Great movie! (by themullenfamily) |
Character development was great, acting was excellent, well written, well directed and just an all around well put together movie.A health care worker decides she can't provide the kind of care to her patients she wants to provide within the cold confines of the nursing home she's working in. She opts then to take a job caring for the husband of a very strange woman in their even stranger home. She soon discovers that this couple seemingly has a strong belief in hoodoo a variant of voodoo , and as she investigates further the ailment afflicting her new patient, and the disturbing <more> |
Well Spun Southern-Gothic Horror Tale. (by drownnnsoda) |
I saw "The Skeleton Key" back in August 2005 during it's theatrical run, and I can say it was one of the better horror/thrillers of the year. "The Skeleton Key" is about a young hospice worker named Caroline Ellis who decided to take a caregiving job outside of New Orleans deep in the bayou. She will be working for Violet Devereaux, and will be taking care of her bed ridden husband, Ben. Caroline senses something eerie about the old plantation house, and begins to uncover a strange chain of events and incidents after opening a secret room within the attic. In the attic <more> |
A twist that will leave your head spinning! (by Nightman85) |
Intelligent, stylish, and compelling all the way, The Skeleton Key is one of the best supernatural thrillers in years!Young nurse takes up a job at an isolated bayou estate, where she begins to believe that someone is messing with some sinister magic.Director Iain Softley gives this film some nice style, using the feverish swamp setting to build an atmosphere of tension and the unknown. However it's really Ehren Kruger's cleverly crafted story that will draw one into the film. Kruger delivers a tale full of mystery and unsettling sequences, all of which builds to a terrificly twisted <more> |
still spooked by the ending (by aharmas) |
Part of the success of this type of movie is setting up and making sure its resolution lives up to its expectations. I must say that in this film everything seems to work, and yet... I'm not sure what spooked more: its ending or the nature of its ending.The film deals with the adventures of a young care worker in the middle of Louisiana. The atmospheric surroundings, the haunting score, beautiful, spooky photography, and some very good acting by Rowlands and Kate Hudson raise the bar for upcoming "horror films". We're glued to the screen for nearly two hours, as things <more> |
Why the twist at the end was disturbing (by olin2359) |
I thought this movie was great because of the twist at the end. I have seen this movie a few times and 2 out of 3 people miss the most creepy and disturbing part of the whole movie. The funny thing about this movie is that the sacrifices all started with the children of the wealthy banker. Papa Justify and Mama Cecile took over the children's bodies during the party and then the people at the party hung and burned the children thinking it was the servants. That in itself was disturbing. They then shot the wealthy banker and his wife and took over the house and lived there until they took <more> |
Interesting, clever, well-written, well-acted and really quite compelling - but not very scary. (by robchat) |
Have you ever wondered what happened to Penny Lane after the film Almost Famous? Almost Famous, with its great, funny, emotional and entertaining script, was the only film I had ever seen starring Kate until I watched The Skeleton Key, in which she stars as an ex-Rock-and-Roll party girl, who decides to work as a live-in carer.She accepts a post helping a lady Gena Rowlands look after her husband John Hurt who has had a stroke in the attic of their very large house.I had been meaning to watch The Skeleton Key for quite a while; it is written by the guy who wrote the American version of <more> |
Great acting and good ending (by joandjustinwalsh) |
Having seen the lacklustre trailer for this film, I wouldn't have bothered to see it at the cinema if it wasn't for some very positive reviews here in the UK. It isn't the most original film and the ending, while good, isn't gob-smacking. But it is very well shot and has some strong acting performances in it. Kate Hudson is particularly good as the inquisitive nurse. Her character generally doesn't need to be told things twice and I liked the way her thought processes appeared logical. I felt like she was doing what I'd have done in her circumstances. I've never <more> |
Really good, also original (by AlanJ2) |
After a slightly slow start, 'Skeleton Key' develops into an original, evocative and at times genuinely scary occult thriller so Ehren Kruger has redeemed himself after his truly wretched script for 'Ring 2' . I am not going into spoilers, which would be extremely destructive for a film of this kind but there are very clever character shifts, achieving a wonderful tension lock for the last 40 minutes or so mainly because all the performances are so good. The use of props and flash-backs is also wonderfully rich. The setting is contemporary New Orleans and its surrounds but <more> |
Atmospheric with some clever twists (by lists-9) |
A young care worker moves from a hospice to the home of an elderly couple in New Orleans where the husband is apparently dying from the after-effects of a stroke. As you might guess, not all is as it seems...A very atmospheric and cleverly worked out story, with some brilliant twists on horror films' usual supernatural conventions. The actors are all very convincing, particularly John Hurt in a role with almost no dialogue. In the final half hour the tension is ramped up beautifully, and the twists have a grimly humorous flavour.I'm not always the best at understanding subtleties in <more> |