The Skeleton Key
“Fearing is believing.”
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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Cast
32 people
Kate Hudson
Caroline Ellis
Known for
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Bride Wars
Gena Rowlands
Violet Devereaux
Known for
The Notebook
Night on Earth
Peter Sarsgaard
Luke Marshall
Known for
Orphan
Green Lantern
John Hurt
Ben Devereaux
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Joy Bryant
Jill
Known for
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
For Life
Marion Zinser
Bayou Woman
Known for
Elvis
Maxine Barnett
Mama Cynthia
No other roles listed
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Hallie
Also in
Runaway Jury
The Great Debaters
Fahnlohnee Harris
Hallie
Deneen Tyler
Desk Nurse
Known for
Looking for Alaska
Dallas Buyers Club
Ann Dalrymple
C.N.A.
Known for
Schizopolis
Trula M. Marcus
Nurse Trula
Known for
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Man's Best Friend
Iain Softley Director · Ehren Kruger Writer Edward Shearmur Composer
Worldwide gross $94M · Budget $43M · United States release August 12, 2005
Box office
Budget
$43,000,000
Worldwide gross
$93,983,911
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
MFPV Film
Production
Double Feature Films
Production
ShadowCatcher Entertainment
Production
Daniel Bobker Productions
Production
Brick Dust Productions LLC
Production
Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Spain · July 29, 2005
Theatrical
United States · August 12, 2005
Theatrical
United States
August 2, 2005 · Premiere · Universal City, California
Argentina
September 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
August 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Canada
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
August 31, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
September 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
August 26, 2005 · Theatrical
France
August 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Georgia
August 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
August 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
December 23, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Kazakhstan
August 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Latvia
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Lithuania
September 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 18, 2005 · Theatrical
December 15, 2005 · Physical · DVD
February 13, 2008 · TV · RTL 5
October 28, 2010 · Physical · Blu ray
Panama
October 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Peru
November 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
August 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 13, 2005 · Theatrical
South Africa
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 5, 2005 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 18, 2005 · Theatrical · German
September 7, 2005 · Theatrical · French
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 1, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
August 26, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Uruguay
November 4, 2005 · Theatrical
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