The Skeleton Key [2005]
Director: Iain Softley
Actor: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard
Ever since I played Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father’s, I’ve had a bit of a facination for Voodoo and Hoodoo. Most films that I’ve seen that paid it tribute, most notably Angel Heart (from ’87, starring Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert deNiro), I thoroughly enjoy. This film is no exception. I find that I can’t really tell you much about the plot, since it’s so simple, yet clever, that giving away the slightest will give away too much of the movie. While it’s of the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” style of films, and the traditional Hoodoo in it, isn’t properly explained, nor represented I’m guessing, it’s still good fun to watch, and a must for everyone who digs Lovecraftian stories, for it has incredible “The Case of Dexter Ward” overtones.
Oops, I’ve said too much!
