WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? A sudden sound might startle some viewers. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. He's just looking to get back on his feet. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. 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 . The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. In all movies involving city people who move to the country, there is an unwritten rule that everybody down at the diner knows all about the history of the new property and the secrets of its former owners. Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. So, how exactly did the horse die? 40. All rights reserved. There was a problem. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Cooper accidentally punches his wife in the face. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reel rating. 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 smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner's things. 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. Dale belches after eating. When Leah gets thrown into a deep hole, Cooper ignores his own safety and is single-minded about pulling her out. The Tilsons continue to live in Cold Creek Manor. 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. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. Written by Richard Jefferies. 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. 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). Veronica Guerin (Special Edition) Cate Blanchett. 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. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. He hits a deer with his car. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? Coopers quick trip to the corner store turns into an unscheduled drinking binge at the adjacent bar. Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. When he is not spending time with his family, Bill can be found at the bottom of a lake . Moderate Music(Inappropriate) CAST AS ROLE MODELS: JUMP SCENES But no. Im eager to see what she does next. 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. Please refresh the page and try again. The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. If you want to see a good Thriller, avoid Cold Creek Manor and go find a copy of Pacific Heights. Cold Creek Manor by Buena Vista Home Entertainment by Mike Figgis. Thats a shame because the Tilson familys priorities, character and interactions are pretty positive. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). Two featurettes are included. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. 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. 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. "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"). 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. 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. (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). Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. 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. You will receive a verification email shortly. Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. 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. Synopsis. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. One afternoon after a heated argument with Dale, Cooper finds a dental retainer along with human teeth in the gravel of his driveway, which he compares to old photos and finds it matches that of Dale's daughter. It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. 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). When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. So well stick with him remaining drunk, which might not have been a bad idea in order to make it through the filming. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. The restoration project derails when Dale Massie, played . Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Kristen Stewart was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance in the film. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. It was hard to understand the motivations of the characters because the characters are paper thin. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. He gazes lustfully at Leah. 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. 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. Its a real fixer-upper with a dark past. When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. He talks about the rules of the genre, pacing, music, editing, etc. Theres an obscene gesture. 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. Miscellaneous people drink beer. FRIGHTENING SCENES A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. gtag('js', new Date()); Extreme What is the Japanese language plot outline for Cold Creek Manor (2003)? Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. He uses some profanity. Who the heck expects a country hick jailbird type character to be European about his cigarettes? 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? Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? One with Quaid and the other with Dorff. Either that or he was struck with some form of mental retardation, which is really unfair because Ive seen movies in the thriller genre before with someone suffering from mental retardation that did much better then Quaid did in this movie. Leah is shown in her underwear. As Cooper Tilson attempts to protect his family from Massies psychotic ways, he also starts to piece together the mystery of Cold Creek Manors past well, actually its Dale Massies past, but Dale Massie isnt half as interesting a title as Cold Creek Manor. 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. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. It looks like the previous occupants bugged out in a big hurry, too, as they left everything behind, including personal. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. He has Polaroids of his topless, pubescent stepdaughter (glimpsed several times by moviegoers). We assume she rejected the proposal, but learn later that she had actually considered it until circumstances got in the way. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. 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". CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. Sharon Stone is awesome. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. Moderate "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). Reviewed September 17, 2003 / Posted September 19, 2003 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 The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. 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). Frequent obscenities (plus tween nudity and a loud, barely obscured sex scene) earn Manor its R rating and make it impossible to recommend. 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 uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." Yet in "Cold Creek Manor," a rather plain suspense film, I don't think there is even one thing that happens that I didn't foresee. He also calls a nurse, "You little bitch.". Or what? Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Phone: (818) 560-1000. He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. They buy a decaying mansion that was in foreclosure and began to restore it into their dream home. COLD CREEK MANOR is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in tension-filled suspense. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". 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. 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. The next shot she is talking to. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer They find a sprawling run down large old house in the boonies of a small town. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT In Cold Creek Manor, documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his corporate-bigwig wife, Leah (Sharon Stone), relocate their family from New York City to a dilapidated country estate previously owned by an ex-con, Dale (Stephen Dorff), with killer obliques.Sound familiar? Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger.". Dale Massie is the killer. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. There is not one moment on screen that says to me that Dale is trustworthy. A Blu-ray edition was released September 4, 2012.[11]. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. The assailant falls several stories to his death. Dale is helpful as the Tilsons adjust to their life. TENSE FAMILY 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. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. 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. 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. 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. This is Thesecret1070. We see Kristen in a bikini. Cooper decapitates a snake. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. 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. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. 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. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). To end this month of fear and fright, a look back at Touchstone Pictures Cold Creek Manor. 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