Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. We see a Jeep that's been set on fire. [7], Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film one star and commented, "It's sad to see risk-taking director Mike Figgis do a generic thriller for a paycheck and then not even screw with the rules . This only makes things worse, though the Tilsons cant provide the local sheriff with enough hard evidence to prove anything. The Tilsons find themselves trapped in the house as Dale cuts the electricity. Ruby wears a midriff-revealing top. When you think you'll get an explanation as to why Dale Massie is wanting the house back and kill the current owners, you don't. Mike Figgis directed, composed the music for, and produced . That movie isnt perfect by a long shot, but it throttled back where Cold Creek Manor goes overboard. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. One character briefly smokes a joint. I don't think someone could fly out from NYC and come help him within that timeframe. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). She has never got enough credit for her talent, and I think she is the perfect match to Quaid. So they chuck it all. Profanity When he is not spending time with his family, Bill can be found at the bottom of a lake . Unfortunately most of that content is mediocre and just acts as a reminder of how poor the movie really is. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. So well stick with him remaining drunk, which might not have been a bad idea in order to make it through the filming. 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. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. 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. Written by Richard Jefferies. He has Polaroids of his topless, pubescent stepdaughter (glimpsed several times by moviegoers). Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger.". Cooper shatters the skylight, sending Dale to his death. Cooper decapitates a snake. 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. It just doesnt make sense. Moderate 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. 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. 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. Rooms look beaten up, filled with the relics of the previous family, and then they are clean and neat and redone, while other rooms still have walls that barely hold the room together. Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. 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. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. gtag('js', new Date()); Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? Hi. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. 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. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Also, the cast is solid. 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. This is Thesecret1070. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. We see Kristen in a bikini. Heres how it works. A Blu-ray edition was released September 4, 2012.[11]. The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. All Rights Reserved, Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. Tense FamilyScenes Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. PROFANITY Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. . 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. SEX/NUDITY "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 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. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. Their two children attend private school. Moderate He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Read full review 40 Apparently, Christopher Plummer only spent two days on set filming. Moderate 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). Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. "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. Wanting to escape New York life for the countryside, Cooper (Quaid) and Leah Tilson (Stone), along with their two children, move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. The next shot she is talking to. 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. Once Dale enters the pictureand notices Cooper working on a documentary about the history of his new homestrange things start to happen. "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). Moderate Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." Why didn't he proceed to push down the husband? 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. She and Cooper lower a video camera into the well and find the rotting corpses of Dale's wife and children. 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. Phrases: "Don't f*ck with him," "He'll rip your f*cking head off," "Shut the f*ck up," "Back the f*ck away," "Get the f*ck out of here," "You f*ck," "Oh sh*t," "You'll sh*t blood," "You little sh*thead," "You piece of sh*t," "You're full of sh*t," "You scared the sh*t out of me," "Corrupt spawn of your whoring mother," "Screwed up," "Where the hell /is he going/are you going to do about it?" 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." Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. A babbling old man threatens to whip his son bloody. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. 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). Dennis Quaid as Cooper Tilson; Sharon Stone as Leah Tilson; Stephen Dorff as Dale Massie; Dana Eskelson as Sheriff Annie Ferguson; Juliette Lewis as Ruby; Christopher Plummer as Mr. Massie; Kristen Stewart as Kristen; Ryan Wilson as Jesse. Once they realize that, they have several close calls with those snakes and more, including one that strikes out at Cooper and another that falls on his shoulder. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. Moving into a new home. 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. Director Mike Figgis (who in the past brought us Leaving Las Vegas and the brilliant film Timecode) really should have his camera taken away from him. 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). 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. 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. The rat race in general. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. Blood/Gore The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. Extreme Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. 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). 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. Cooper and his family slowly make their way through the dilapidated house that still has the belongings of the former residents in it (although everything's in disarray). He talks about Dales cigarettes, that they had intended him to be European, rolling his own cigarettes, but that preview audiences mistook his hand rolled cigs for joints (as did I) so he clarifies that they are tobacco, just so everybody knows that. DENNIS QUAID plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. All of this is eventually because the film never gives any solid idea of the passage of time. They get back to the house where Dale has torched Leah's car. 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 couple team up in a climactic struggle to defend their home. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. Frightening/Tense Scenes We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. Cold Creek Manor. We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. If you want to see a good Thriller, avoid Cold Creek Manor and go find a copy of Pacific Heights. The two are overheard having raucous sex, a loveless act barely obscured by a set of blinds. Extreme 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. