(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). Hes just looking to get back on his feet. Then read OUR TAKE of this film. Leah hears her kids screaming near the pool and races there to discover a snake in it (that Dale has captured and it isn't poisonous). Produced by Touchstone Pictures / Red Mullet / Cold Creek Manor Productions. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. Kill.Switch (2003) Resident Evil 5 (2009) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) Next week, a look back at Oliver Stones Nixon. All Rights Reserved, Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. The movie stars Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone as Cooper and Leah Tilson, who get fed up with the city and move to the country, purchasing a property that looks like the House of the Seven Gables crossed with the Amityville Horror. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. Leah is shown in her underwear. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." [Spoiler Warning] We eventually see physical evidence of this crime in the form of decomposed bodies that had been thrown into a deep well called The Devils Throat. All rights reserved. STEPHEN DORFF plays an ex-con who returns to the manor to work on it for the new owners, but then shows his true colors of wanting to get the house back for himself. Hes an actor that brings so much passion and energy to the screen that despite all the failings of a movie, Quaid can make a character shine. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. (2003) (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) (R) Bonus features include commentary with director Mike Figgis; deleted scenes and an alternate ending; Rules of the Game, in which Figgis discusses the components of a psychological thriller; and Cooper's Documentary, in which he discusses the process of making the film within the film. Have you ever wondered what happened in your house before you lived there? This is the question posed by the marketing for Cold Creek Manor, a poor attempt at a heart-pounding thriller that instead has you wondering Where can this film go wrong next? Its all Sharon Stones fault. The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). {The following four categories are based on a Film Reel scale. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. If they're into suspense thrillers or are fans of someone in the cast, they just might. Moderate Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. With the locals becoming suspicious of them and Dale becoming increasingly unstable, Cooper and his family try to uncover the mystery regarding him and his former home before it's too late. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. Quaid plays the part well, and Stephen Dorff is great as the slimy Dale, but Dale Massie is a walking red flag to run away from. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. When the girlfriend is at Dale Massey's grave at end of movie, it seems like it showed her angry face and then cut away to the credits. They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. During an altercation, Ruby pushes Leah backwards. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) (R. 119 minutes. Dale lights up a joint. All of this is eventually because the film never gives any solid idea of the passage of time. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. [6], Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "As haunted-house thrillers go, Cold Creek Manor is more ludicrous than the average but at the same time more handsomely produced. The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. DENNIS QUAID plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. Dale's father says that Dale is the "corrupt spawn of your whoring mother" and then says that Dale's kids probably weren't even his, that he couldn't even make babies. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Taking a break from his multiple-perspective digicam experiments, helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone fish in vain to find any angles to play in their dimension-free characters". Who the heck expects a country hick jailbird type character to be European about his cigarettes? Cold Creek Manor (2003) Grace (Sharon Stone) and Cooper (Dennis Quaid) decide that they need to slow their lives down a bit and move their family into a big estate in the country. We see bloody water in the swimming pool and then see an underwater shot looking up from the bottom to reveal the silhouetted shape of a dead pony floating on the surface. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. Those scenes and several others have varying levels of bloodiness, and may be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to some viewers, mostly younger ones and those with low tolerance levels for such material (others will have little or no such reaction to them). To recap for people who havent seen Cold Creek Manor: Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone play Cooper and Leah Tilson, two New York parents who find themselves being swallowed up by the city and decide to take their family to a safer place. He would not have been in a rush to get the kids to school, not had his son almost hit by a car, not decided to move out of the city, and not forced me to watch the two hour debacle that follows called Cold Creek Manor. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. Moderate As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. When the movie was released, it opened in the fifth spot with a weekend take of just over $8 million dollars. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. To top it off, Dennis Quaids character gets drunk about halfway through the movie and Quaid himself seems to stay that way through the rest of the film. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, You will receive a verification email shortly. Extreme Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. The script grafts from every possible thriller most of which had pilfered their predecessors and loads on implausibilities until we wonder why the actors play it seriously". Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. Her husband, Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), reminds her to reset the alarm clock to wake him up in time to get the kids to school and go to work. