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The Skeleton Key

Release Date: July 8, 2005

Genre: Supernatural thriller

Cast: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard, John Hurt, Joy Bryant

Directed by: Iain Softley

Writer: Ehren Kruger

Producers: Daniel Bobker, Iain Softley, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Executive Producer: Clayton Townsend


From the writer of The Ring (Ehren Kruger) and the director of K-PAX (Iain Softley) comes Universal Pictures' contemporary supernatural thriller, The Skeleton Key.

Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, The Skeleton Key stars Hudson as Caroline, a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple, their mysterious and secretive ways and their rambling house, Caroline beings to explore the old mansion. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret. Peter Sarsgaard portrays Luke, the local attorney working on the couple's estate, and Joy Bryant plays Jill, Caroline's best friend.

The film is produced by Daniel Bobker, Iain Softley, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher.

(top) KATE HUDSON stars as Caroline, a live-in nurse who stumbles upon a terrifying secret in the foreboding mansion of her employer in the contemporary supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key.

KATE HUDSON stars as Caroline, a live-in nurse who stumbles upon a terrifying secret in the foreboding mansion of her employer in the contemporary supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key.

Photo Credits: Merrick Morton.
Copyright: © 2005 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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