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βthe pace picks up in the final act with a quality surprise climaxβ
Wuchak Β· TMDB reviews β
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βFor anyone zombified by creaky thriller clichΓ©s, Skeleton is a fine little shot in the head.β
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly Β· 75
βAn elegantly mounted ghost story that's steeped plenty of dank Louisiana atmosphere.β
Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter Β· 70
βTightly plotted and suspenseful enough to keep you guessing until the satisfying, unexpected end, which is worth suspending disbelief for. After all, as they point out in the movie, "It doesn't work if you don't believe it."β
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times Β· 70
βThe appeal of The Skeleton Key lies not in its plot but in its attention to detail, and the way director Iain Softley (still on probation for "K-PAX," but nevertheless the guy who did "Backbeat") luxuriates in the deeply textured sights and sounds of Louisiana.β
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post Β· 70
βIt's far from strikingly original, but it's well-acted, skillfully plotted and moderately chilling, and it's something slightly different in the haunted-house genre.β
William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Β· 67
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βSkeleton Key, directed by Iain Softley, is a solid slice of Southern Gothic. Kate Hudson plays a nurse in a spooky Louisiana mansion who discovers Hoodoo secrets in the attic. Gena Rowlands and John Hurt add eerie gravitas, while the film drips with heat, blues, and paranoia. Itβs moody, creepy funβeven if the plot goes a bit daft.β
griggs79read it β
βThis movie is quite good I think, although you'll have to be rather open minded towards supernatural, occult type things and such like, to really 'believe' it. Kate does quite well in this role, becoming gradually more concerned and and consumed by what she discovers, along with the viewer and it does become really quite atmospheric and spooky as little by little we start to realise what has happened and what certain things mean. Its hard to say too much without giving away too much obviously buβ
DawdlingPoetread it β
βI am an avowed fan of horror films but I must confess that films with haunted houses are so common that it gradually became uninteresting. Still, there's nothing like giving new material a chance. That's what I did here. And I was reasonably satisfied: its a film that knows how to build atmosphere and tension and a pleasant mystery, even if its not capable of frightening. Everything takes place in the swamps of the suburbs of the mysterious old New Orleans. In an old colonial house lives an eldβ
FilipeNetoread it β
βthe pace picks up in the final act with a quality surprise climaxβ
Wuchakabout 75β100% inread it β
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