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. It is in anamorphic widescreen format with audio tracks in English and French, and subtitles in Spanish. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. An intruder terrorizes the Tilsons, chasing them through their blacked-out home, wielding a killing hammer (Im gonna bash your skulls in and throw you down The Devils Throat). Directed by Mike Figgis. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. 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. 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). Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, What I saw from the trailer was not what I got when I saw the movie. As they begin to fix the house up, they discover . Music(Scary/Tense) His wife, Leah, is a business executive who rises at 4:30 to hop a plane to her next big meeting. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". 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. The restoration project derails when Dale Massie, played . Much of the thrills felt like padding to please the genre expectations demanded for this mainstream B-movie. There are implied consequences to drunkenness when Cooper hits something with his car and his family doubts his ability to recall exactly what happened. He put snakes in the tilson's house, he would stalk the tilson family by trying to harm them and bother them he killed Kristen Tilson's horse that her friend gave her as a present when the Tilson Family wasn't presentand then he threw the dead horse into the Tilson's Family'spool. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer 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. 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. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). One character briefly smokes a joint. 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". A man smothers another man in a nursing home. Im eager to see what she does next. He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. One day the former owner shows up and makes himself at home. Yet in "Cold Creek Manor," a rather plain suspense film, I don't think there is even one thing that happens that I didn't foresee. In one scene, a persons bludgeoned body twitches in a pool of blood (viewers are spared the homicidal act itself). Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. 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 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. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. Extreme Rated R She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). Once they realize that, they have several close calls with those snakes and more, including one that strikes out at Cooper and another that falls on his shoulder. So, how exactly did the horse die? A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Violence consists of several deaths (from smothering, a fall and unknown means), while attempts on others' lives also occurs. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought . If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. 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. The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. 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 has a little bit of a bloody lip. Other new and recent reviews include: Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? Dale Massie is the killer. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? 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). Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. He hits a deer with his car. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). Extreme The assailant falls several stories to his death. 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. Days go by and Dale proves to be anything but helpful. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. 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. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. 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). Its great to see an average husband and wifewith a little help from the kidsteaming up to thwart a home-wrecker. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. Dale Massie is the killer. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. 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. If she had only reset her alarm, then Dennis Quaid would have woken up on time. Dale is helpful as the Tilsons adjust to their life. Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. FRIGHTENING SCENES 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. Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. One afternoon after a heated argument with Dale, Cooper finds a dental retainer along with human teeth in the gravel of his driveway, which he compares to old photos and finds it matches that of Dale's daughter. $29.1 million [1] 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. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. When the house becomes infested with poisonous snakes, Dale and others come to the rescue (its implied, however, that Dale may have planted the serpents to begin with). She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? JUMP SCENES 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". Several people smoke cigarettes. Dale pushes Leah into the well but Cooper manages to pull her out. We assume she rejected the proposal, but learn later that she had actually considered it until circumstances got in the way. It also helped make this film seem too long, as at least twenty minutes should have been cut in the editing room. Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. 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 rural Bellingham, they buy up the huge old Cold Creek Manor, which is going cheaply, and convert it into their dream house. Guns/Weapons You will receive a verification email shortly. 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. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO He talks about the rules of the genre, pacing, music, editing, etc. As they settle in, Cooper starts to research the previous owners, and eventually meets Dale, one of the former owners of their house. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. A person has blood on their face. In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. NY 10036. 21 offers from $7.49. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. At first it seems like everything is good. 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. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. 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. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. QUICK TAKE: The pollution. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. 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? While being drunk. None. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. 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). By entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions. He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade . Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. Leah and Cooper have a 13-year-old daughter named Kristen (Kristen Stewart) and a 12-year-old son named Jesse (Ryan Wilson). Alcohol/Drugs Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. Phrases: "Don't f*ck with him," "He'll rip your f*cking head off," "Shut the f*ck up," "Back the f*ck away," "Get the f*ck out of here," "You f*ck," "Oh sh*t," "You'll sh*t blood," "You little sh*thead," "You piece of sh*t," "You're full of sh*t," "You scared the sh*t out of me," "Corrupt spawn of your whoring mother," "Screwed up," "Where the hell /is he going/are you going to do about it?" The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. 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