The Skeleton Key
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A hospice nurse takes a live-in job at a crumbling New Orleans plantation and uncovers a sinister secret rooted in the house's dark Hoodoo past.
Why watch: The twist ending fans still argue predates Get Out.
Cast
Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis
Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux
Peter Sarsgaard as Luke Marshall
John Hurt as Ben Devereaux
Joy Bryant as Jill
Marion Zinser as Bayou Woman
Maxine Barnett as Mama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee R. Harris as Hallie
Deneen Tyler as Desk Nurse
Ann Dalrymple as C.N.A.
Trula M. Marcus as Nurse Trula
Jen Apgar as Madeleine Thorpe
Thomas Uskali as Robertson Thorpe
Jamie Lee Redmon as Grace Thorpe
Forrest Landis as Martin Thorpe
Crew
Iain Softley — Director
Ehren Kruger — Writer
Clayton Townsend — Executive Producer
Daniel Bobker — Producer
Stacey Sher — Producer
Michael Shamberg — Producer
Iain Softley — Producer
Lorenzo P. Lampthwait — Producer
Ronna Kress — Casting
Dan Mindel — Director of Photography
Joe Hutshing — Editor
Drew Boughton — Art Direction
John Beard — Production Design
Louise Frogley — Costume Design
Edward Shearmur — Original Music Composer
Community Reviews
MI
Oct 7, 2026
Has some good moments