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. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Dale lights up a joint. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. 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. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. (R. 119 minutes. BLOOD/GORE Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking. None. A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner's things. She and Cooper lower a video camera into the well and find the rotting corpses of Dale's wife and children. Synopsis. We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. 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. Continuity mistake: When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. He uses some profanity. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). Here's a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated thriller. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. "Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). So, how exactly did the horse die? Extreme 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. 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. All rights reserved. Documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his professionally. Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. 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. 1 hr 58 min. 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. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. Website: www.disney.com. Music(Inappropriate) Eventually the previous owner Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff). Guns/Weapons A babbling old man threatens to whip his son bloody. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." . 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. Leah hears her kids screaming near the pool and races there to discover a snake in it (that Dale has captured and it isn't poisonous). We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. 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. Heres how it works. The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. Next week, a look back at Oliver Stones Nixon. Frequent obscenities (plus tween nudity and a loud, barely obscured sex scene) earn Manor its R rating and make it impossible to recommend. 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. "Cold Creek Manor," starring Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid, is true to all the worn-out clichs as it depicts the tale of a family being terrorized by a madman. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. 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. A man smothers another man in a nursing home. 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?" 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. Phone: (818) 560-1000. JUMP SCENES One character briefly smokes a joint. Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. If you want to see a good Thriller, avoid Cold Creek Manor and go find a copy of Pacific Heights. Burbank, CA 91521. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If I were Cooper Tilson, never would I befriend Dale. If you want to say that, why didnt you say it in the movie? Cold Creek Manor (2003) Directed by Mike Figgis Stephen Dorff [Dale Massie] Christopher Plummer [Mr. Massie] Simon Reynolds [Ray Pinski] Paula Brancati [Stephanie Pinski] Kathleen Duborg [Ellen Pinski] Dana Eskelson [Sheriff Annie Ferguson] . Hes an actor that brings so much passion and energy to the screen that despite all the failings of a movie, Quaid can make a character shine. 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. DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. His wife, Leah, is a business executive who rises at 4:30 to hop a plane to her next big meeting. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. We are introduced to Cooper, his wife Leah and their kids Jesse and Kristen in the hectic life of living in NYC. 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 then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel? He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. 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). The next shot she is talking to. To learn the details of the manor's past, Cooper visit's Dale's aging, demented father who lives in a nearby nursing home. There is not one moment on screen that says to me that Dale is trustworthy. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Why didn't he proceed to push down the husband? As the stakes rise, Cooper insists that the rest of the family return to the city for their own safety. 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). The movie stars Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone as Cooper and Leah Tilson, who get fed up with the city and move to the country, purchasing a property that looks like the House of the Seven Gables crossed with the Amityville Horror. There are a few deleted scenes, most of which deserved to be deleted. 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. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. *Moderate Cooper Tilson toils as a documentary filmmaker in New York City. Rated R So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. Violence consists of several deaths (from smothering, a fall and unknown means), while attempts on others' lives also occurs. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Cold Creek Manor. If they're into suspense thrillers or are fans of someone in the cast, they just might. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. 4.6 out of 5 stars. Dale is a creep, and the fact that Copper is suckered into believing that he would be helpful makes me doubt his intelligence. However, dont go out of your way to check in at Cold Creek Manor. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. 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 couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. Heavy 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. 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. Have you ever wondered what happened in your house before you lived there? This is the question posed by the marketing for Cold Creek Manor, a poor attempt at a heart-pounding thriller that instead has you wondering Where can this film go wrong next? Its all Sharon Stones fault. 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". At first it seems like everything is good. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. Minor Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! 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. 5.0 (23,095) 37. 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. Their two children attend private school. Why did the husband leave his wife alone in the woods, at night. Moderate Also, the cast is solid. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. A person pushes Leah down into a deep hole in the ground (she's okay). We see the image of a somewhat decomposed and mummified face on a video playback. $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. 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. I have always liked Dennis Quaid. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. Other new and recent reviews include: The two are overheard having raucous sex, a loveless act barely obscured by a set of blinds. Dale's wife and children's remains are recovered and then entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor, as are his own. It looks like the previous occupants bugged out in a big hurry, too, as they left everything behind, including personal. Coopers Documentary looked promising. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff. 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). Written by Richard Jefferies. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. 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