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The Skeleton Key (29-Jul-2005)

Director: Iain Softley

Writer: Ehren Kruger

Music by: Edward Shearmur

Producers: Daniel Bobker; Iain Softley; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher

Keywords: Horror

A woman caring for an elderly man in a New Orleans mansion becomes caught up in a frightening mystery concerning the building's past.

ABSTRACT
Hospice caregiver Caroline Ellis is hired away from her place of employment by aging Southern matriarch Violet Devereaux to take care of ailing husband Ben in his dying days at a decrepit mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. A naturally-curious Caroline discovers chilling signs pointing to the Devereaux family's involvement in a clandestine hoodoo cult, soon drawn into a frightening mystery involving ghosts from the mansion's dark and disturbing past.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joy Bryant
Actor
19-Oct-1976   Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Isaach De Bankolé
Actor
12-Aug-1957   Casino Royale
Kate Hudson
Actor
19-Apr-1979   Almost Famous
John Hurt
Actor
22-Jan-1940 27-Jan-2017 Alien
Gena Rowlands
Actor
19-Jun-1930   A Woman Under The Influence
Peter Sarsgaard
Actor
7-Mar-1971   Shattered Glass

CAST

Kate Hudson   ...   Caroline
Gena Rowlands   ...   Violet
Peter Sarsgaard   ...   Luke
John Hurt   ...   Ben
Joy Bryant   ...   Jill
Maxine Barnett   ...   Mama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee Harris   ...   Hallie
Marion Zinser   ...   Bayou Woman
Deneen Tyler   ...   Desk Nurse
Ann Dalrymple   ...   C.N.A.
Trula Marcus   ...   Nurse Trula
Tonya Staten   ...   Nurse Audrey
Tom Uskali   ...   Robertson Thorpe
Jen Apgar   ...   Madeleine Thorpe
Forrest Landis   ...   Martin Thorpe
Jamie Lee Redmon   ...   Grace Thorpe
Ronald McCall   ...   Papa Justify
Jeryl Prescott Sales   ...   Mama Cecile
Isaach De Bankolé   ...   Creole Gas Station Owner
Christa Thorne   ...   Creole Mother
Lakrishi Kindred   ...   Frail Customer
Lawrence "King" Harvey   ...   Bar Man
Mark Krasnoff   ...   Pickup Driver
Sabah   ...   Luke's Secretary
Susannah Thorarinsson   ...   Waitress in Bar
Bill H. McKenzie   ...   Mr. Talcott
Joe Chrest   ...   Paramedic
Party Guests
David Curtis   ...   Party Guest
Tiffany Helland   ...   Party Guest
Bryan Ruppert   ...   Party Guest
Rebirth Brass Band
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
Shamar Allen   ...   Rebirth Brass Band
Byron Bernard   ...   Rebirth Brass Band
Herbert Stevens   ...   Rebirth Brass Band
Jazz 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
3rd Infantry Band Members
Dustin Fleetwood   ...   3rd Infantry Band Member
Roderick Harrison   ...   3rd Infantry Band Member
Torrey McKinley   ...   3rd Infantry Band Member

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