| The Skeleton Key | |
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| Directed by | Iain Softley |
| Written by | Ehren Kruger |
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| Cinematography | Dan Mindel |
| Edited by | Joe Hutshing |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Production companies | Shadowcatcher Entertainment Double Feature Films |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $43 million[1] |
| Box office | $94 million[1] |
The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural folk horror film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joy Bryant. The screenplay by Ehren Kruger follows a New Orleans hospice nurse who begins a job at a Terrebonne Parish plantation home, and becomes entangled in a mystery involving the house, its former inhabitants, and Hoodoo rituals that took place there.
- ^ a b "The Skeleton Key". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 4, 2020.