The Skeleton Key
(2005)
Fearing Is Believing
Stars: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant
Director: Iain Softley
Writer: Ehren Kruger
Language: English
Studio: Universal Studios
Duration: 104
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
DVD Release: October 2008
Caroline (Kate Hudson), a 25-year-old hospice worker, is sent to New Orleans to care for an aging stroke victim (John Hurt) who lies bedridden and speechless in a rambling antebellum mansion. Alone in the house with no company aside from the man's unfriendly wife (Gena Rowlands), Caroline finds a key that opens every door and soon comes across a hidden room. But what she finds inside is a Pandora's box of voodoo, secrets and lies.
| Kate Hudson | Caroline Ellis |
| Gena Rowlands | Violet Devereaux |
| John Hurt | Ben Devereaux |
| Peter Sarsgaard | Luke Marshall |
| Joy Bryant | Jill |
| Daniel Mindel | Cinematographer |
| Maxine Barnett | Mama Cynthia |
| Fahnlohnee Harris | Hallie |
| Fahnlohnee R. Harris | Hallie (as Fahnlohnee Harris) |
| Marion Zinser | Bayou Woman |
| Deneen Tyler | Desk Nurse |
| Ann Dalrymple | C.N.A. |
| Trula M. Marcus | Nurse Trula (as Trula Marcus) |
| Trula Marcus | Nurse Trula |
| Tonya Staten | Nurse Audrey |
| Thomas Uskali | Robertson Thorpe (as Tom Uskali) |
| Tom Uskali | Robertson Thorpe |
| Jen Apgar | Madeleine Thorpe |
| Forrest Landis | Martin Thorpe |
| Jamie Lee Redmon | Grace Thorpe |
| Clayton Townsend | Executive Producer |
| Ronald McCall | Papa Justify |
| Jeryl Prescott Sales | Mama Cecile |
| Jeryl Prescott | Mama Cecile (as Jeryl Prescott Sales) |
| John Beard | Production Design |
| Joe Hutshing | Editor |
| Isaach De Bankolé | Creole Gas Station Owner |
| Christa Thorne | Creole Mother |
| Louise Frogley | Costume Design |
| Lakrishi Kindred | Frail Customer |
| Drew Boughton | Art Direction |
| Lawrence 'King' Harvey | Bar Man |
| Lawrence Harvey | Bar Man |
| Ronna Kress | Casting |
| Mark Krasnoff | Pickup Driver |
| Edward Shearmur | Original Music Composer |
| Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb | Set Decoration |
| Sabah | Luke's Secretary |
| Susannah Thorarinsson | Waitress in Bar |
| Bill H. McKenzie | Mr. Talcott |
| Joe Chrest | Paramedic |
| David J. Curtis | Party Guest (as David Curtis) |
| David Curtis | Party Guest |
| Tiffany Helland | Party Guest |
| Brian Ruppert | Party Guest |
| Bryan Ruppert | Party Guest |
| Philip Frazier | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Derek Shezbie | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Glen Andrews | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Stafford Agee | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Keith Frazier | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Derrick Tabb | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Shamarr Allen | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Shamar Allen | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Byron Bernard | Rebirth Brass Band |
| Herbert Stevens | Rebirth Brass Band |
| George Harper | Jazz Band |
| Howard McCary | Jazz Band |
| Kevin O'Neal | Jazz Band |
| Ryan Porter | Jazz Band |
| Rudy Regalado | Jazz Band |
| Nolan Shaheed | Jazz Band |
| Dustin Fleetwood | 3rd Infantry Band Member |
| Roderick Harrison | 3rd Infantry Band Member |
| Torrey McKinley | 3rd Infantry Band Member |
| Rico E. Anderson | Orderly in Hospital (uncredited) |
| Ed Shearmur | Composer |
| Dan Mindel | Director of Photography |
| Pauline Boudreaux | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Kristi Chalaire | Club Goer (uncredited) |
| Peter J. Devlin | production sound mixer |
| Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| James J. Duhon | Club Goer (uncredited) |
| Scott Millan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ianello Garcino | Mama Cecile's Lyncher (uncredited) |
| David Parker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Tyler Henry | Older Martin (uncredited) |
| Korey L. Jarmon | Club Goer (uncredited) |
| Van Johnson | |
| May Wynn | |
| Karen Kaia Livers | Preacher (uncredited) |
| Patricia Lauriet | Ballroom Dancer |
| José Ferrer | |
| Robert Francis | |
| Piper Moretti | 1930s Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Humphrey Bogart | |
| Tom Tully | |
| Karen Pritchett | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Sarah Pettycrew Kania | Ballroom Dancer |
| Fred MacMurray | |
| Ross Rouillier | Vigilante (uncredited) |
| Adam Rouillier | Vigilante |
| Andreas Beckett | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| Michael Wozniak | Lynch Group Leader (uncredited) |
| Natasha Delahunt | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| Deanna Dylan Scott | 1920's Party Dancer |
| Justin Groetsch | Club Goer (uncredited) |
| David Jensen | Country Doctor (uncredited) |
| Melissa Reneé Martin | Caviar Eating Guest (uncredited) |
| Marcus McGregor |
Genre: Ghosts, Thriller
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0397101
