Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). Heres how it works. When the movie was released, it opened in the fifth spot with a weekend take of just over $8 million dollars. 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). 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". Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. 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. None Unfortunately most of that content is mediocre and just acts as a reminder of how poor the movie really is. Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. 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. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. The pollution. However, don't go out of your way to check in . We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. So he fires him. Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reel rating. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). [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". Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. Ruby wears a midriff-revealing top. 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 was hard to understand the motivations of the characters because the characters are paper thin. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Extreme 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. Extreme 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." 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. It eventually earned $21,386,011 in the United States and $7,733,423 in foreign markets, for a total worldwide box office of $29,119,434. In rural Bellingham, they buy up the huge old Cold Creek Manor, which is going cheaply, and convert it into their dream house. He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. 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 . If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. When Leah gets thrown into a deep hole, Cooper ignores his own safety and is single-minded about pulling her out. Reviewed September 17, 2003 / Posted September 19, 2003 NY 10036. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Please refresh the page and try again. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. You will receive a verification email shortly. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger.". DENNIS QUAID plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. Cooper is convinced that Dale is responsible, acting out of spite. Cold Creek Manor (2003) Grace (Sharon Stone) and Cooper (Dennis Quaid) decide that they need to slow their lives down a bit and move their family into a big estate in the country. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? 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. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. 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. Smoking Meanwhile, Dale visits his father and smothers him to death when he insults him and reveals his knowledge of Dale's crimes. 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. Leah is shown in her underwear. If she had only reset her alarm, then Dennis Quaid would have woken up on time. Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. 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. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. 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?" Extreme Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reelrating. Burbank, CA 91521. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. Suspense/Thriller: A filmmaker tries to uncover the mystery behind an old manor and its past owners after he and his family move into it. Directed by Mike Figgis. One with Quaid and the other with Dorff. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. 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). SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. I don't think someone could fly out from NYC and come help him within that timeframe. 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. When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Maybe the family thought the horse got loose, or was out in a field overnight? "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). 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). A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. Produced by Touchstone Pictures / Red Mullet / Cold Creek Manor Productions. 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 refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." [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". Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. We are introduced to Cooper, his wife Leah and their kids Jesse and Kristen in the hectic life of living in NYC. [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 . WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R PLOT: 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). Violence The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: This is Thesecret1070. Kill.Switch (2003) Resident Evil 5 (2009) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) Music(Scary/Tense) JUMP SCENES Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. Cooper contacts Sheriff Ferguson, unaware Dale has attacked and disabled her and she is unconscious in her office. He has a good grasp of what the rules are, which makes it all the more baffling that the film doesnt follow any of them. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. When it looks as if he has done a terrible thing, Cooper appeals to his daughter to trust in his innocence, which she does. 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? Kristen Stewart was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance in the film. 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". 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. Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. Dale's father says that Dale is the "corrupt spawn of your whoring mother" and then says that Dale's kids probably weren't even his, that he couldn't even make babies. All of this is eventually because the film never gives any solid idea of the passage of time. Apparently, Christopher Plummer only spent two days on set filming. Sex/Nudity 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 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). 4.6 out of 5 stars. You can help Villains Wiki by expanding it. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. SUMMARY: In COLD CREEK MANOR, a family thinks they're getting away from New York City and entering a quiet haven in their new mansion in the boonies, but when the creepy former homeowner shows up and strange things start happening, the family must quickly figure out some long . 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). The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE 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. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. So, how exactly did the horse die? 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 has a tattoo on his shoulder. Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. For violence, language and some sexuality. Profanity Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. Tense FamilyScenes We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." 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. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. He gazes lustfully at Leah. Frightening/Tense Scenes Several people smoke cigarettes. 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. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. 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 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. JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. 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. This house is going to need a lot of work. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Hes just looking to get back on his feet. 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. HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). They buy a decaying mansion that was in foreclosure and began to restore it into their dream home. After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. 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