If you are looking for a mild, make you think kind of thriller then The Skeleton Key is just for you.
New York Times Manohla Dargis calls it, “one of the most enjoyable movies of the season”; this skillfully mastered movie follows a live-in nurse, Caroline, played by Kate Hudson who travels to Louisiana to take care of an elderly man and his eccentric wife. This mild thriller gives you enough thrill as it does everything else, The Skeleton Key also gives you a wonderful look into a hidden world of voodoo.Caroline is dedicated to her job, but is constantly sidetracked because of ghostly images, a crazy woman, disoriented man and scary noises coming from the attic. Caroline is given one key by Violet, the wife of the elderly man, the key opens every door in the house. As Caroline opens a room in the attic she stumbles into a world of witch craft, unanswered questions, and a world that she never knew existed. This movie takes you into the world of voodoo’s dark secrets of spell casting and conjuring of spirits. The ending of the movie makes the movie one of the best thought out pictures of the year. It also steers away from the typical scary movie endings where we all know the ending before the movie ends.
The Skeleton Key has a star-studded cast with stars like Kate Hudson, Gena Rowland, Peter Sargaard, John Hurt and Joy Bryant. This mild thriller gets a PG-13 rating with some violence,and disturbing images.