The Skeleton Key Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, "The Skeleton Key" stars Kate Hudson as Caroline, a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Gena Rowlands) ailing husband (John Hurt) in their home, a foreboding a decrepit Gothic mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple, their mysterious and secretive ways and their rambling house, Caroline begins 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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Skeleton Key.

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  Kate Hudson

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  Peter Sarsgaard

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  John Hurt

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  Joy Bryant

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Crew Behind the Film

The The Skeleton Key behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Iain Softley last directed Trap for Cinderella and Inkheart. The film's writer Ehren Kruger last wrote God is a Bullet and Dumbo.

Director

Iain Softley

Screenwriter

Ehren Kruger

Producers

Daniel Bobker
Michael Shamberg
Stacey Sher
Iain Softley

Production Details

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Production Updates for The Skeleton Key

Dec 2004

Completed

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