
The Skeleton Key(2005)
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.


“The only witness to the crime was not even there.”
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Cate Blanchett
Annie Wilson

Giovanni Ribisi
Buddy Cole

Keanu Reeves
Donnie Barksdale

Katie Holmes
Jessica King

Greg Kinnear
Wayne Collins

Hilary Swank
Valerie Barksdale

Michael Jeter
Gerald Weems

Kim Dickens
Linda

Gary Cole
David Duncan

Rosemary Harris
Annie's Granny
The Gift is a horror, drama, thriller, mystery film released in 2000 exploring themes of small town, sheriff, dreams, fortune teller, nightmare, court. Directed by Sam Raimi, it stars Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves. Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
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