2005 Movies : Mystery

With Jared Padalecki • Elisha Cuthbert • Jaume Collet-Serra • Bruce Berman • Paris Hilton • Joel Silver • Steve Richards • Damon Herriman • Robert Zemeckis • Susan Levin • Chad Michael Murray • Jon Abrahams • Brian Van Holt • Emma Lung • Chad Hayes • Carey Hayes • Herbert W. Gains • John Kirby

A road trip to the biggest college football championship of the year takes a turn for the worse for Carly, Paige and their friends, when they decide to camp out for the night before heading to the game. A confrontation with a mysterious trucker at the camp site leaves everyone unsettled, and Carly has her hands full trying to keep the peace between her boyfriend Wade and her hot-headed brother Nick. They wake up the next morning to find that their car might have been tampered with, preventing their departure. At the risk of being stranded, they accept a local's invitation for a ride into Ambrose, the only town for miles. Once there, they are drawn to Ambrose's main attraction--Trudy's House of Wax, which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But as they soon discover, there is a shocking reason the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town's dark secrets, they are stalked by a mysterious killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose—or become permanent additions to the "House of Wax".

With Kate Hudson • Scott Stuber • Peter Sarsgaard • Michael Shamberg • Stacey Sher • Joy Bryant • John Hurt • Iain Softley • Daniel Bobker • Ehren Kruger • Clayton Townsend

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.