Skeletons in the Closet | |
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Directed by | Asif Akbar |
Written by | Koji Steven Sakai Joshua A. Cohen |
Story by | Al Bravo |
Produced by | Al Bravo Eduard Osipov Joshua A. Cohen Asif Akbar Koji Steven Sakai Colin Bates Stan Erdreich Monica R. Cooper Hemdee Kiwanuka |
Starring | Terrence Howard Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Production companies | Al Bravo Films Beno Films One Dollar Studios |
Distributed by | Allblk |
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Running time | 92 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,420 [2] |
Skeletons in the Closet [3] [4] is a 2024 American horror film directed by Asif Akbar and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. [5] [6] [7]
Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter.
Lance Kawas was initially to have helmed the film; he left the project due to creative differences and was replaced by Asif Akbar. [8] Filming began in Las Vegas in February 2022. [9]
On March 25, 2022, it was announced that filming had wrapped. [10]
Skeletons in the Closet was released in the Philippines on January 24, 2024 and in the United States on February 9, 2024. [1]
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