Movie Review: Skeleton Key DVD

I didn't intend to write another movie review until I saw another film in the theater. BUT.... Just had to. This is a good movie!

Skeleton Key PG-13: Starring Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands

Setting: New Orleans surrounding swamplands. Kate Hudson plays a twenty-something nurse/personal aid who feels lead to take care of elderly people in their final days in part to take away guilt she feels for missing her own father's death. She finds it lucrative to take a job for a private individual who's husband recently had a stroke. While she starts caring for her patient, she realizes there are secrets kept in the house that are not normal. She believes her patient is trying to communicate something to her, but she is unable to decipher what. While snooping in the attic one day following strange sounds, she finds a room full of voodoo paraphernalia and goes on a mission to find out what happened in this house and what really happened to her patient.

Becky's rating: Solid A

The story line is easy to follow, yet gives enough for you to ponder. There were several times I had to shield my eyes because the suspense was nearly unbearable. (The mark of a truly scary movie!) Of course Kate Hudson is just lovely and certainly convincing in her role as she pries for the truth behind the mystery. Gena Rowlands is just disturbed - Or at least you believe she is. There is a remarkable twist ending that I doubt anyone will guess, even the most cynical movie goer. I felt like this movie was scary enough to satisfy my need for all things that go "bump" in the night, yet was not gory at all.

Bottom line: If you can swallow big suspense, go rent this film!