So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). 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. 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". This is Thesecret1070. The assailant falls several stories to his death. Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. When he is not spending time with his family, Bill can be found at the bottom of a lake . Burbank, CA 91521. 153 offers from $1.51. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. Rewatching this film has only confirmed what I have felt since that first viewing at the theatre. gtag('js', new Date()); 5.0 (23,095) 37. In fact, I suggest you dont watch it with his commentary track since he inadvertantly points out a lot of the mistakes Ive pointed out above. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. 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. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. TENSE FAMILY SCENES 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. JUMP SCENES 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. Rated R 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. 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. BLOOD/GORE As they begin renovations, they discover their new home harbors a secret and may not be completely free of its former inhabitant. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. 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. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. He uses some profanity. [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 . Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. That movie isnt perfect by a long shot, but it throttled back where Cold Creek Manor goes overboard. At first it seems like everything is good. A horse is killed and dumped in the family swimming pool. 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). 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. The DVD for Cold Creek Manor gets a little higher marks for having some content to it. [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. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. Its a real fixer-upper with a dark past. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. 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. 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. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. Two featurettes are included. "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. (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). Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? They then meet the former owner, Dale Massie (STEPHEN DORFF), who states he just got out of prison and would like to work for them restoring the house back to its once prominent state. New York, JumpScenes Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. (R. 119 minutes. 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. The couple team up in a climactic struggle to defend their home. A photo shows a bare-breasted young woman while an older woman is seen in her panties. 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. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. Box office. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. The two are overheard having raucous sex, a loveless act barely obscured by a set of blinds. The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. The noise. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. 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." Dale goes to Devils Throat and punctures Cooper's truck tires. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Sheriff Ferguson is dedicated to keeping the peace, and becomes a refuge for the Tilsons when Dale turns the rest of the town against them. Since he began writing for Laughing Place in 2014, Bill has specialized in covering the Rick Riordan literary universe, a retrospective of the Touchstone Pictures movie library, and a variety of other Disney related topics. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). 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?" It's the sort of movie that makes dumb guys like me feel smart. 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. They befriend local tavern owners Ray and Ellen Pinski and their daughter . One character briefly smokes a joint. We see several tools on a wall, and Dale says that they're killing hammers with spikes in them, used to kill farm animals (some viewers might not like the thought of that). He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. 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). The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. 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). The rat race in general. 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. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. They get back to the house where Dale has torched Leah's car. 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 plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. 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. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. One character briefly smokes a joint. Profanity A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). 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 a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." Sleep with a cop. [Spoiler Warning] Early on, Leah is propositioned by a business colleague to spend the night together. About 50 profanities or obscenities, including f-words (17), s-words, exclamatory uses of Gods name and several harsh misuses of Jesus name. This only makes things worse, though the Tilsons cant provide the local sheriff with enough hard evidence to prove anything. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Plummer, Sharon Stone, Kristen Stewart, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Dana Eskelson, Ryan Wilson. Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. 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. Eskelsons rsum may not be as extensive as those of her co-stars, but thats sure to change. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. The daughter and wife were far too distraught to consider that but the cop should have realized that immediately. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. Its great to see an average husband and wifewith a little help from the kidsteaming up to thwart a home-wrecker. 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). We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Dale pushes Leah into the well but Cooper manages to pull her out. Halloween is soon upon us, and this is the time for a scary movie. 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. Old Mr. Massie prattles on about his late wifes promiscuity and calls Dale the corrupt spawn of your whoring mother. Dale says his own wife had an active social life as well. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. A babbling old man threatens to whip his son bloody. They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. 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). WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Instead of finding a safer place, they buy Cold Creek Manor, an old beaten manor that they intend to turn into their dream home. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. 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. We see a photo of a boy holding a rifle. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. Hi. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. When Leah gets thrown into a deep hole, Cooper ignores his own safety and is single-minded about pulling her out. He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade . If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. 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. 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. 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. His father expected his son to have had the Manor in his possesion, but when he looses the house to the government due to short payments, it becomes abandoned and the Tilson family moves in. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Coopers Documentary looked promising. [6], Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "As haunted-house thrillers go, Cold Creek Manor is more ludicrous than the average but at the same time more handsomely produced. Violence The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. However, don't go out of your way to check in . Moderate 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. 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 site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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). 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. 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. All of this is eventually because the film never gives any solid idea of the passage of time. 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. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. We assume she rejected the proposal, but learn later that she had actually considered it until circumstances got in the way. Cooper decapitates a snake. One day the former owner shows up and makes himself at home. [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". 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. Dale Massie is the killer. Moderate "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. ImitativeBehavior All rights reserved. Website: www.disney.com. Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! No, but everybody in the audience does. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. As they begin to fix the house up, they discover . Also, the cast is solid. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. SMOKING I had hoped this would be a mock up of the documentary Cooper Tilson was working on inside the movie. None of the good deleted scenes are worse then anything else in the movie, but they arent much better either. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. They buy a decaying mansion that was in foreclosure and began to restore it into their dream home. Some brief, sexually related dialogue is present, as is a brief and partially obscured sexual encounter (with movement and related sounds). The film stars Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff and Juliette Lewis.. Helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while . Leah and Cooper have a 13-year-old daughter named Kristen (Kristen Stewart) and a 12-year-old son named Jesse (Ryan Wilson). Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). A bumper sticker in the sheriffs office reads, Feel safe tonight. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Dale Massie is not a villain in this movie, but an enabler, a character who doesn't want to kill but exists only to expedite the plot. 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. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. Meanwhile, the more Cooper digs into the history of Cold Creek Manor, the more frightened he becomes for his familys safety. I just hope its the kind of movie families will actually be able to watch. *Moderate There is not one moment on screen that says to me that Dale is trustworthy. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. (2003) (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) (R) Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. 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. Her husband, Cooper (Dennis Quaid) is a documentary filmmaker who does all the dad-like duties. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). Extreme function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. 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. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." 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. In their new home, which is beautiful but in need of work, the Tilsons find out that even though they are the new owners, the house has a story to it. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. Movie Info When filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his wife, Leah (Sharon Stone), tire of life in New York City, they buy a decrepit house in rural Cold Creek, N.Y., and move their. Extreme The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! Guns/Weapons Sharon Stone is awesome. "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"). IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR 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" Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. We see a Jeep that's been set on fire. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. 40. Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. [Spoiler Warning] We eventually see physical evidence of this crime in the form of decomposed bodies that had been thrown into a deep well called The Devils Throat. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? Their two children attend private school. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. Minor 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. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. . I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. 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. She smokes a lot, always an ominous sign, and is ambiguous about Dale -- she loves the lug, but gee, does he always have to be pounding on her? 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). The house that the Tilsons move into is a real location in Cambridge, Ontario. 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. 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. Have you ever wondered what happened in your house before you lived there? This is the question posed by the marketing for Cold Creek Manor, a poor attempt at a heart-pounding thriller that instead has you wondering Where can this film go wrong next? Its all Sharon Stones fault. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Diffuser Disney100, Bill Gowsell has loved all things Disney since his first family trip to Walt Disney World in 1984. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. 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). Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. The movie received negative reviews from critics. 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). Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/ColdCreekManor. 1 hr 58 min. JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. Alcohol/Drugs It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R 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. [3] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C" on a scale of A+ to F.[4], Stephen Holden of The New York Times observed, "A serious filmmaker like Mike Figgis can be forgiven, I suppose, for slumming, when he's got a cast as stellar as the one that infuses the scream-by-numbers thriller Cold Creek Manor with more psychological credibility than its screenplay merits". Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). [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". 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