Curiosity kills the Cat in this average Gothic thriller.
As a Supernatural Gothic Thriller, in this film belief will have to be suspended to accept half of the goings-on in this movie. Most of the clichés of haunted-house hi-jinx are here, (locked doors, strange thumps in the night, fumbling of keys, people appearing out of nowhere, etc.). Only thing being a nice touch would be the fairly creepy Hoodoo music, that is if you can pull yourself in to accept it.
Even with the fun spooky Hoodoo music, Skeleton Key falters due to it's ability to jump all over the place all the time, and have tons of things unexplained, (why did Caroline go to see Ben for help?). And the first half of it wanders around pointlessly, and at times the script is a bit questionable. But to put the film on a bright side, the ending will most likely have you keep guessing, just don't expect to have all your questions you were asking yourself through the film answered.
6/10. Average thrill-fest.
As a Supernatural Gothic Thriller, in this film belief will have to be suspended to accept half of the goings-on in this movie. Most of the clichés of haunted-house hi-jinx are here, (locked doors, strange thumps in the night, fumbling of keys, people appearing out of nowhere, etc.). Only thing being a nice touch would be the fairly creepy Hoodoo music, that is if you can pull yourself in to accept it.
Even with the fun spooky Hoodoo music, Skeleton Key falters due to it's ability to jump all over the place all the time, and have tons of things unexplained, (why did Caroline go to see Ben for help?). And the first half of it wanders around pointlessly, and at times the script is a bit questionable. But to put the film on a bright side, the ending will most likely have you keep guessing, just don't expect to have all your questions you were asking yourself through the film answered.
6/10. Average thrill-fest.