain Softley
LanguageEnglish
Run Time100 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2008
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Audio Commentary with director Iain Softley\Deleted scenes\Behind The Locked Door: Making Of THE SKELETON KEY\Exploring Voodoo Hoodoo featurette\Recipe And Ritual: Making The Perfect Gumbo featuette\Blues In The Bayou featurette\Kate Hudson's Ghost Story \Plantation Life featurette\Casting THE SKELETON KEY \John Hurt's Story\A House Called Felicity featurette\Gena's Love Spell\Trailers
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ReviewsUncut - The performances are full-throttle, with Hudson as the most pig-headedly fearless heroine in years, making good on her ALMOST FAMOUS promise, Entertainment Weekly - A basic bayou thriller distinguished by a very self-conscious subversive streak
Additional InformationAfter 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 harbours 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.
ScreenwriterEhren Kruger
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Skeleton Key