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Watch: Cold Creek Manor 2003 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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. 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….
Plot: A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner’s things. As they begin to make it their own, a series of events begin to occur that makes them believe that the former inhabitants are not yet gone.
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Ratings:

	5.0/10 Votes: 23,419
	12% | RottenTomatoes
	37/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 394 Popularity: 11.741 | TMDB

Reviews:

I always had a bit of a crush on Stephen Dorff, and his topless torso helps this start off quite promisingly. Sadly, that is the undoubted highlight in this otherwise really poor horror mystery. “Cooper” (Dennis Quaid) and his wife “Leah” (Sharon Stone) take their kids from the city to live in an old rural manor house. It needs a bit of work, and they hire in the son of the former owner “Dale” (Dorff) to help out. That’s mistake number one as we quickly discover that this house might not be the family’s most shrewd purchase. Mike Figgis tries quite hard to build and sustain a sense of menace here, but he is completely let down by a storyline that is far too thinly stretched and by a really lacklustre effort from both Stone and the really weak Quaid. It doesn’t so much end, as just peter out – I couldn’t have cared less about any of them and once Dorff put his shirt on, my interest waned completely. An early outing for Kristen Stewart and a pointless one for Christopher Plummer (who didn’t even have to get out of bed) add quite literally nothing to this mundane thriller that is really light on thrill.

_**Manor-in-the-woods thriller/horror**_

A troubled New York City couple (Dennis Quaid & Sharon Stone) move to the country after purchasing a dilapidated estate at a can’t-refuse price. Unfortunately, the manor’s past interrupts their enjoyment of their new home. The cast is rounded out by Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Dana Eskelson, Christopher Plummer and Kristen Stewart (who was 12 years-old during shooting).

“Cold Creek Manor” (2003) is a drama/thriller with a bit o’ horror that mixes “What Lies Beneath” (2000) and “The Messengers” (2007) with “Undertow” (2004). Instead of cabin-in-the-woods, it’s a manor-in-the-woods flick, but don’t expect over-the-top slasher antics (e.g. silent masked killer with a machete), as this one’s more low-key and realistic, albeit saddled with eye-rolling thriller/horror clichés.

If you can roll with that flaw and a laughably executed snake sequence, this is pretty much on par with “What Lies Beneath” and “The Messengers” although it lacks the artistry of “Undertow.” Stephen Dorff is outstanding and the movie brings to life the small town/rural area with the residents thereof. People criticize the casting of gruff Dennis Quaid as a “wuss,” but he’s not a wuss; he’s just not rash because he knows a reckless social mistake can bring life-changing tragedy in seconds. Most other nitpicks can be just as easily explained. For instance, a person can’t very well push someone into a well if they’re no longer in the area.

The film runs 1 hour, 58 minutes, and was shot at Cruickston Park, Cambridge, Ontario, and places nearby in the Kitchener/Cambridge region with studio stuff done in Toronto, which is just an hour’s drive east.

GRADE: B-

Standard and Bureaucratic Thriller
The director and producer of documentaries Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his wife, the executive Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) have a stressed life with their two children in New York. After a minor accident with their son Jesse (Ryan Wilson), they decide to move to the country. They find a huge old house with furniture and a large field for a bargain and decide to buy it. They make a garage sale to get rid of the possessions of the former owner, and a couple of days later, Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff) visits them, introducing himself as the previous owner, who lost the house for the bank after being sent to the prison for three years for accidentally killing a man. He asks for a job in the repair team, and Cooper accepts to hire him. The life of the Tilson family changes after the arrival of Dale, and deep secrets about the former family are disclosed.

“Cold Creek Manor” is a Mike Figgis’ thriller, having names such as Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Julliete Lewis and Stephen Dorff in the credits; therefore I expected a great movie. Most of the time, I kept saying to myself: “-Surprise me, surprise me”. Indeed this film surprised me, in a bad sense: it is nothing but a standard and bureaucratic thriller, full of clichés and incredible situations. For example, who would hire a weird man, former owner of a property and that has just left the jail? Or when Cooper is threatened, why he stays alone in the isolated house, with doors and windows completely open? Or when Leah and Tilson are threatened, why do they look for refugee in the house, climbing to the higher floors, after seeing their car on fire? This movie is a typical commercial product, broadcast on Saturday night by the largest Brazilian open network: shallow, predictable and full of stars. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): “Garganta do Diabo” (“Devil’s Throat”)

Another Hollywood Horror/Thriller Miss…
Cold Creek Manor

Here’s yet another film that I believe suffered from some poor advertising. Or, at the very least, some misguided advertising. As I recall when it was released, there was a strong vibe to those ads that indicated some sort of haunted house or ghost story or something. So it came up on Encore, I remembered those ads and wanted to see what kind of haunted house story I was going to get. Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone? Sounds alright. I’m not generally a big fan of haunted house pictures, but I figured I’d give it a look. At least it’s rated R, right?

