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. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser. His girlfriend, Ruby (JULIETTE LEWIS), tells Cooper to watch his back, but her sister, Sheriff Ferguson (DANA ESKELSON), doesn't initially seem able or willing to help. Moving into a new home. In fact, I suggest you dont watch it with his commentary track since he inadvertantly points out a lot of the mistakes Ive pointed out above. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. 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. 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. Heavy The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Once Dale enters the pictureand notices Cooper working on a documentary about the history of his new homestrange things start to happen. 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. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought . Sex/Nudity SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. 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). We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. Her husband, Cooper (Dennis Quaid) is a documentary filmmaker who does all the dad-like duties. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. 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. Here's a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated thriller. Helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while . Its a hustle-bustle life, the pressures of which reach a crescendo when a near-miss in heavy traffic endangers one of the children. Read full review 40 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. 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. In fact, it's not even very good. The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. The two then struggle and the intruder strikes Cooper and comments on the sound of a bone breaking. Plot After their young son is nearly run over in the street, Cooper and Leah Tilson decide to give up high-flying careers in New York City and move to the countryside. The assailant falls several stories to his death. 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. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. To end this month of fear and fright, a look back at Touchstone Pictures Cold Creek Manor. He uses some profanity. Leah is shown in her underwear. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." In "Under the Tuscan Sun," another new movie, Diane Lane is able to find some cheerful Polish workers to rehab her Tuscan villa, but the Tilsons have the extraordinarily bad judgment to hire the former owner of the house, Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff), an ex-con with a missing family. Cold Creek Manor. Plot points are so easily predictable it isnt funny: Coopers daughter Kristin (played by Kristin Stewart) gets a horse, so something must happen to that horse and it does. Several people smoke cigarettes. JumpScenes An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). And both Cooper and Leah are tinged with the suggestion of adultery, because in American movies, as we all know, sexual misconduct leads to bad real estate choices. Instead the section turns out to be Figgis talking about having to film the movie as a movie, and the documentary parts as a documentary, and the home video parts as a home video. 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? Cold Creek Manor is meant to be a creepy thriller, which isnt that creepy, nor scary. 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. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. "COLD CREEK MANOR" They get back to the house where Dale has torched Leah's car. The movie itself is a giant mistake in filmmaking. Next week, a look back at Oliver Stones Nixon. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). The house that the Tilsons move into is a real location in Cambridge, Ontario. Meanwhile, the more Cooper digs into the history of Cold Creek Manor, the more frightened he becomes for his familys safety. He uses some profanity. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. Either that or he was struck with some form of mental retardation, which is really unfair because Ive seen movies in the thriller genre before with someone suffering from mental retardation that did much better then Quaid did in this movie. I had hoped this would be a mock up of the documentary Cooper Tilson was working on inside the movie. All Rights Reserved, Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Two featurettes are included. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR It just doesnt make sense. Music(Inappropriate) The next shot she is talking to. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. In fact, he is very dangerous, and the humble country life that Cooper hoped to bring to his family may very well be in jeopardy. . Cold Creek Manor by Buena Vista Home Entertainment by Mike Figgis. So they chuck it all. "Cold Creek Manor" was directed by Mike Figgis, a superb director of drama ("Leaving Las Vegas"), digital experimentation ("Timecode"), adaptations of the classics ("Miss Julie") and atmospheric film noir ("Stormy Monday"). "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. We see a Jeep that's been set on fire. Other new and recent reviews include: Later that night as a storm approaches, Leah returns to the house alone, having been informed by the children the location of a deep well on the property, called the Devil's Throat. 153 offers from $1.51. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Dale Massie is the killer. Kill.Switch (2003) Resident Evil 5 (2009) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). Dale pushes Leah into the well but Cooper manages to pull her out. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? For Violence, Language and Some Sexuality, The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, The Mandalorian Tries to Find Its Place in Third Season, The Unloved, Part 111: Devil in a Blue Dress, Female Filmmakers in Focus: Cauleen Smith on Drylongso, True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original. In classic Hollywood ending style the Tilson's defeated him and eventually killed him but like I said the final battle scene was too quick and short for me. As they settle in, Cooper starts to research the previous owners, and eventually meets Dale, one of the former owners of their house. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. 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. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Heres how it works. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. 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. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). It was hard to understand the motivations of the characters because the characters are paper thin. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. Where the hell did the killer go after pushing the wife down the well? An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. As Cooper Tilson attempts to protect his family from Massies psychotic ways, he also starts to piece together the mystery of Cold Creek Manors past well, actually its Dale Massies past, but Dale Massie isnt half as interesting a title as Cold Creek Manor. Sharon Stone is a great actress and does well with the part of Leah, but she isnt given much to stand out, and ends up playing a stereotypical role that keeps Stone from excelling. I am an admin of this site. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. 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? If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? Written by Richard Jefferies. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. DENNIS QUAID plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Its almost like the script purposely makes the audience want to dislike Leah, so they muted Stone from being able to make her presence known in the film. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate's dark and lurid past Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. 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. As written by Richard Jefferies, the film is more or less a variation of his script for the 1992 black comedy . Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). Topics ToTalk About During an altercation, Ruby pushes Leah backwards. You can unsubscribe at any time. 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 Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. Extreme He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Please refresh the page and try again. So, how exactly did the horse die? After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. Moderate We are shown a new weapon, so something must happen with that weapon and it does. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. 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. In Cold Creek Manor, documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his corporate-bigwig wife, Leah (Sharon Stone), relocate their family from New York City to a dilapidated country estate previously owned by an ex-con, Dale (Stephen Dorff), with killer obliques.Sound familiar? Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. It eventually earned $21,386,011 in the United States and $7,733,423 in foreign markets, for a total worldwide box office of $29,119,434. Dale goes to Devils Throat and punctures Cooper's truck tires. 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. The locals act as a kind of Greek chorus, living permanently at the diner and prepared on a moment's notice to issue portentous warnings or gratuitous insults. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Kristen Stewart was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance in the film. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. In the end it is revealed that Dale Massie killed his family and buried them down the "Devil's Throat" and he was coming back to claim his property. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Music(Scary/Tense) Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. We see a photo of a boy holding a rifle. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. 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. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. 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. However, don't go out of your way to check in . The couple team up in a climactic struggle to defend their home. 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 she had only reset her alarm, then Dennis Quaid would have woken up on time. Box office. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude [9], Todd McCarthy of Variety called the film "a woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser that hardly seems worth the attention of its relatively high-profile participants. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. We see several tools on a wall, and Dale says that they're killing hammers with spikes in them, used to kill farm animals (some viewers might not like the thought of that). He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. He has a good grasp of what the rules are, which makes it all the more baffling that the film doesnt follow any of them. For violence, language and some sexuality. Afraid for his family's safety, Cooper sends them back to stay in the city while he attempts to gather more evidence to incriminate Dale. 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).

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