The Skeleton Key

Director:
Iain Softley

Writer (WGA):
Ehren Kruger (written by)

Release Date:
12 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Cast :
Actor Character
Kate Hudson Caroline Ellis
Gena Rowlands Violet Deveraux
John Hurt Benjamin Deveraux
Peter Sarsgaard Luke Marshall
Joy Bryant Jill Dupay

Original Sound track :
# 1 Death Letter (The Skeleton Key) 3:39
# 2 Opening Titles Hollywood Studio Symphony 3:00
# 3 Come on in My Kitchen (The Skeleton Key) Johnson, Robert [1] 2:49
# 4 Barefoot Dancing (The Skeleton Key) Blackbud 3:41
# 5 Ben Escapes Hollywood Studio Symphony 3:12
# 6 Do Whatcha Wanna (The Skeleton Key) Rebirth Brass Band 3:24
# 7 61 Highway Blues McDowell, Mississippi Fred 3:11
# 8 Violet's Story Hollywood Studio Symphony 2:28
# 9 Hoodoo Woman Hollywood Studio Symphony 2:45
# 10 God Moves on the Water (The Skeleton Key) Johnson, Blind Willie 2:59
# 11 The Goldrush (The Skeleton Key) Washbourn, Joe 4:18
# 12 Saving Ben Hollywood Studio Symphony 4:41
# 13 Iko Iko (The Skeleton Key) Dixie Cups 2:04
# 14 The Conjure Room Hollywood Studio Symphony 5:53
# 15 Conjure of Sacrifice Hollywood Studio Symphony 2:40
# 16 Thank You Child Hollywood Studio Symphony 2:04
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Plot :
A young woman discovers a terrible secret while caring for an elderly man in this supernatural thriller. Caroline (Kate Hudson) is a care provider for the aged who is hired away from the hospice where she works by Violet Devereaux (Gena Rowlands). Violet needs someone to help take care of her husband, Ben (John Hurt), who is in poor health and doesn't have long to live. Violet and Ben live in a decaying rattletrap mansion not far from New Orleans, and as she settles into her work, Caroline spends her spare time exploring the house. It isn't long before Caroline discovers evidence that suggests Ben and Violet are members of a sinister voodoo cult, and that ghosts walk in the Devereaux mansion. The Skeleton Key also stars Peter Sarsgaard and Joy Bryant. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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