Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. The movie itself is a giant mistake in filmmaking. Blood/Gore The implication being that he hit the horse with the car. BLOOD/GORE 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 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). Cold Creek Manor: Thriller. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. The intruder then tries to hit Cooper who blocks those attacks with a ladder. Moderate Leah's boss offers to give her a promotion if she spends the night with him while on a business trip. 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. As they begin to fix the house up, they discover . 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. But he has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Heavy Also, what was exactly the train of thought for the family to believe the father killed the horse? A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies tells the story of a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure. Dale Massie is the killer. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; A truck, presumably driven by Dale, chases after Cooper in his truck at night, through the woods and after both have been drinking. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. Also, the cast is solid. Plot [ edit] The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. Minor 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. 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). 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. The couple who own the local diner extend a warm welcome to their new neighbors. "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. We later see that saying on a sign in a bar. The husband was trying to get better cell reception, so he wasn't near the well when his wife was shoved in. 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. 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. 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. 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. Veronica Guerin (Special Edition) Cate Blanchett. Cooper accidentally punches his wife in the face. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff and Juliette Lewis.. Their two children attend private school. NY 10036. Dale comments on Leah saying that he could have "f*cked" her anytime he asked. To learn the details of the manor's past, Cooper visit's Dale's aging, demented father who lives in a nearby nursing home. When the movie was released, it opened in the fifth spot with a weekend take of just over $8 million dollars. JumpScenes 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. We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Here's a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated thriller. Cooper also witnesses Dale strike his girlfriend Ruby in a crowded bar. We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. Leah tells Cooper that her boss asked her to sleep with him. 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. Cooper decapitates a snake. That may have been the intention if the film had been successful, but as it lost money, any chance of a sequel became moot. Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." Cooper Tilson and his family decide to relocate from the big city to a small town away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis existence. For violence, language and some sexuality. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). JUMP SCENES We see Kristen in a bikini. 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). He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. The former owner, Dale, offers to help them fix the place up, but resents Cooper's interest in his family history. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger.". Remember the abstract passing of time I mentioned before? Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! We see a rear view of Leah in her small panties as she gets out of bed. the only things haunting this movie are cliches". He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Plummer, Sharon Stone, Kristen Stewart, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Dorff, Dana Eskelson, Ryan Wilson. Coopers quick trip to the corner store turns into an unscheduled drinking binge at the adjacent bar. 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. Leah and Cooper have a 13-year-old daughter named Kristen (Kristen Stewart) and a 12-year-old son named Jesse (Ryan Wilson). 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. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). 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). Kristen is mad at her dad when she thinks he accidentally killed her pony. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Frightening/Tense Scenes CAST AS ROLE MODELS: The Tilsons are a loving family that must work through normal conflicts, as well as unite to overcome extraordinary ones. The Tilsons find themselves trapped in the house as Dale cuts the electricity. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). It also helped make this film seem too long, as at least twenty minutes should have been cut in the editing room. 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). This is Thesecret1070. 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. Theres an obscene gesture. The scene where she claims she wasn't hit, she only fell, is the most perfunctory demonstration possible of the battered woman in denial. Moderate 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. A sudden sound might startle some viewers. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE . Moving into a new home. Think of the trouble it would be for one man, working alone, to kill a horse and dump it into a swimming pool. 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 some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. A Blu-ray edition was released September 4, 2012.[11]. He then puts his hands on her butt and then under her short skirt, pulling down her panties in the process. He killed his wife and two children because they were going to leave him. The Tilsons hesitantly agree, but soon find things going downhill from there as Ray slowly start to show his true colors. She has never got enough credit for her talent, and I think she is the perfect match to Quaid. In one scene, a persons bludgeoned body twitches in a pool of blood (viewers are spared the homicidal act itself). The movie starts out in the city with the stereotypical hustle and bustle lifestyle that drives everyone into the country. After Jesse is almost killed in an automobile accident, Cooper decides it is time to get out of the city. So, how exactly did the horse die? 40. Heavy He was protrayed by Stephen Dorff, who also portrayed Deacon Frost in Blade. Meanwhile, the more Cooper digs into the history of Cold Creek Manor, the more frightened he becomes for his familys safety. The couple charge at him with a line of rope, knocking him off his feet, then bind him against a roof lantern. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at 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. We see some small photos of a teenager showing her bare breasts. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO But answer me this. 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". TENSE FAMILY SCENES Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. Coopers Documentary looked promising. 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). 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. Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). 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). 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. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. Cooper secretly tapes Dale's father in a nursing home (to use in a documentary). This house is going to need a lot of work. He had to drive up to the house, get out of the car, get the horse out of the stables, position it somewhere on the driveway, get back into the car, drive up to the horse and somehow hit it, and then drag the horse to the pool. OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. Extreme The key player this time is Ruby (Juliette Lewis), Dale's battered girlfriend, whose sister is Sheriff Annie Ferguson (Dana Eskelson). Dealing with bullies and/or the psychotic. Cooper and his family sneak onto and then into the estate before they put an offer on it (meaning they're trespassing). KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. (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). ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Dale goes to Devils Throat and punctures Cooper's truck tires. (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). Frequent obscenities (plus tween nudity and a loud, barely obscured sex scene) earn Manor its R rating and make it impossible to recommend. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER plays Dale's cantankerous and mean father who's institutionalized in a nursing home. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, His father expected his son to have had the Manor in his possesion, but when he looses the house to the government due to short payments, it becomes abandoned and the Tilson family moves in. 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. 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. 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. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). Why do I have to listen to a directors commentary to know how much time is passing in the movie? Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. All of this is eventually because the film never gives any solid idea of the passage of time. JULIETTE LEWIS plays his white trash girlfriend who has sex with him, uses strong profanity, is drunk, and briefly smokes. Dale says that he hasn't seen his kids since his wife left with them some time ago. 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