He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. $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. 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. Or what? Cooper and Leah want nothing more than to be good parents (she reminds him, We promised we would never put the kids at risk). So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. We see a Jeep that's been set on fire. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. Synopsis. [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. Moderate Cooper shatters the skylight, sending Dale to his death. It's presumed it was hit by a car, had its head bludgeoned (as happened to Dale's family) or had its throat slit. Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. 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. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. When evil Dale Massie just stands there in the woods and doesn't push Cooper Tilson down the well, he stops being a killer and becomes an excuse for the movie to toy with us -- and it's always better when a thriller toys with the victims instead of the audience. Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. 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. Why did the husband leave his wife alone in the woods, at night. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. 153 offers from $1.51. Two featurettes are included. 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). Blood/Gore We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. [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". So, how exactly did the horse die? 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. 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. He uses some profanity. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Dale Massie is the killer. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. 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. She and Cooper lower a video camera into the well and find the rotting corpses of Dale's wife and children. 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. One with Quaid and the other with Dorff. As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! 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. 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. As they begin to make it their own, a series of events begin to occur that makes them believe that the former inhabitants are not yet gone. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. He gazes lustfully at Leah. None of the good deleted scenes are worse then anything else in the movie, but they arent much better either. You will receive a verification email shortly. The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) 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. In "Under the Tuscan Sun," another new movie, Diane Lane is able to find some cheerful Polish workers to rehab her Tuscan villa, but the Tilsons have the extraordinarily bad judgment to hire the former owner of the house, Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff), an ex-con with a missing family. Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Cold Creek Manor is meant to be a creepy thriller, which isnt that creepy, nor scary. Theres an obscene gesture. He talks about the rules of the genre, pacing, music, editing, etc. 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. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. For Violence, Language and Some Sexuality, The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, The Mandalorian Tries to Find Its Place in Third Season, The Unloved, Part 111: Devil in a Blue Dress, Female Filmmakers in Focus: Cauleen Smith on Drylongso, True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original. In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. Why do I have to listen to a directors commentary to know how much time is passing in the movie? Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. All Rights Reserved, It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. BLOOD/GORE [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 . Extreme Box office. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Some brief, sexually related dialogue is present, as is a brief and partially obscured sexual encounter (with movement and related sounds). It's the sort of movie that makes dumb guys like me feel smart. When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. You can help Villains Wiki by expanding it. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Cooper begins to wonder just what Dale is trying to hide, and makes a blood-chilling discovery on the property. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. Dale puffs away in nearly every scene. 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. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. A bumper sticker in the sheriffs office reads, Feel safe tonight. 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. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. 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". Heavy 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. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate. We are shown a new weapon, so something must happen with that weapon and it does. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. Also, what was exactly the train of thought for the family to believe the father killed the horse? 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. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. Read full review 40 Eskelsons rsum may not be as extensive as those of her co-stars, but thats sure to change. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. He uses some profanity. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. In fact, it's not even very good. 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. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. 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. As written by Richard Jefferies, the film is more or less a variation of his script for the 1992 black comedy . Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. So there's this family in New York City, but they want to get away to someplace less hectic, so they buy a run-down old house in the country. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. 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). 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. 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. They find a sprawling run down large old house in the boonies of a small town. It looks like the previous occupants bugged out in a big hurry, too, as they left everything behind, including personal. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. 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). Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). Smoking He hits a deer with his car. 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. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. 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. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. If you want to see a good Thriller, avoid Cold Creek Manor and go find a copy of Pacific Heights. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. 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. We see Kristen in a bikini. Plot After their young son is nearly run over in the street, Cooper and Leah Tilson decide to give up high-flying careers in New York City and move to the countryside. Kill.Switch (2003) Resident Evil 5 (2009) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. Alcohol/Drugs He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. 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. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff. The movie itself is a giant mistake in filmmaking. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. We see a photo of a boy holding a rifle. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE Instead the section turns out to be Figgis talking about having to film the movie as a movie, and the documentary parts as a documentary, and the home video parts as a home video. 1 hr 58 min. Remember the abstract passing of time I mentioned before? 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). When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. The rat race in general. Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. Cooper contacts Sheriff Ferguson, unaware Dale has attacked and disabled her and she is unconscious in her office. Its a real fixer-upper with a dark past. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. 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. 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?" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold_Creek_Manor&oldid=1137724953, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles to be expanded from October 2022, Articles with empty sections from October 2022, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 03:45. "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"). He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. 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 puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. GUNS/WEAPONS 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. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. 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. 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. To learn the details of the manor's past, Cooper visit's Dale's aging, demented father who lives in a nearby nursing home. 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? JumpScenes 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. Extreme 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. [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. Heres how it works. 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. . Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. 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. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. 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. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. At first it seems like everything is good. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Quaid starred in a similar film in 2019 called. That movie isnt perfect by a long shot, but it throttled back where Cold Creek Manor goes overboard. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. 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). 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. 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. 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. 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." 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. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. 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. 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