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The Skeleton Key (2005)
6.4
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 42,225 users
Metascore:
47/100
Reviews: 349 user | 178 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past. Director:Iain SoftleyWriter:Ehren Kruger |
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| John Hurt | ... |
Ben Devereaux
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| Joy Bryant | ... |
Jill
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Maxine Barnett | ... |
Mama Cynthia
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Fahnlohnee R. Harris | ... |
Hallie
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Marion Zinser | ... |
Bayou Woman
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| Deneen Tyler | ... |
Desk Nurse
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| Ann Dalrymple | ... |
C.N.A.
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Trula M. Marcus | ... |
Nurse Trula
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| Tonya Staten | ... |
Nurse Audrey
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| Thomas Uskali | ... |
Robertson Thorpe
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| Jen Apgar | ... |
Madeleine Thorpe
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| Forrest Landis | ... |
Martin Thorpe
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A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of morbid going-ons centered around a group of Hoodoo practitioners. (Hoodoo is not Voodoo, it's of a different culture. Voodoo is Haitian while Hoodoo is an old African American magic that just like Voodoo only works if you believe in it.) Written by Ed
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Fearing Is Believing See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity and thematic material See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Der verbotene Schlüssel See more »Box Office
Budget:
$43,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£769,698 (UK) (31 July 2005) (354 Screens)Gross:
$47,806,295 (USA) (23 October 2005)Company Credits
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Caroline Ellis: [reading from Treasure Island] I lost no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and dangerous position. Something must speedily be resolved upon, and it occurred to us at last to go forth together and seek help in the neighboring hamlet...
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At the opening of the film, the book that Caroline is reading to the hospice patient is Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." Toward the beginning of that work, Jim Hawkins is caring for the elderly Billy Bones after the man has a stroke. Caroline begins her ordeal in the same way: taking care of the elderly Ben Devereaux post-stroke. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Caroline is showing Jill the newspaper ad for the hospice job, she has circled it numerous times with wide pen strokes. When Jill looks at it again, the pen strokes have obviously changed positions, more an oval shape. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Caroline Ellis: [reading from Treasure Island] I lost no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and dangerous position. Something must speedily be resolved upon, and it occurred to us at last to go forth together and seek help in the neighboring hamlet...
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Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009) See more »
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