Midsommar vs The Skeleton Key
Midsommar has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.6/10 for The Skeleton Key). The Skeleton Key is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 27m. The Skeleton Key is the older of the two (2005 against 2019). Both are drama, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Midsommar | The Skeleton Key | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 27m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Sweden | – |
| Director | Ari Aster | Iain Softley |
| Main cast | Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, Julia Ragnarsson, Florence Pugh, William Jackson Harper | John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant, Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands |
Synopsis
Midsommar
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
The Skeleton Key
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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