directed by: Iain Softley, year: 2005
actors: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard

The Skeleton Key is a 2005 supernatural horror film that follows a hospice nurse named Caroline Ellis, played by Kate Hudson, who takes a job at a plantation home in the Louisiana bayou. As she cares for the home's elderly owner, Ben Devereaux, Caroline becomes entangled in the house's dark secrets and discovers a mysterious attic room filled with hoodoo artifacts. The film explores themes of deception, race, and the power of belief as Caroline uncovers the sinister truth behind the couple she works for.

Hoodoo, New Orleans, Supernatural, Secrets, Suspense