Ruby wears a midriff-revealing top. Dale is a creep, and the fact that Copper is suckered into believing that he would be helpful makes me doubt his intelligence. This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". 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. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Leah is shown in her underwear. 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. 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". "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). Its a hustle-bustle life, the pressures of which reach a crescendo when a near-miss in heavy traffic endangers one of the children. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. Music(Scary/Tense) We see Kristen in a bikini. 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. 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. The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. 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. "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. 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). Heavy So he fires him. What? Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Musical stingers hit moments where nothing happens on screen, presumably to build tension, but instead creating an almost laughable effect. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought . WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. If I were Cooper Tilson, never would I befriend Dale. No one in this movie has a shred of common sense. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. (R. 119 minutes. 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. 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. SMOKING One character briefly smokes a joint. Cold Creek Manor is a psychological thriller that came out in 2003. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. Cooper contacts Sheriff Ferguson, unaware Dale has attacked and disabled her and she is unconscious in her office. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. Violence consists of several deaths (from smothering, a fall and unknown means), while attempts on others' lives also occurs. Please refresh the page and try again. 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. 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. One character briefly smokes a joint. The couple team up in a climactic struggle to defend their home. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. 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. 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. Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. 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). He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade . Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. He needs to get the Manor back for his father and his own mental sake, and he will do just about anything to do so. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. Directed by Mike Figgis. Profanity 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). Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? However, don't go out of your way to check in . The Tilsons find themselves trapped in the house as Dale cuts the electricity. Reviewed September 17, 2003 / Posted September 19, 2003 The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. Veronica Guerin (Special Edition) Cate Blanchett. The rat race in general. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? There was a problem. The movie plays like an all-star episode of This Old House for the first hour, a telenovela for the next 30 minutes, then, finally, a hack boogeyman flick in the last reel. You can help Villains Wiki by expanding it. Christopher Plummer is a national treasure. 7 biggest mistakes in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, The 20 biggest mistakes in The Wizard of Oz, 40 biggest mistakes in The Big Bang Theory, 6 Cool things you've never noticed in movies, The biggest mistakes in the Harry Potter movies, 25 mistakes you never noticed in great movies, 7 mistakes in Beetlejuice you never spotted, More questions & answers from Cold Creek Manor. The two then struggle and the intruder strikes Cooper and comments on the sound of a bone breaking. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. 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. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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. Extreme We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. 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. Sex/Nudity Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. We are shown a new weapon, so something must happen with that weapon and it does. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. gtag('js', new Date()); After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. He uses some profanity. "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"). Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. Instead of finding a safer place, they buy Cold Creek Manor, an old beaten manor that they intend to turn into their dream home. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. The next shot she is talking to. After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. 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. He said the film "belongs to the Cape Fear tradition of thrillers in which the mettle of a civilized family man is tested in a life-or-death struggle with crude macho evil". [1], Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the film on Region 1 DVD on March 2, 2004. Belonging to the same genre as Pacific Heights, Fatal Attraction, Cape Fear and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, this methodical, occasionally eerie thriller taps into our innate desire to protect family and home from a psychotic outsider with an axe (in this case, killing hammer) to grind. The assailant falls several stories to his death. It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. 40. Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), his wife Leah (Golden Globe winner Sharon Stone), and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Miscellaneous people drink beer. HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE 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 also suffocates his bedridden father. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. He hits a deer with his car. 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. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. Who the heck expects a country hick jailbird type character to be European about his cigarettes? Halloween is soon upon us, and this is the time for a scary movie. So well stick with him remaining drunk, which might not have been a bad idea in order to make it through the filming. 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. 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. 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". We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. 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 . Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reel rating. 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. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. 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). Thats a shame because the Tilson familys priorities, character and interactions are pretty positive. 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. 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. Cooper begins to wonder just what Dale is trying to hide, and makes a blood-chilling discovery on the property. 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. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). To learn the details of the manor's past, Cooper visit's Dale's aging, demented father who lives in a nearby nursing home. 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. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. 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. Sleep with a cop. [Spoiler Warning] Early on, Leah is propositioned by a business colleague to spend the night together. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. Moderate PLOT: He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. 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. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. Maybe the family thought the horse got loose, or was out in a field overnight? Moderate Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. I have always liked Dennis Quaid. 21 offers from $7.49. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Frequent obscenities (plus tween nudity and a loud, barely obscured sex scene) earn Manor its R rating and make it impossible to recommend. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. Remember the abstract passing of time I mentioned before? . We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. 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. 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. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). Frightening/Tense Scenes He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. 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. Produced by Touchstone Pictures / Red Mullet / Cold Creek Manor Productions. It looks like the previous occupants bugged out in a big hurry, too, as they left everything behind, including personal. The movie is an anthology of cliches, not neglecting both the Talking Killer, who talks when he should be at work, and the reliable climax where both the villain and his victims go to a great deal of inconvenience to climb to a high place so that one of them can fall off. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. 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. Cooper shatters the skylight, sending Dale to his death. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. 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. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Meanwhile, Dale visits his father and smothers him to death when he insults him and reveals his knowledge of Dale's crimes. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. That movie isnt perfect by a long shot, but it throttled back where Cold Creek Manor goes overboard. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) For violence, language and some sexuality. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). But no. . So they chuck it all. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! They befriend local tavern owners Ray and Ellen Pinski and their daughter . They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. 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). Im eager to see what she does next. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. 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. 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. 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. 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. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Then read OUR TAKE of this film. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. What is the Japanese language plot outline for Cold Creek Manor (2003)? 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. [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". Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. $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. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. The Tilsons continue to live in Cold Creek Manor. 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. Violence consists of several deaths (from smothering, a fall and unknown means), while attempts on others' lives also occurs. 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. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. 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. Leah wants to give Dale the benefit of the doubt when suspicions about him arise, and later apologizes to her husband for doubting his instincts. PROFANITY He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. 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. Read full review 40 TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Hi. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. 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. JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. All Rights Reserved, Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". "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. It's presumed it was hit by a car, had its head bludgeoned (as happened to Dale's family) or had its throat slit. That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. 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. Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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 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. When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. I just hope its the kind of movie families will actually be able to watch. 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.
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