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. Moderate 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. If you were able to make it through the film once, you most likely will have no interest in watching it again with the director talking. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. 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. Hi. One then hits the third several times with a pick-like device, eventually causing the skylight to break and the third person to fall through it, another skylight and then hard to the floor below (where he's presumably dead). Cooper hears someone in his house, thinks he sees someone approaching on the other side of some hanging plastic, and punches that person (but it turns out to be Leah). In all movies involving city people who move to the country, there is an unwritten rule that everybody down at the diner knows all about the history of the new property and the secrets of its former owners. A series of unusual incidents start to occur; Cooper is pursued by an unknown car, multiple venomous snakes are found in the property, and Kristen's horse is mysteriously killed, leading Cooper to suspect Dale. In fact, it's not even very good. He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. Kristen Stewart was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance in the film. Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. 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. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. Why do I have to listen to a directors commentary to know how much time is passing in the movie? It is in anamorphic widescreen format with audio tracks in English and French, and subtitles in Spanish. [8], Steve Persall of the St. Petersburg Times graded the film D and thought "all this bad acting and run-of-the-thrill dialogue might be entertaining if something would just happen besides a silly snake scare and a wan truck chase. gtag('js', new Date()); Topics ToTalk About 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. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. 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. Dale's wife and children's remains are recovered and then entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor, as are his own. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. We see a Jeep that's been set on fire. What I saw from the trailer was not what I got when I saw the movie. Sharon Stone is awesome. He uses some profanity. The two get into a fight at a bar, Dale and Cooper both drive away, but Dale chases him, and Cooper hits a deer in the process; Dale kills the daughter's pony, kills his dad in the nursing home (he mentions killing his family). No one in this movie has a shred of common sense. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. 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. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. Their two children attend private school. The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. Once Dale enters the pictureand notices Cooper working on a documentary about the history of his new homestrange things start to happen. 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. There, they've purchased a dilapidated estate known as Cold Creek Manor and move in with their teenager daughter, Kristen (KRISTEN STEWART), and her younger brother, Jesse (RYAN WILSON). Theres an obscene gesture. asks a helpful local. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. 4.6 out of 5 stars. The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. [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. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. Read full review 40 I n "Cold Creek Manor," Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone star as Cooper and Leah Tilsonworn out Manhattanites who flee the city with their children to create a simpler life in rural Upstate New York. 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. After a chase, Dale corners Cooper and Leah atop the roof, and openly declares his intent to kill them and dump their bodies down the Devil's Throat like he did to his family. Cooper and Leah want nothing more than to be good parents (she reminds him, We promised we would never put the kids at risk). We are shown a new weapon, so something must happen with that weapon and it does. Dale puffs away in nearly every scene. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Dale Massie is the killer. Blood/Gore COLD CREEK MANOR is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in tension-filled suspense. One character briefly smokes a joint. Coopers quick trip to the corner store turns into an unscheduled drinking binge at the adjacent bar. 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. All Rights Reserved, Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. 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. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. Days go by and Dale proves to be anything but helpful. JUMP SCENES The DVD for Cold Creek Manor gets a little higher marks for having some content to it. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE In one scene, a persons bludgeoned body twitches in a pool of blood (viewers are spared the homicidal act itself). Smoking If they're into suspense thrillers or are fans of someone in the cast, they just might. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. Several people smoke cigarettes. SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. (2003) (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) (R) Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). People describe a brutal method of killing sheep by using modified tools to inflict a sharp blow to the base of the skull that penetrates the brain. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) is a working mom who we're told spends about 90% of the time working, and 10% of the time being a mom. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. 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. Heres how it works. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. The Tilsons are always leaving doors open even though they know terrible dangers lurk outside, and they are agonizingly slow to realize that Dale Massie is not only the wrong person to rehab their house, but the wrong person to be in the same state with. The movie received negative reviews from critics. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. So well stick with him remaining drunk, which might not have been a bad idea in order to make it through the filming. 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. Other new and recent reviews include: They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. Violence (R. 119 minutes. 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. A photo shows a bare-breasted young woman while an older woman is seen in her panties. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. [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". He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. JumpScenes 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). He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. 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). TENSE FAMILY SCENES "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"). The other featurette, The Rules of the Game is where Mike Figgis proves he is completely unable to work in the Thriller genre. That movie isnt perfect by a long shot, but it throttled back where Cold Creek Manor goes overboard. Coopers Documentary looked promising. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. 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. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). 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. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. Plot [ edit] scuba diving, Touchstone and Beyond: A History of Disneys "Fright Night", Touchstone and Beyond: A History of Disneys "Alive", Universal Studios Florida's Tribute Store Tells Original, Milk Creek Entertainment Inks New Home Entertainment, Touchstone and Beyond: A History of Disneys Cold Creek Manor, New Episodes Every Wednesday House of Mouse Headlines Presented by Laughing Place. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. As they settle in, Cooper starts to research the previous owners, and eventually meets Dale, one of the former owners of their house. I only wish this film had chosen a course similar to The River Wild, the PG-13 white-water rafting thriller that found Meryl Streep and David Strathairn desperately trying to save their family from a vicious Kevin Bacon. The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). 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. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff and Juliette Lewis.. Dale lights up a joint. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Christopher Plummer is a national treasure. He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade. gtag('config', 'G-6VYSQ581R3'); A documentary filmmaker, Cooper is intrigued by the history of the house, particularly since the foreclosure on it left all of its belongings - albeit in disarray - still there and ready for examination. 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 Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. 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). Ruby wears a midriff-revealing top. The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. QUICK TAKE: Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. At least 19 "f" words (3 used with "mother," 1 used sexually), 9 "s" words, 2 slang terms using male genitals ("c*ck" and "pecker"), 3 asses (all used with "hole"), 2 hells, 1 damn, 1 S.O.B., 10 uses of "Oh my God," 4 of "Oh God" and 1 use each of "For Christ's sakes," "G-damn," "God," "Jesus Christ," "My God," "Oh Jesus" and "Swear to God." The two are overheard having raucous sex, a loveless act barely obscured by a set of blinds. The audience has to undergo an extended scene in which Cooper is not pushed down the well, in order for everyone to hurry back to the house, climb up to the roof, fall off, etc. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. *Moderate Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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. 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. Burbank, CA 91521. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. Two featurettes are included. Profanity Alcohol/Drugs 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. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? the only things haunting this movie are cliches". 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. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. The assailant falls several stories to his death. 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. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/ColdCreekManor. Veronica Guerin (Special Edition) Cate Blanchett. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. The film drags at times and the audience is almost guaranteed to be ahead of the film by the end of the first act, but Figgis tells us these are no-nos for the genre. [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". I was especially impressed with relative newcomer Dana Eskelson as the no-nonsense, tough-as-nails sheriff who gives the Tilsons someone to turn to amidst chaos. Helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while . . He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. 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