Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. 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. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. Dale is a creep, and the fact that Copper is suckered into believing that he would be helpful makes me doubt his intelligence. A photo shows a bare-breasted young woman while an older woman is seen in her panties. Cold Creek Manor is a psychological thriller that came out in 2003. Coopers quick trip to the corner store turns into an unscheduled drinking binge at the adjacent bar. Dale goes to Devils Throat and punctures Cooper's truck tires. Their two children attend private school. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! Written by Richard Jefferies. Hes just looking to get back on his feet. If I were Cooper Tilson, never would I befriend Dale. Extreme Why did the husband leave his wife alone in the woods, at night. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. Phone: (818) 560-1000. Moving into a new home. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. "COLD CREEK MANOR" Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). Violence consists of several deaths (from smothering, a fall and unknown means), while attempts on others' lives also occurs. Everything he does is after a look at the script, so that he appears, disappears, threatens, seems nice, looms, fades, pushes, doesn't push, all so that we in the audience can be frightened or, in my case, amused. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} The other featurette, The Rules of the Game is where Mike Figgis proves he is completely unable to work in the Thriller genre. I don't think someone could fly out from NYC and come help him within that timeframe. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. $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. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Dale belches after eating. After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. Days go by and Dale proves to be anything but helpful. We see the image of a somewhat decomposed and mummified face on a video playback. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. When my wife and I went to see it opening night in the small town that we lived in at the time, it was sold out. So he fires him. Directed by Mike Figgis. The movie of course issues two small children to the Tilsons, so that their little screams can pipe up on cue, as when the beloved horse is found in the pool. 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). Or what? Its a real fixer-upper with a dark past. We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. BLOOD/GORE Dale's wife and children's remains are recovered and then entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor, as are his own. Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. Where the hell did the killer go after pushing the wife down the well? If she had only reset her alarm, then Dennis Quaid would have woken up on time. A bumper sticker in the sheriffs office reads, Feel safe tonight. Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reelrating. [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". 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. Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. By entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions. 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 a photo of a boy holding a rifle. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. The DVD for Cold Creek Manor gets a little higher marks for having some content to it. Music(Inappropriate) 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. 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. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. He has Polaroids of his topless, pubescent stepdaughter (glimpsed several times by moviegoers). Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. Plot [ edit] Various clues, accompanied by portentous music, ominous winds, gathering clouds, etc., lead to the possibility that clues to Dale's crimes can be found at the bottom of an old well, and we are not disappointed in our expectation that Stone will sooner or later find herself at the bottom of that well. [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". The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. 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 noise. 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. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. 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). 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. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. Veronica Guerin (Special Edition) Cate Blanchett. Coopers Documentary looked promising. He hits a deer with his car. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. JumpScenes Produced by Touchstone Pictures / Red Mullet / Cold Creek Manor Productions. We see various poisonous snakes in various places through the house, including in Leah's bed, in construction plastic along the ceiling, under Jesse's bed and under the fridge where Cooper reaches, unaware what's there. 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. Alcohol/Drugs Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. OUR WORD TO PARENTS: 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. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. 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. 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. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. For violence, language and some sexuality. Dale slaps Ruby violently, then punches men who come to her aid before Sheriff Ferguson draws her pistol. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. He became mentally unstable due to his fathers abuse, and trauma he was surrounded with as a child, and into adulthood, as his father was still around. 21 offers from $7.49. 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. 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. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. They befriend local tavern owners Ray and Ellen Pinski and their daughter . But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. None. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). 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). 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. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. Dale Massie is the killer. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. Meanwhile, Dale visits his father and smothers him to death when he insults him and reveals his knowledge of Dale's crimes. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. Minor At Bay Area theaters.) Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. He was trying to get better reception on his walkie talkie to alert the sheriff, and he didn't know the killer was in the area. It just doesnt make sense. All Rights Reserved, Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Topics ToTalk About He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Diffuser Disney100, Bill Gowsell has loved all things Disney since his first family trip to Walt Disney World in 1984. asks a helpful local. 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. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Also, what was exactly the train of thought for the family to believe the father killed the horse? Extreme (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). 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). She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). She and Cooper lower a video camera into the well and find the rotting corpses of Dale's wife and children. During an altercation, Ruby pushes Leah backwards. Cooper and Leah want nothing more than to be good parents (she reminds him, We promised we would never put the kids at risk). Moderate The house that the Tilsons move into is a real location in Cambridge, Ontario. Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. At first it seems like everything is good. Cold Creek Manor by Buena Vista Home Entertainment by Mike Figgis. 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). Helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while . We see various poisonous snakes in various places through the house, including in Leah's bed, in construction plastic along the ceiling, under Jesse's bed and under the fridge where Cooper reaches, unaware what's there. 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. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. No one in this movie has a shred of common sense. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. 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. Her husband, Cooper (Dennis Quaid) is a documentary filmmaker who does all the dad-like duties. [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. 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. 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). JUMP SCENES Once Dale enters the pictureand notices Cooper working on a documentary about the history of his new homestrange things start to happen. A Blu-ray edition was released September 4, 2012.[11]. 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). The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. 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. "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"). So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. It's presumed it was hit by a car, had its head bludgeoned (as happened to Dale's family) or had its throat slit. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). 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. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. The Tilsons find themselves trapped in the house as Dale cuts the electricity. Then read OUR TAKE of this film. 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. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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). The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. DVD. 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. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. 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? Cold Creek Manor is meant to be a creepy thriller, which isnt that creepy, nor scary. Bad writing lets the characters make bad decisions, hiring the former house owner (who broke in to have a look around) to fix the pool instead of asking him to leave or calling police, or worse, characters dont pass on what easily seems to be crucial information to other characters. 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. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. 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 film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. SEX/NUDITY 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. There is not one moment on screen that says to me that Dale is trustworthy. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). Question: 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. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." Smoking Sleep with a cop. [Spoiler Warning] Early on, Leah is propositioned by a business colleague to spend the night together. One character briefly smokes a joint. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser. Profanity Eskelsons rsum may not be as extensive as those of her co-stars, but thats sure to change. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? CAST AS ROLE MODELS: But answer me this. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff. 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. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. 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". 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". 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. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. When he is not spending time with his family, Bill can be found at the bottom of a lake . Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. 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.