The Skeleton Key (Blu-ray) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 7, 2010
  • Originally Released: 2005
  • Label: Universal Studios

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A paint-by-numbers supernatural thriller that's more interesting for its locations than for its story. Full Review
Film Journal International
Mar 1, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- This surprisingly fun psychological thriller -- featuring brilliant turns from veterans Gena Rowlands and John Hurt -- could well be the sleeper hit of the year. Full Review
The List
Apr 25, 2019
A genuinely creepy offering in a world filled with contrived bland dramas posing as thrillers. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 29, 2009
Rating: C -- Unlocks a mystery, but the journey is fraught with the familiar. Full Review
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Nov 13, 2005
Rating: 3.8/5 -- Ever since The Sixth Sense, thriller "twists" have become increasingly lame and pointless, but in The Skeleton Key, it actually works quite well. Full Review
Black Horror Movies
Jan 6, 2020
Rating: 3/5 -- Its ultimate twist is both admirable and startling, making this savory gumbo worth a nibble. Full Review
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Oct 20, 2005
[A] basic bayou thriller distinguished by a very self-conscious subversive streak...
Entertainment Weekly
Aug 19, 2005

Product Description:

After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any door in the house--with the exception of one, which she claims she has never been able to open. But curiosity gets the best of her, and Caroline opens the door to find a wealth of materials representing the old house's history of hoodoo, an ancient form of folk magic. She soon discovers that the house harbors a dark secret--one that Violet knows more about than she first admits.

Breaking her string of lighthearted romantic comedies, Kate Hudson gives a performance that proves she's more than capable of playing a feisty damsel in distress. Ehren Kruger's (THE RING) script gives her some physically demanding scenes, while providing the audience with a steady string of effective jolts culminating in a SIXTH SENSE-style twist that few are likely to see coming. Louisiana's swampy, heavy atmosphere is literally a character in the film, while Gena Rowlands, at age 75, astounds once again with one of her most surprising roles.

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