UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
BoardChiri
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Davis P
The Skeleton Key (2005) is a very layered thriller/horror movie that will switch things up on you just when you think you have everything all figured out. I adore scary films like that. This definitely is not a run of the mill cheesy horror movie that you will become bored with, it's not predictable at all. It's just so refreshing to see a movie like this. Kate Hudson is good in her lead role, she tackles the dramatic sense of it well, she plays both a kind, compassionate and tough woman who becomes concerned that the old man she is caring for is being hurt by someone (something supernatural or maybe his wife (Gena Rowlands). That is another fine performance in this movie. Gena Rowlands. I absolutely loved her in this film! What strong, mysterious and interesting character she plays. Peter Sarsgaad is good too. The script is pretty well written, it has plenty of eerie creepiness and also a sense of good moral direction from Kate Hudson's character. I will not give away the ending, you'll just have to go and see it for yourself. But just suffice to say that the ending is more than satisfying. It's one of the best things about the film, it's just all out together so well. I 100% suggest watching The Skeleton Key if your a movie lover who enjoys watching good scary thrillers with a supernatural lean to it. 8/10.
Fallen Eye
It's not just the skeleton key that opens all the doors, it is also one soul, that is able to posses all other skeletons.The Skeleton Key created a twist, by throwing the viewer off with the obvious... And I feel, it was executed sublimely.Violet was the obvious culprit. Luke, you were very suspicious of, and once your suspicions are brought to light, you feel that perhaps, you have the film figured out, until...You find out why the mirrors aren't up. Until you find out Luke's role. Until you find out, why Ben needed to leave.I'm not a big Horror fan, but, this movie feels very original. The twists are - if you didn't see them coming, eyebrows raising. The ending is... Perhaps one of the best I've seen in the genre.ONLY with the most insanely "Justifiable" script, ONLY with that... This movie could have an awesome sequel.I started off with a 6/10, in the beginning while the mystery was being set up. It wasn't moving at a pace of my liking. However, when the story shift gears, so did my rating; from 6, to 7/10.There after, the twists and the ending... Pushed me to an 8/10.For this particular genre, I feel The Skeleton Key had some meat on it's bones. It's not necessarily scary, but, it is... Neat.
pigmaios
This movie.... Oh this movie.... It starts so good with the occult stuff. But there are some moments... They reduced my IQ or something.First things first! You just immobilized the bad old lady. What you do? 1) Leave her and go away 2) Leave her and go away with the crippled old man 3) Kill her before she kills you 4) Restrain her somehow and then go away taking your time And yes, the best character in a horror movie picks the second option... Either way, you manage to get away without the old man, what you do? 1) Go to the police and say that someone just tried to kill you 2) You go to your best friend and explain everything to her 3) You go to the one man you know for a week or so, associated with the bad old lady. YES, she picked 3 for some reason. Next, you throw the bad old lady from the stairs, and she came all the way up without legs, what do you do? 1) Kill her, because she cant even move 2) Restrain her 3) Run with fear somewhere to do spooky stuff inside a place with candles, ready for a ritual. YES, our character chooses the third option again... Last but not least, the spooky stuff can hurt you if you believe in them. What do you do? 1) You are somewhat of a doctor and don't believe in these idiotic things. Plus you explained to your best friend the placebo effect. 2) You believe in the occult stuff and get yourself in danger. 3) You are an open minded being as you said in the first half of the movie, and thus you don't believe in these stuff again. And yes she picked 2 and somehow died.Well this movie has a very bad script, and the main character is not logical at all.... Pretty much disappointing movie, don't bother watch it. The actors though did a good job in this one.
Python Hyena
Skeleton Key (2005): Dir: Iain Softley / Cast: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant: Disastrous horror film about revealing deadly secrets and it makes absolutely no bloody sense. The only revealing deadly secret one can muster is that the screenwriter hasn't an original idea to pen to paper. Premise is rushed so to get Kate Hudson into the house quickly and scare the sh*t out of her. She is a nurse who accepts a job at a mansion with a horrid past. There are several rooms but she is given a skeleton key to gain passageway but she is most curious about the attic. Iain Softley previously made The Wings of the Dove and despite his talent this is hardly an advancement. He is backed more so by production than a decent screenwriter. Kate Hudson is a fine actress who does her best as a woman seeking out answers to the seemingly haunted but unfortunately she cannot avoid a lame concluding plot turn. Gena Rowlands delivers one of the worst performances of her career. She plays a home owner with a psychotic side and it is a joke. John Hurt spends the entire film looking horrid and constipated as Hudson's care subject. Then there is Peter Sarsgaard in an obvious role that is no less stupid. For a superior film then perhaps Rosemary's Baby would be suitable and more intelligent counter to this. This film should be locked away and never seen again. Score: 3 ½ / 10
