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Aug 12, 2005 · "The Skeleton Key" (2005) is a Southern Gothic supernatural thriller set in the Louisiana bayou à la “Cat People” (1982) and “The Reaping” (2007). It’s not as good as the former, but arguably superior to the latter or at least on par.
The Skeleton Key. A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself entangled in a mystery involving a group of Voodoo practitioners and a house's dark past. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself ...
Aug 11, 2005 · The film depends upon atmosphere, shock and superstition; the logic of the plot is the last thing on our minds. It takes place in a creepy plantation house in a gloomy Louisiana backwater during a very, very rainy season. The district has something in common with every other horror movie set in the deep South: A ramshackle backroads gas station ...
2 days ago · The Skeleton Key is 2842 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 949 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Knock Knock but less popular than Demonic.
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Sep 1, 2022 · The Skeleton Key is a sprawling story with subplots galore and a smart perspective switch somewhere in the middle. With so much happening, it doesn’t quite keep the same momentum throughout (I found a few of the aforementioned subplots a bit tiresome, and found myself furiously disagreeing with Nell’s moral standpoint towards the end!), but it’s good at being a story about a lot of things.
This movie is about a 25-year-old woman who gets a job as a caretaker living in a plantation home in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. She soon discovers the scary attic in the house, with all sorts of hoodoo recipes, spells, books, et cetera. She starts to investigate and question Violet (Gena Rowlands), the owner of the house, about the secrets.
The key to escaping may lie in a decrepit attic, but if she dares to believe in what she discovers, everything she fears will become real! Filled with endless suspense and bone-chilling scares! Horror 2005 1 hr 43 min. 37%. 14+. PG-13. Starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard.