Well, well, well… So. So where are the ghosts and sh*t? Turns out this is not the ghost story I thought it was… A big, rich family from “the big city” (I think it was Boston or New York–of course–everyone’s from either those cities or LA these days) gets fed up with the hustle and bustle and insanity of living in the city and decide to move out to the middle of nowhere. They stumble upon a glorious old house in glorious old decay–Cold Creek Manor. The house is owned by a bank ready to off-load it for whatever they can get for it. Apparently, they could get around 200 grand for it. Sh*t, this house is huge! The property goes on forever! There are houses in the Twin Cities here that are 1/6th as big as the house in this film that cost more than that! Anyway, eventually, the last surviving, capable, member of the family that once lived there turns up, fresh from prison, and a little annoyed that his house is all gone. So he starts terrorizing the family all slowly and methodically and weirdly… Or does this family just have some really rotten luck…? Well, at any rate, Dennis Quaid thinks the guy is out to get them and goes mildly berserk trying to prove it. He’s a documentary filmmaker, and it doesn’t help matters that he’s doing his current documentary on the family that lived in that big ol’ mansion before he and his family moved in.

Here’s the breakdown:

The Good:

–The acting is generally pretty good (one scene I’ll point out later is the exception)

–Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone after all. She’s done well to prove she’s more than just a remarkable specimen of femininity–she’s also an actress, after all.

–Impressive sets–that house is beautiful–from the decaying look of it’s years of neglect to it’s remarkable half-restoration–it’s a great lookin’ place to live.

–Fairly interesting story.

–Pretty good chemistry between Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid, they’re characters (the married couple) endure arguments and crumbling marriage with hints of adultery.

Didn’t Hurt It, Didn’t Help:

–The atmosphere was pretty mild. Nothing special, and nothing doing a really intriguing job of building tension.

–The usual plot-point that one part of the mystery can only be solved by a chance discovery by the children is, of course, present here too.

–Average Cinematography.

–Some very mild blood/gore scenes. Mostly, with just some blood–and a skeleton or two. Nothing major. Looked good, but wasn’t anything special.

–Only mild violence. Fight scenes, mostly.

–Very mild nudity, and one sex scene–through window blinds no less. The nudity is pretty much relegated to pictures–photographs–of the wife of the last member of Cold Creek’s original family.

The Bad:

–Sharon Stone kept her clothes on. Okay, I’m kidding. She did, but that didn’t hurt the film in any way.

–The music varies from average, to simply obnoxious. We get scenes that contain mild drama, but have a piano pounded on with a feverish, near lunatic intensity. Here’s an example: Car driving down stretch of road, someone’s worried about an argument–overcast with DUNN-DUNN-DUNN-DUNN-DUNN-DUNN-DUNNNNN!!!! as loud as the howling of hell beasts in hell.

–One exceptionally poor scene where the family is apparently threatened by generally harmless American mountain snakes. The snakes slowly slither to and fro through the house and everybody freaks out with enough overacting to match any Keanu Reeves scene. It just wasn’t scary. Not at all. Maybe, if there were tons and tons of snakes–like in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” it would’ve been mildly scary. But whole family is running away from a terrifying torrent of roughly 6 snakes. The scene, very simply, wasn’t believable. I almost laughed at it–it was that stupid.

–Some clichés and cheesiness pop up occasionally. No real surprises.

The Ugly:

–Occasionally feels like a “Deliverance”-style “big city folks out ‘n their element” movie–but not as good as “Deliverance” (which is a classic).

Memorable Scene:

–Dennis Quaid punches Sharon Stone in the face. Oopsy!

Acting: 7/10 (except for that one scene) Story: 6/10 Atmosphere: 5/10 Cinematography: 5/10 Character Development: 7/10 Special Effects/Make-up: 7/10 (not much to note) Nudity/Sexuality: 2/10 (quantity) Violence/Gore: 6/10 Sets/Backgrounds: 8/10 Dialogue: 7/10 Music: 3/10 Writing: 6/10 Direction: 6/10

Cheesiness: 3/10 Crappiness: 0/10

Overall: 5/10

I’m giving it a 5 because the film suffers from a few too many problems. It’s probably good for fans of horror/thrillers to take a look at, but is likely too mild for hardcore horror fanatics to care about. Better, maybe, for the average movie-goer looking for a light thriller to spend an evening with.

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Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 58 min (118 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 29119434
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Mike Figgis
Writer Richard Jefferies
Actors Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff
Country United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Toronto, Canada (dailies), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length 3,261 m (6 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383)