Continuity mistake: When Luke brings Caroline back to the house after knocking her out, Violet demands to know where Ben is. In this shot her tears are black because of the mascara, but in the next shot all her blackened tears have disappeared.
The Skeleton Key (2005)
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Directed by: Iain Softley
Starring: John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands
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Violet Devereaux: Child, I believe you broke my legs.
Question: Can someone please explain the ending to me? Did Luke use the spell too?
Answer: Actually, as you see, the servants possessed the two children, so they didn't die right? And they both grew up to be violet and ben. Ben was ageing and became old so papa justify ended up taking control over Luke's (the lawyer) body and the real Luke was in ben's body. So papa justify and Luke had already switched bodies before the movie even started.
Chosen answer: The spell was performed on Luke at some point in the past by Violet's husband. Throughout the film, "Luke" is actually Justify in Luke's body.
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