Cold Creek Manor (2003)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Mike Figgis

Writer (WGA):

Richard Jefferies (written by)

Release Date:

19 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The perfect house hides the perfect crime.

Plot:

A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate. As they begin to renovate the place they discover their new home harbors secrets, conceals a horrific past, and may not be free of the former inhabitants completely.

Plot Keywords:

Children | Dead Horse | Bare Chested Male | Corpse | Child In Peril

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Cooper Tilson
Sharon Stone	...	Leah Tilson
Stephen Dorff	...	Dale Massie
Juliette Lewis	...	Ruby
Kristen Stewart	...	Kristen Tilson
Ryan Wilson	...	Jesse Tilson
Dana Eskelson	...	Sheriff Ferguson
Christopher Plummer	...	Mr. Massie
Simon Reynolds	...	Ray Pinski
Kathleen Duborg	...	Ellen Pinski
Paula Brancati	...	Stephanie Pinski
Aidan Devine	...	Skip Linton
Wayne Robson	...	Stan Holland
Jordan Pettle	...	Declan
Ray Paisley	...	Dink

Also Known As:

La maison au fond de la baie (Canada: French title)
The Devil's Throat (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA | Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #40089) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:12 (cut version) | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Ayr, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Christopher Plummer only spent two days on the set. He was shooting one day, each with Dennis Quaid and Stephen Dorff.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie Cooper hits Dale in the head with a shingle from the roof. Dale's head is bleeding badly, but in the next shot his wound is gone.

Quotes:

Dale Massie: [about to kill Leah and Cooper] Quick question. Do you think I'm crazy? Yes or no?
Leah Tilson: [Scared] ... No.
Dale Massie: Wrong answer!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Messengers (2007)

Soundtrack:

On the Road Again

Much Better Than I Expected, Decent Thriller

I read the teviews of other viewers here on IMDb. Most of them pretty much seemed to slate this movie, and I thought I had made a mistake renting Cold Creek Manor. You know I am actually glad that I read the reviews because I went into this film expecting utter garbage. It was therefore a pleasant surprise to discover that I enjoyed it and found a decent enough thriller movie. I must admit from the blurb I had read on the rental site I thought it was going to be a haunted house flick, which it certainly isn't. Don't get me wrong, the film isn't a classic and I wouldn't even say it was great, but in my eyes it certainly deserves more than its low rating and the terrible reviews received here. Perhaps the people who have voted so poorly are the teen-horror-special-fx-gore-fan generation who rented in on the belief (as I did) that it was actually a horror movie of the truest form. I don't want to give away too much of the plot. The acting was sound through-out (Juliette Lewis is starting to look like an old person trying to look young!), and whilst yes predictable, it in some ways reminded me of Cape Fear. A family in peril from someone who is quite clearly a psychopath, the family know it (as do the audience) but aren't really able to do anything about it. Not all films with murderers have to be murder mysterys. Definitely worth a watch.