The Skeleton Key

Skeleton Key was a halfway decent horror flick starring Kate Hudson as a live-in nurse who uncovers a horrifying conspiracy of evil. Bwha-ha-ha!

After playing a Nancey Drew-like cat and mouse game with the baddies over the course of the film, Kate gets captured by them near the end, and is gagged with her hands tied behind her back.

While she wasn't barefoot during this scene (her feet were never tied, anyway), this was still a good scene with an A-list actress struggling against her bonds.

And Skeleton Key oddly reminds me (weirdly enough) of Thanksgiving. The bondage scene--with a bound and gagged Kate being forced into the house--recreates the uncomfortable feeling of going to see relatives who you're not really keen to see, anyway.

No matter how much Kate struggles, she's still seeing the family, dammit. If only somebody would make a Thanksgiving movie where this literally happens. It might have to be a comedy, but a lot of people may have sympathy for a character being dragged bound and gagged to an un-wanted family reunion.

Unfortunately, despite her spirited struggles, Kate's character ultimately falls prey to the evil plan of Skeleton Key. Sort of like how many people still fall victim into seeing their relatives against their will on Thanksgiving.