Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. Instead of following some sort of plot from point A to B to C to D, for reasons unknown we jump from A to C leaving B out of the film and leaving the audience clueless as to what some characters are talking about, or why character relationships have changed. Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. 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). 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?" We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. 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. Meanwhile, Dale visits his father and smothers him to death when he insults him and reveals his knowledge of Dale's crimes. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. It was hard to understand the motivations of the characters because the characters are paper thin. An extreme amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. Meanwhile, the more Cooper digs into the history of Cold Creek Manor, the more frightened he becomes for his familys safety. Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. So, how exactly did the horse die? He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. The two get into a fight at a bar, Dale and Cooper both drive away, but Dale chases him, and Cooper hits a deer in the process; Dale kills the daughter's pony, kills his dad in the nursing home (he mentions killing his family). 4.6 out of 5 stars. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. 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. Hi. 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. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. Christopher Plummer is a national treasure. If she had only reset her alarm, then Dennis Quaid would have woken up on time. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 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. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Dale then sits next to Cooper and similarly orders several shots of liquor, resulting in Cooper being a bit inebriated. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. 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. "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). (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). 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). An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Plummer, Sharon Stone, Kristen Stewart, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Dana Eskelson, Ryan Wilson. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. 1 hr 58 min. JUMP SCENES We see the image of a somewhat decomposed and mummified face on a video playback. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. 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. BLOOD/GORE 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". "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. Moderate 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Frequent obscenities (plus tween nudity and a loud, barely obscured sex scene) earn Manor its R rating and make it impossible to recommend. He also suffocates his bedridden father. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. Cooper accidentally punches his wife in the face. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. {The following four categories are based on a Film Reel scale. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. Cold Creek Manor. 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. No, but everybody in the audience does. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. Cooper begins to wonder just what Dale is trying to hide, and makes a blood-chilling discovery on the property. In rural Bellingham, they buy up the huge old Cold Creek Manor, which is going cheaply, and convert it into their dream house. NY 10036. 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? Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. There is not one moment on screen that says to me that Dale is trustworthy. 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. 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 Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. He talks about the rules of the genre, pacing, music, editing, etc. Cold Creek Manor is a psychological thriller that came out in 2003. Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. 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. The pollution. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. Moderate Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. 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. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: It's presumed it was hit by a car, had its head bludgeoned (as happened to Dale's family) or had its throat slit. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. 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. Remember the abstract passing of time I mentioned before? Dale lights up a joint. One character briefly smokes a joint. Music(Scary/Tense) This is Thesecret1070. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. There was a problem. The daughter and wife were far too distraught to consider that but the cop should have realized that immediately. A person has blood on their face. Cooper is convinced that Dale is responsible, acting out of spite. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. 21 offers from $7.49. Moderate Despite being a bit predictable, Cold Creek Manor is full of thrills and. 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. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Alcohol/Drugs 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. A babbling old man threatens to whip his son bloody. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. 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. Here's a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated thriller. 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. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. This only makes things worse, though the Tilsons cant provide the local sheriff with enough hard evidence to prove anything. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. 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. After a chase, Dale corners Cooper and Leah atop the roof, and openly declares his intent to kill them and dump their bodies down the Devil's Throat like he did to his family. He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. 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. 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). He also calls a nurse, "You little bitch.". It's implied that Cooper realizes what happened with Dale's family immediately after his own family left, and Dale attacked within the following 12 hours. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. All Rights Reserved, . The DVD for Cold Creek Manor gets a little higher marks for having some content to it. You will receive a verification email shortly. 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. DENNIS QUAID plays a documentary filmmaker who becomes somewhat obsessed with discovering the secret behind the manor and its former inhabitants. Cold Creek Manor's prime reason for being seems to be a set piece involving poisonous snakes, directed by Figgis with a drunken gusto the rest of the film could use, and as a comeback vehicle for Stone, who tries hard at motherly warmth, but can't quite wash the Catherine Tramell out of her hair. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. 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". 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. Documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his professionally. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. No one in this movie has a shred of common sense. Heavy Dale's wife and children's remains are recovered and then entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor, as are his own. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. Also, the cast is solid. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. They befriend local tavern owners Ray and Ellen Pinski and their daughter . Plot [ edit] It just doesnt make sense. It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. He also calls a nurse, "You little bitch." The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. A photo shows a bare-breasted young woman while an older woman is seen in her panties. Cooper has a little bit of a bloody lip. This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. None of the good deleted scenes are worse then anything else in the movie, but they arent much better either. 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. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. Profanity We see a photo of a boy holding a rifle. 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. It is in anamorphic widescreen format with audio tracks in English and French, and subtitles in Spanish. FRIGHTENING SCENES Its great to see an average husband and wifewith a little help from the kidsteaming up to thwart a home-wrecker. 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). [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". Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. 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. This house is going to need a lot of work. He put snakes in the tilson's house, he would stalk the tilson family by trying to harm them and bother them he killed Kristen Tilson's horse that her friend gave her as a present when the Tilson Family wasn't presentand then he threw the dead horse into the Tilson's Family'spool. You can unsubscribe at any time. Produced by Touchstone Pictures / Red Mullet / Cold Creek Manor Productions. The two then struggle and the intruder strikes Cooper and comments on the sound of a bone breaking. 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. 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. Her husband, Cooper (Dennis Quaid) is a documentary filmmaker who does all the dad-like duties. The noise. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, some instances of that occur in several scenes in the film. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. $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. 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. About 50 profanities or obscenities, including f-words (17), s-words, exclamatory uses of Gods name and several harsh misuses of Jesus name. Moderate 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). Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Diffuser Disney100, Bill Gowsell has loved all things Disney since his first family trip to Walt Disney World in 1984. 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. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. What I saw from the trailer was not what I got when I saw the movie. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." To end this month of fear and fright, a look back at Touchstone Pictures Cold Creek Manor. As they settle in, Cooper starts to research the previous owners, and eventually meets Dale, one of the former owners of their house. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. Thats a shame because the Tilson familys priorities, character and interactions are pretty positive. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. 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. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Unfortunately most of that content is mediocre and just acts as a reminder of how poor the movie really is. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). One character briefly smokes a joint. That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. GUNS/WEAPONS [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". Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. Its a real fixer-upper with a dark past. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. They buy a decaying mansion that was in foreclosure and began to restore it into their dream home. 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. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR 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. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. Cold Creek Manor by Buena Vista Home Entertainment by Mike Figgis. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. Leah and Cooper have a 13-year-old daughter named Kristen (Kristen Stewart) and a 12-year-old son named Jesse (Ryan Wilson). window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/ColdCreekManor. 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