A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
- Hallie
- (as Fahnlohnee Harris)
Trula M. Marcus
- Nurse Trula
- (as Trula Marcus)
Thomas Uskali
- Robertson Thorpe
- (as Tom Uskali)
Jeryl Prescott
- Mama Cecile
- (as Jeryl Prescott Sales)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe swamp behind the Devereaux house was created with CGI effects. The actual house used in this movie, Felicity Plantation, is situated inland in St. James Parish, and is surrounded by farmland. The fictional Devereaux house was situated in Terrebonne Parish, which is coastal and swampy.
- GoofsViolet rides up in the elevator when all power is out.
- Quotes
Violet Devereaux: Child, I believe you broke my legs.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'the Skeleton Key' (2005)
- SoundtracksDo Whatcha Wanna
Written by Keith Frazier, Philip Frazier and Kermit Ruffins
Performed by ReBirth Brass Band (as The Rebirth Brass Band)
Featured review
Great plot and location. Creepy.
A young woman takes a job caring for a stroke victim in his creepy, dilapidated home in New Orleans. She begins to get suspicious that something more is at play. Stars Kate Hudson.
I love the plot and also the location and it's quite creepy. It's not brilliantly put together somehow but overall it's a decent supernatural thriller (more than a horror) and worth a watch.
I love the plot and also the location and it's quite creepy. It's not brilliantly put together somehow but overall it's a decent supernatural thriller (more than a horror) and worth a watch.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Chìa Khóa Xương Người
- Filming locations
- Bayou Gauche, Louisiana, USA(trip to see hoodoo lady)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $43,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,907,715
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,057,945
- Aug 14, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $93,983,911
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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