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). The movie itself is a giant mistake in filmmaking. Cold Creek Manor is meant to be a creepy thriller, which isnt that creepy, nor scary. Instead of finding a safer place, they buy Cold Creek Manor, an old beaten manor that they intend to turn into their dream home. Yeah, you might not get a good look at Stephen Dorffs cut frame, but your brain will thank you for it in the long run. ImitativeBehavior Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. 5.0 (23,095) 37. Dale goes after Cooper and Leah, and Cooper kills Dale by shattering the skylight on the roof of the house and Dale falls to his death. RYAN WILSON plays her younger brother who somewhat becomes obsessed with a dark poem written by the boy who lived in the house before him. When he is not spending time with his family, Bill can be found at the bottom of a lake . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. While being drunk. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Realizing he needs to figure out what happened at the manor, Cooper goes to interview Dale's father (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER), who's in a nursing home, but all he gets out of him is something about the Devil's Throat. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." Directed by Mike Figgis. DVD. Every part he has, Plummer makes it exciting, and whether he has a few scenes or the whole movie, I am captivated by his performance. It stars Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone as husband and wife, they decided that life was too hectic in New York City and moved their family to the country. Dale's father says that Dale is the "corrupt spawn of your whoring mother" and then says that Dale's kids probably weren't even his, that he couldn't even make babies. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. Scenes listed under "Violence" might also be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to some viewers, mostly younger ones and those with low tolerance levels for such material (others will have little or no such reaction to them). Two featurettes are included. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. If you were a vicious mad-dog killer and wanted to get rid of the Tilsons and had just pushed Leah down the well, and Cooper was all alone in the woods leaning over the well and trying to pull his wife back to the surface, would you just go ahead and push him in? We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). To end this month of fear and fright, a look back at Touchstone Pictures Cold Creek Manor. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. One day the former owner shows up and makes himself at home. "Cold Creek Manor" is another one of those movies where a demented fiend devotes an extraordinary amount of energy to setting up scenes for the camera. [1], Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the film on Region 1 DVD on March 2, 2004. Heavy Also, what was exactly the train of thought for the family to believe the father killed the horse? He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Sharon Stone is awesome. But no. We see the image of a somewhat decomposed and mummified face on a video playback. It's implied that Cooper realizes what happened with Dale's family immediately after his own family left, and Dale attacked within the following 12 hours. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. Dale eventually got murdered by Cooper and Leah Tilson by them hanging and tying him to a object with rale and threw him down to his death for trying to kill and harm them and for killingtheir daughter Kristen's horse that was such a nice, sweet and gentle horse that would do no harm to anyone but that sadly died so tragically due to Dale's being so evil and horrible, Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Loki Laufeyson (Marvel Cinematic Universe). She and Cooper lower a video camera into the well and find the rotting corpses of Dale's wife and children. Burbank, CA 91521. The restoration project derails when Dale Massie, played . Leah hears her kids screaming near the pool and races there to discover a snake in it (that Dale has captured and it isn't poisonous). "Cold Creek Manor," starring Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid, is true to all the worn-out clichs as it depicts the tale of a family being terrorized by a madman. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. SEX/NUDITY The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. He also suffocates his bedridden father. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? As they begin renovations, they discover their new home harbors a secret and may not be completely free of its former inhabitant. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Basically its a featurette that makes a big deal out of something thats common sense and shouldnt have taken much artistic skill to pull off. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner's things. In one scene, a persons bludgeoned body twitches in a pool of blood (viewers are spared the homicidal act itself). Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. The man's disjointed comments lead Cooper to believe Dale murdered his wife and children who have been missing for several years; Dale claims his wife fled with the children when he was imprisoned. In their new home, which is beautiful but in need of work, the Tilsons find out that even though they are the new owners, the house has a story to it. Her husband, Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), reminds her to reset the alarm clock to wake him up in time to get the kids to school and go to work. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. We see bloody water in the swimming pool and then see an underwater shot looking up from the bottom to reveal the silhouetted shape of a dead pony floating on the surface. It also helped make this film seem too long, as at least twenty minutes should have been cut in the editing room. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. Cold Creek Manor is a psychological thriller that came out in 2003. Since he began writing for Laughing Place in 2014, Bill has specialized in covering the Rick Riordan literary universe, a retrospective of the Touchstone Pictures movie library, and a variety of other Disney related topics. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade . What is the Japanese language plot outline for Cold Creek Manor (2003)? She has never got enough credit for her talent, and I think she is the perfect match to Quaid. