When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. He gazes lustfully at Leah. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Website: www.disney.com. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. Christopher Plummer is a national treasure. Dale puffs away in nearly every scene. Reviewed September 17, 2003 / Posted September 19, 2003 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. So well stick with him remaining drunk, which might not have been a bad idea in order to make it through the filming. An intruder terrorizes the Tilsons, chasing them through their blacked-out home, wielding a killing hammer (Im gonna bash your skulls in and throw you down The Devils Throat). *Moderate He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). Violence Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." Frightening/Tense Scenes Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. What? We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." 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. Theres an obscene gesture. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. Other new and recent reviews include: 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. Moderate Why did the husband leave his wife alone in the woods, at night. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) 40. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. Figgis talking during a scene transition says Lets say this is a month later. asks a helpful local. 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. They befriend local tavern owners Ray and Ellen Pinski and their daughter . Cooper shatters the skylight, sending Dale to his death. Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) shows up and eventually begins to terrorize the Tilsons lives. Box office. Cooper accidentally punches his wife in the face. 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. 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. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). 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. Blood/Gore We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. He is a psychopath who threatened to kill the Tilson family who moved to Dale's old home. Dale goes to Devils Throat and punctures Cooper's truck tires. The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. When Leah gets thrown into a deep hole, Cooper ignores his own safety and is single-minded about pulling her out. Halloween is soon upon us, and this is the time for a scary movie. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) The film drags at times and the audience is almost guaranteed to be ahead of the film by the end of the first act, but Figgis tells us these are no-nos for the genre. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, Rewatching this film has only confirmed what I have felt since that first viewing at the theatre. 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. 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. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. If I were Cooper Tilson, never would I befriend Dale. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." [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. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? 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. We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. Dale pushes Leah into the well but Cooper manages to pull her out. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Apparently, Christopher Plummer only spent two days on set filming. 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. Guns/Weapons 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. 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. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Dale belches after eating. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R The two then struggle and the intruder strikes Cooper and comments on the sound of a bone breaking. VIOLENCE To top it off, Dennis Quaids character gets drunk about halfway through the movie and Quaid himself seems to stay that way through the rest of the film. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: We see Kristen in a bikini. 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 only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Cooper begins to wonder just what Dale is trying to hide, and makes a blood-chilling discovery on the property. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. He dumped them down into "The Devil's Throat," which is a well in the woods. Their two children attend private school. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. 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. I had hoped this would be a mock up of the documentary Cooper Tilson was working on inside the movie. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. 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". Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. "Do you know what you're getting yourselves into?" Dale goes after Cooper and Leah, and Cooper kills Dale by shattering the skylight on the roof of the house and Dale falls to his death. 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. You will receive a verification email shortly. Moderate Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. Later that night as a storm approaches, Leah returns to the house alone, having been informed by the children the location of a deep well on the property, called the Devil's Throat. 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". Dale goes after Cooper and Leah, and Cooper kills Dale by shattering the skylight on the roof of the house and Dale falls to his death. However, don't go out of your way to check in . The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. (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). When the house becomes infested with poisonous snakes, Dale and others come to the rescue (its implied, however, that Dale may have planted the serpents to begin with). Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). Dale's wife and children's remains are recovered and then entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor, as are his own. The movie of course issues two small children to the Tilsons, so that their little screams can pipe up on cue, as when the beloved horse is found in the pool. 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. They check out the Cold Creek Manor, which has long been abandoned. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. The assailant falls several stories to his death. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. As they begin to fix the house up, they discover . Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. 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. [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". The movie plays like an all-star episode of This Old House for the first hour, a telenovela for the next 30 minutes, then, finally, a hack boogeyman flick in the last reel. 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. Please refresh the page and try again. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. Leah is shown in her underwear. There are implied consequences to drunkenness when Cooper hits something with his car and his family doubts his ability to recall exactly what happened. Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. "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"). Maybe the family thought the horse got loose, or was out in a field overnight? Director Mike Figgis (who in the past brought us Leaving Las Vegas and the brilliant film Timecode) really should have his camera taken away from him. 21 offers from $7.49. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. 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 fact, he is very dangerous, and the humble country life that Cooper hoped to bring to his family may very well be in jeopardy. 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). Coopers Documentary looked promising. I n "Cold Creek Manor," Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone star as Cooper and Leah Tilsonworn out Manhattanites who flee the city with their children to create a simpler life in rural Upstate New York. Phone: (818) 560-1000. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. Cold Creek Manor by Buena Vista Home Entertainment by Mike Figgis. The movie received negative reviews from critics. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. 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. (2003) (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) (R) Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. 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