The Skeleton Key
2005
Fearing is believing.
Directed by Iain Softley
User Rating
Intensity
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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- Director
- Iain Softley
- Written by
- Ehren Kruger
- Produced by
- Daniel Bobker, Iain Softley, Lorenzo P. Lampthwait
- Composer
- Edward Shearmur
- Cinematographer
- Dan Mindel
- Editor
- Joe Hutshing
- Sound Designer
- Harry Cohen
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- Germany, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB
- 6.6/10 (2,368 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 38% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 47/100
- IMDb
- 6.5/10 (127,976 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(2006)
Cast
Kate Hudson
Caroline Ellis
Gena Rowlands
Violet Devereaux
Peter Sarsgaard
Luke Marshall
John Hurt
Ben Devereaux
Joy Bryant
Jill
Marion Zinser
Bayou Woman
Maxine Barnett
Mama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Hallie
Deneen Tyler
Desk Nurse
Ann Dalrymple
C.N.A.
Trula M. Marcus
Nurse Trula
Jen Apgar
Madeleine Thorpe
Thomas Uskali
Robertson Thorpe
Jamie Lee Redmon
Grace Thorpe
Forrest Landis
Martin Thorpe
Tonya Staten
Nurse Audrey
Isaach de Bankolé
Creole Gas Station Owner
Christa Thorne
Creole Mother
Crew
Iain Softley
Director
Ehren Kruger
Writer
Daniel Bobker
Producer
Lorenzo P. Lampthwait
Producer
Michael Shamberg
Producer
Stacey Sher
Producer
Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
Dan Mindel
Director of Photography
Joe Hutshing
Editor
John Beard
Production Design
Clayton Townsend
Executive Producer
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Score
Various Artists
The Skeleton Key (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Features Johnny Farmer, Organized Noize, Edward Shearmur, Robert Johnson, BlackBud, Rebirth Brass Band,
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