| release date | August 12 2005 |
| studio | Universal Pictures |
| director | Iain Softley |
| writer | Ehren Kruger |
| starring | Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Joy Bryant |
| rating | PG13 |
| site | theskeletonkeymovie.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
Ready for more random Cannes news? Me neither. I can barely keep up with all of this insanity! Good news: plenty of horror to go around… READ MORE
Ready for more random Cannes news? Me neither. I can barely keep up with all of this insanity! Good news: plenty of horror to go around… READ MORE
In the decade-plus period of time that has passed since the release of Scream 3, there’s no doubt that the horror landscape has changed significantly. In the intervening years we’ve witnessed the rise of the torture porn craze, seen a resurgence in “found footage”/shaky-cam horror, and watched helplessly as a seemingly unyielding series of remakes cluttered up our local multiplexes. READ MORE
In the decade-plus period of time that has passed since the release of Scream 3, there’s no doubt that the horror landscape has changed significantly. In the intervening years we’ve witnessed the rise of the torture porn craze, seen a resurgence in “found footage”/shaky-cam horror, and watched helplessly as a seemingly unyielding series of remakes cluttered up our local multiplexes. READ MORE
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev is now attached to get behind the camera for The Keep, Ehren Kruger’s adaptation of Jennifer Egan’s novella. Published by Knopf, Keep is a supernatural thriller set in a haunted castle in which a woman is seduced by a mysterious prisoner. Rogue Pictures will produce the pic. Ehren Kruger also penned The Ring, The Skeleton Key, The Ring Two and Arlington Road. (more…) READ MORE
Y2K, 9/11, war and a a horrid recession, a major escape we had this decade was in the form of film, notorious for thriving during National crisis. Leading up to New Year’s Eve where we’ll ring in 2010, Bloody Disgusting will be looking back at the entire decade year by year through the eyes of various staff writers. Check back each day for a profound reflection from Ryan Daley, David Harley, Tex, BC and yours truly. Inside you’ll find Tex Massacre’s personal look back at the year 2005, the birth of so-called “torture porn”! Please share your memories for each year below, there are so many stories to be told! (more…) READ MORE
I guess the Weinstein Company’s way of erasing public doubt is to announce a bunch of projects that we all know will NEVER happen. In an article about The Road (arriving in theaters October 16), it was revealed that Weinstein has tapped Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key, The Ring) to adapt Stephen King short story Children of the Corn, which tells the story of a boy preacher who persuades the children in a Nebraska town to kill all the adults. “Corn” was previously made into a feature in 1984 by New World Pictures, with a TV remake airing on SyFy soon. See what they had to say about the original below. (more…) READ MORE
I’m all for remakes, I really am, but if you’re going to do it, can you at least take it seriously? While Ehren Kruger stumbled his way into the writing job of The Ring remake (a film turned into a gem by director Gore Verbinski) and slightly entertained me with The Skeleton Key, his credentials don’t make me smile, especially after the painstaking garbage that was Blood and Chocolate (oh jeez, don’t remind me). Now the genre vet is putting his fingers all over one of my all-time favorite movies, David Cronenberg’s Videodrome. I won’t be eating that anymore. (more…) READ MORE
Dimension Films has acquired Buried Alive from Odd Lot Entertainment’s Dark Lot genre shingle, it was announced today. Dimension Films will distribute the horror film, which was helmed by Robert Kurtzman (Wes Craven’s “Wishmaster”). Kurtzman was also special effects producer on “Buried Alive.” The film stars Tobin Bell (The “Saw” Trilogy), Terence Jay (“Green Street Hooligans”), and newcomer Leah Rachel. Odd Lot International is handling foreign sales for the film at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. Read on for the official press release. (more…) READ MORE
With femmes fueling the fright biz, Dimension Films is looking to revamp the sex thriller genre by snapping up David Loucka pitch The Boathouse, according to Variety. Iain Softley (The Skeleton Key) is aboard to direct and will produce with his partner Sarah Curtis through their Forthcoming Prods. banner along with Ehren Kruger and Daniel Bobker. The supernatural thriller centers on a mysterious young woman whose new beau discovers that her past lovers died under suspicious circumstances. He begins to suspect she may be cursed. The film is a “standout horror story, a scary film that explores sexual seduction in a way that the genre rarely braves to do,” Kruger said. (more…) READ MORE
Last night B-D reporter Vapor Rub was on the scene of the 32nd annual Saturn Awards in California. After hitting the red carpet for a bit (you’ll find a few pics inside) he attended the ceremony and sent in a list of the winners, which can be found inside. Leading the pack is George Lucas’ genre epic “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” with 10 nominations. “Batman Begins” follows closely behind with 9 nominations while “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” receive 8 nominations each. But who won? Read on and see… (more…) READ MORE
I can’t say I agree much with this advance review for Universal’s The Skeleton Key, but I will say I think SuperHeidi’s opinion will be the one of majority. Click here for her review of the film, which hits theaters this Friday from Universal Pictures. Watch for our two official reviews this Friday. Iain Softley’s (Hackers) film stars Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt and Peter Sarsgaard. Click the title above for images, trailers and a hefty synopsis. (more…) READ MORE
Lions Gate Films made a smart move this week in moving up their release date for Rob Zombie’s upcoming film, The Devil’s Rejects (review) from August 12th to July 22nd. Originally opening against Dark Water and the The Skeleton Key would have tanked the film. The spin-off to “House of 1000 Corpses” centers on a band of bounty hunters led by Sheriff Wydell’s brother who is fueled by revenge when he finds out that his kin was slain by the Firefly family. The film will pick up shortly after the first with the Firefly clan going on the road after their house is burned down and a few family members have been gunned down during a police raid. (more…) READ MORE
Although the film wrapped production a few months back, Universal Pictures’ suspense/thriller Skeleton Key has been given a late official release date of July 8th, 2005. The film was written by Ehren Kruger, who also wrote The Ring remake, along with its sequel Ring Two. ‘Skeleton Key’ stars Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt and Joy Bryant. Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, The Skeleton Key stars Hudson as Caroline, a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman’s (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home … a foreboding and decrepit Gothic mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple, their mysterious and secretive ways and their rambling house, Caroline beings to explore the old mansion. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret. Peter Sarsgaard portrays Luke, the local attorney working on the couple’s estate, and Joy Bryant plays Jill, Caroline’s best friend. (more…) READ MORE
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