The Skeleton Key
Summary: A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Runtime: 1 h 44 min
MPAA: PG-13
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 43,000,000
Domestic: $ 47,907,715
International: $ 46,076,196
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