“Lydia: I was just trying to open the door. Mrs. Butterfield brought over a skeleton key. Charles: Let me have it. Lydia: But it doesn't work. [She hands her father the key. He looks at it and throws it in the corner] Charles: Skeleton keys never work. Anyway, this can wait. We'll get a crowbar later…”
— Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Charles Deetz, Jeffrey Jones, imdb.com