6.6
A Bay of Blood
1971
“Fearing is believing.”
The Skeleton Key (2005)
July 29, 20051h 44mEN
6.6
2.3K votes
Overview
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
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$43.0M
Revenue
$94.0M
Production Companies
Universal PicturesMFPV FilmDouble Feature FilmsShadowCatcher EntertainmentDaniel Bobker ProductionsBrick Dust Productions LLC
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7.0_**The Louisiana bayou, an antebellum mansion, Hoodoo and Kate Hudson**_ A New Orleans hospice worker (Kate Hudson) takes a job at a dilapidated antebellum mansion in the bayou caring for a dying old man (John Hurt). His wife seems to be hiding something, however (Gena Rowlands). Peter Sarsgaard is on hand as the estate’s amiable lawyer. "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. Most of the film…
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