The Skeleton Key (2005) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 12, 2005
On DVD:	November 15, 2005
Genre:	Suspense, Horror
Director:	Iain Softley
Writer:	Ehren Kruger
Cast:	Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Joy Bryant
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Official site:	theskeletonkeymovie.com
Running Time:	104 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity and thematic material

From the writer of The Ring (Ehren Kruger) and the director of K-Pax (Iain Softley) comes Universal Pictures' contemporary supernatural thriller, The Skeleton Key. Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, The Skeleton Key stars Hudson as Caroline, a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Gena Rowlands) ailing husband (John Hurt) in their home…a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana Delta. Intrigued by the...

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If only Kate Hudson ran around in her undies more often. While the best parts are the scenes where Hudson roams around the house in her shorty-short underwear, "The Skeleton Key" is a surprisingly decent thriller that avoids the normal scare tactics and instead goes with a slower and more psychological approach to terror. While never superb, the movie is consistently tense and intriguing, and the ending is also a bit different as well. Full movie review »