Release Date: 11/15/2005 Original Release: 2005 Format: DVD Length: 104 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity, and thematic material UPC: 025192585029 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any door in the house--with the exception of one, which she claims she has never been able to open. But curiosity gets the best of her, and Caroline opens the door to find a wealth of materials representing the old house's history of hoodoo, an ancient form of folk magic. She soon discovers that the house harbors a dark secret--one that Violet knows more about than she first admits.
Breaking her string of lighthearted romantic comedies, Kate Hudson gives a performance that proves she's more than capable of playing a feisty damsel in distress. Ehren Kruger's (THE RING) script gives her some physically demanding scenes, while providing the audience with a steady string of effective jolts culminating in a SIXTH SENSE-style twist that few are likely to see coming. Louisiana's swampy, heavy atmosphere is literally a character in the film, while Gena Rowlands, at age 75, astounds once again with one of her most surprising roles.
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Slipsleeve Snap Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Spanish
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