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. The lights go out in the house and Cooper and Leah hear someone smash a window and then break things in the house (we see that as it occurs). She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). About 50 profanities or obscenities, including f-words (17), s-words, exclamatory uses of Gods name and several harsh misuses of Jesus name. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/ColdCreekManor. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold_Creek_Manor&oldid=1137724953, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles to be expanded from October 2022, Articles with empty sections from October 2022, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 03:45. Moderate Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). Here's a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated thriller. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. A few of them might have helped the movie a little more, such as in transitioning two confusing scenes and letting Dennis Quaids character get the upper hand for a moment. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. 4.6 out of 5 stars. Continuity mistake: When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. You can unsubscribe at any time. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. A horse is killed and dumped in the family swimming pool. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. Moving into a new home. The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. He added, "Of course preposterous things happen in all thrillers, but there must be at least a gesture in the direction of plausibility, or we lose patience". Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. Cooper is in a position to disable his rival without killing him during the films climax, but with Leahs blessing, he finishes the guy off, vigilante style. Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. She smokes a lot, always an ominous sign, and is ambiguous about Dale -- she loves the lug, but gee, does he always have to be pounding on her? This house is going to need a lot of work. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Once Dale enters the pictureand notices Cooper working on a documentary about the history of his new homestrange things start to happen. Trailer (2003) When documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson and his wife Leah decide life in New York City has become unbearable, they and their children Kristen and Jesse move into a decaying mansion filled with the possessions of the previous family. As they begin to make it their own, a series of events begin to occur that makes them believe that the former inhabitants are not yet gone. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. Instead of following some sort of plot from point A to B to C to D, for reasons unknown we jump from A to C leaving B out of the film and leaving the audience clueless as to what some characters are talking about, or why character relationships have changed. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! Music(Inappropriate) The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. 40. With the locals becoming suspicious of them and Dale becoming increasingly unstable, Cooper and his family try to uncover the mystery regarding him and his former home before it's too late. Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). A man smothers another man in a nursing home. This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. Im eager to see what she does next. Answer: That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Synopsis. I just hope its the kind of movie families will actually be able to watch. Dale is a creep, and the fact that Copper is suckered into believing that he would be helpful makes me doubt his intelligence. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. The noise. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. 1 hr 58 min. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. Alcohol/Drugs Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. [5], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film 1 stars and called it "an anthology of cliches" and "a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense". JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. Musical stingers hit moments where nothing happens on screen, presumably to build tension, but instead creating an almost laughable effect. Cooper decapitates a snake. They get back to the house where Dale has torched Leah's car. Music(Scary/Tense) Quaid starred in a similar film in 2019 called. Kristen Stewart was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance in the film. Rewatching this film has only confirmed what I have felt since that first viewing at the theatre. Read full review 40 As Cooper sorts through the mess in the house, he comes across many old documents and photographs, and decides to record the history of the building on film. Cooper begins to wonder just what Dale is trying to hide, and makes a blood-chilling discovery on the property. We then see a shot of them (through a window with blinds that obscure much of what we're seeing) having sex, with movement and related sounds. [2] On Metacritic which assigns a weighted mean score the film has a score of 37 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally negative reviews". Cold Creek Manor's prime reason for being seems to be a set piece involving poisonous snakes, directed by Figgis with a drunken gusto the rest of the film could use, and as a comeback vehicle for Stone, who tries hard at motherly warmth, but can't quite wash the Catherine Tramell out of her hair. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Dale Massie is the killer. Where the hell did the killer go after pushing the wife down the well? The other featurette, The Rules of the Game is where Mike Figgis proves he is completely unable to work in the Thriller genre. . Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." [10], The film opened in 2,035 theaters in the United States on September 19, 2003, and grossed $8,190,574 in its opening weekend, ranking #5 at the box office, behind Underworld, Secondhand Lions, The Fighting Temptations and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. 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