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. He also calls a nurse, "You little bitch." Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. 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 family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate.
Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. JUMP SCENES
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An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. A bumper sticker in the sheriffs office reads, Feel safe tonight. Website: www.disney.com. Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Sheriff Annie Ferguson, Ruby's sister, is initially skeptical about Cooper's accusation but later slowly starts to believe he may be correct. (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). We see Kristen in a bikini. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. 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. 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. Cooper agrees and we then see him and others drinking.
Why didn't he proceed to push down the husband? We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. I had hoped this would be a mock up of the documentary Cooper Tilson was working on inside the movie. 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.
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). (R. 119 minutes. He hits a deer with his car. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone and Stephen Dorff.
Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him.
Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. The pollution. Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. [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". PROFANITY
Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. I only wish this film had chosen a course similar to The River Wild, the PG-13 white-water rafting thriller that found Meryl Streep and David Strathairn desperately trying to save their family from a vicious Kevin Bacon. So he convinces the Tilsons to hire him as a handyman. 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.
One day the former owner shows up and makes himself at home. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic.
Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. Dale is helpful as the Tilsons adjust to their life. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Heavy
DANA ESKELSON plays Ruby's sister, the local sheriff who drags her feet in taking action against Dale and uses some strong profanity. Rewatching this film has only confirmed what I have felt since that first viewing at the theatre. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Cooper shatters the skylight, sending Dale to his death. DVD. None of the good deleted scenes are worse then anything else in the movie, but they arent much better either. We see the point of view of someone approaching Cooper. [10], The film opened in 2,035 theaters in the United States on September 19, 2003, and grossed $8,190,574 in its opening weekend, ranking #5 at the box office, behind Underworld, Secondhand Lions, The Fighting Temptations and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Musical stingers hit moments where nothing happens on screen, presumably to build tension, but instead creating an almost laughable effect. 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.
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After purchasing an abandoned manor and all of its contents through a bank foreclosure, the Tilson's begin to restore the grand home. About 50 profanities or obscenities, including f-words (17), s-words, exclamatory uses of Gods name and several harsh misuses of Jesus name. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). Coopers quick trip to the corner store turns into an unscheduled drinking binge at the adjacent bar. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. If they're into suspense thrillers or are fans of someone in the cast, they just might. Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reelrating. 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. The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. 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". Sharon Stone is awesome. 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. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Additionally, Dale is a leering pervert. The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. When the movie was released, it opened in the fifth spot with a weekend take of just over $8 million dollars. The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern.
What? Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. I thought that was incredible and must mean that Cold Creek Manorwas on its way to box office success. Where the hell did the killer go after pushing the wife down the well? As haunted-house . Also, the cast is solid. He and other characters consume beer, vodka and whiskey to excess. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. The two are overheard having raucous sex, a loveless act barely obscured by a set of blinds. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Heavy
He added, "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". 153 offers from $1.51. Thats a shame because the Tilson familys priorities, character and interactions are pretty positive. When Cooper gets spooked by a snake, Dale says, You cant be scared of all Gods creatures.. Reviewed September 17, 2003 / Posted September 19, 2003
Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! 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. 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. Cooper then tries to rescue her (with a rope that she climbs), all while the assailant might be looming nearby. 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.
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 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. 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? *Moderate
Cooper races to look for him and finds him sitting on the street right in front of a stopped vehicle. The other featurette, The Rules of the Game is where Mike Figgis proves he is completely unable to work in the Thriller genre. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." gtag('config', 'G-6VYSQ581R3'); 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. Extreme
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"Creep," "Shut up," "You little bastard," "Whore," "Piss for brains," "Bitch," "Go lay an egg," "Pissing me off," "Pissed me off" and "Nuts" (crazy). We see a pool of blood on the floor next to a person. He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). We see several shots of Dale, sweaty and shirtless with his jeans riding down to expose the top of his underwear. 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. NY 10036. Cooper contacts Sheriff Ferguson, unaware Dale has attacked and disabled her and she is unconscious in her office.
In Cold Creek Manor, a family tired of the noise, traffic and crime of the city decides to move to the country. Extreme
He smokes a joint, uses strong profanity, smokes, has sex with Ruby and turns homicidal. If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Coopers Documentary looked promising.
Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. 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. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. Instead of finding a safer place, they buy Cold Creek Manor, an old beaten manor that they intend to turn into their dream home. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. COLD CREEK MANOR is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in tension-filled suspense. He also calls a nurse, "You little bitch.". 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 briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. 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. 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. You can help Villains Wiki by expanding it. {The following four categories are based on a Film Reel scale. Music(Inappropriate)
Miscellaneous people have beer in a restaurant. 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. 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.
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). Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. It's presumed it was hit by a car, had its head bludgeoned (as happened to Dale's family) or had its throat slit. A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. The next shot she is talking to. 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. . All Rights Reserved,
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Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser.
A photo shows a bare-breasted young woman while an older woman is seen in her panties. 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.". Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. 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 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".
The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with.
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. He uses some profanity, drinks and drives, and becomes jealous of his wife.
Cooper is in a position to disable his rival without killing him during the films climax, but with Leahs blessing, he finishes the guy off, vigilante style. 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. There was a problem. He uses some profanity. The noise. No one in this movie has a shred of common sense.
He became mentally unstable due to his fathers abuse, and trauma he was surrounded with as a child, and into adulthood, as his father was still around. Moderate
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IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. The man's disjointed comments lead Cooper to believe Dale murdered his wife and children who have been missing for several years; Dale claims his wife fled with the children when he was imprisoned. 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. Tense FamilyScenes
Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). Dale slaps Ruby violently, then punches men who come to her aid before Sheriff Ferguson draws her pistol. She has never got enough credit for her talent, and I think she is the perfect match to Quaid. 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. During an altercation, Ruby pushes Leah backwards.
We learn that a person killed his family sometime in the past and then see him kill his father. Leah and Cooper have a 13-year-old daughter named Kristen (Kristen Stewart) and a 12-year-old son named Jesse (Ryan Wilson). We assume she rejected the proposal, but learn later that she had actually considered it until circumstances got in the way. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. Cooper and Leah want nothing more than to be good parents (she reminds him, We promised we would never put the kids at risk). Other new and recent reviews include:
Cooper decapitates a snake. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. 4.6 out of 5 stars. . After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. The next shot she is talking to Sharon Stone and the windshield is dry. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. What I saw from the trailer was not what I got when I saw the movie. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. Cooper ends up hitting a deer during that. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. 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. 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. He also suffocates his bedridden father. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker. Cooper throws some large roof tiles at the intruder, with one striking him on the head, bloodying him. Its great to see an average husband and wifewith a little help from the kidsteaming up to thwart a home-wrecker. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. 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. As Cooper sorts through the mess in the house, he comes across many old documents and photographs, and decides to record the history of the building on film. Hes just looking to get back on his feet. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. SMOKING
Were they possibly thinking of doing maybe a revenge sequel?
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"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.
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). So he fires him. 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. 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). 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. Dale lights up a joint. 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. It looks like the previous occupants bugged out in a big hurry, too, as they left everything behind, including personal. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight.
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