The Skeleton Key
When Caroline Ellis takes a job in Louisiana's bayous, she unlocks a deadly secret in a huge Louisiana mansion where she works in. The spirits haunting the mansion are evil and are manipulating the living to fit their desires, and Caroline herself is at the center of one of their sinister schemes.
1 June 1971, Edmond, Oklahoma, USA
August 18, 1983 in Kenner, Louisiana, USA
21 March 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 September 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 August 1994, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
23 September 1952, Pinckneyville, Illinois, USA
8 July 1979, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
10 March 1968, Seaside, California, USA
12 August 1957, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
14 August 1990, Los Angeles County, California, USA
4 April 1964, Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
7 March 1971, Belleville, Illinois, USA
March 31, 2007
Reinvigorates the supernatural thriller genre with a much needed infusion of new ideas and just plain nasty, digital-free mischief.
March 01, 2007
A paint-by-numbers supernatural thriller that's more interesting for its locations than for its story.
October 11, 2006
Pretty much what you would expect from the screenwriter of disappointing films such as Scream 3, Reindeer Games and Arlington Road.
December 07, 2007
The only real mystery ... is what is this great ensemble cast doing in such a poorly executed movie?
August 12, 2005
This is essentially a haunted-house horror flick that starts off with effectively eerie scenes but devolves into a forced and mildly ridiculous ghost story.
April 29, 2009
A genuinely creepy offering in a world filled with contrived bland dramas posing as thrillers.
August 12, 2005
Criminal waste of talent.
August 12, 2005
The Skeleton Key delivers on all formulaic counts, except one: It never serves up any truly nightmare-inspiring scares.
October 31, 2007
The voodoo lore is sketchy (it can't hurt unbelievers, except when it can), the plot obviously little but build-up to the big reveal.
August 12, 2005
A diverting, stylish thriller that, despite pivoting on that and other whoppers, deserves credit for creating an authentic, original vibe.
August 12, 2005
There's lots of bad stuff brewing on the bayou in this occasionally scary but more often silly movie, which wastes some good actors along the way.
August 15, 2005
This is a moody, creepy thriller with some genuinely scary moments and a couple of twists that took me completely by surprise.
