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The Skeleton Key is a american film of genre Drama directed by Iain Softley released in USA on 12 august 2005 with Kate Hudson
The Skeleton Key (2005)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 august 2005
Length 1h44
Directed by Iain Softley
OriginUSA
Themes Films about religion
Rating65%
The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural horror film starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joy Bryant. The film centers on a young hospice nurse who acquires a job at a Terrebonne Parish plantation home, and becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery involving the house, its former inhabitants, and the hoodoo rituals and spells that took place there. It was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2005, and in the U.S. on August 12, 2005.
Synopsis
Caroline Ellis (Kate Hudson) is a New Orleans Hospice Aide who takes the position as caregiver at an isolated plantation house in the bayous of southern Louisiana. The lady of the house, Violet Devereaux (Gena Rowlands), looks after her husband Benjamin Devereaux (John Hurt), who has had a stroke. With some prompting from the family's estate lawyer, Luke Marshall (Peter Sarsgaard), Caroline accepts the position.Actors
Kate Hudson
(Caroline Ellis)
Gena Rowlands
(Violet Devereaux)
Peter Sarsgaard
(Luke Marshall)
John Hurt
(Ben Devereaux)
Joy Bryant
(Jill)
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