Cold Creek Manor

2003 "The perfect house hides the perfect crime."
5.0| 1h58m| R| en| More Info
Released: 19 September 2003
Producted By: Touchstone Pictures
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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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Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Majikat An enjoyable film, with a good creepy character. City people in a small town discovering something more sinister. Worthy of a watch.
Rodrigo Borges I am not used to horror thriller films and only watched it because it was starting on TV the moment I sat on the couch. It is rather good, a good surprise, and I'm used to watch Bergman, Godard, Hitchcock, Kubrick, etc... not that that matters.Everyone seemed to get the idea from the trailer that something supernatural was going to happen, I didn't get that idea.The scenarios and the props were realistic, didn't had bad camera angles, no major or noticeable flaws, one particular shot of a window was actually very good. The dialog wasn't bad. The psychological behaviors, actions and reactions give the proximity of the real emotions one must feel under serious pressure and fear. The personalities of the secondary characters correspond to those of cliché movie personalities, the kind that are really uncommon in real life and very common in other movies, so that's a down point. Another down point is the focus on the dark figure of Dale as soon as he appears, I think it is real, it is there, his psychotic personality is there from the beginning if one is paying attention but it shouldn't have been mystified. That way it would give the thinking viewer the realization that everyone can be a murderer or a crazy person.Some say there is meant to be a connection, a spark so to speak, between Dale and Leah and it is not well portrayed. Wrong! Dave gives her the sweet talk, the concern and the attention, he gives her dirty looks. She on the other way is completely innocent on account to her guilty conscience on saying yes to sleeping with her boss but never actually doing it and realizing she loves her family.It was surprisingly good and it left me tied to my chair. Some said the not having the supernatural haunted house factor took the scary part away. I think the fact that it might actually happen makes it more scary.
Dennis Littrell This is a particularly egregious example of a Hollywood genre I call "The House from Hell." Upwardly mobile yuppie couple with two semi-adorable kids escape from the city to the country. They buy a big old beautiful house in need of some repairs. They will have a lot of fun fixing it up, the kids will be away from the bad influences and dangers of the city. They will share joyous years together and live happily ever after.Not.Actually this film has some redeeming qualities, but the hackneyed plot and the very annoying endless stupidity on the part of the yuppie couple (Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone) in the face of the behavior of the obviously up-to-no-good psychopathic villain (Stephen Dorff) made me disremember them.Bottom line: you have better things to do with your time.--, author of "Cut to the Chaise Lounge or I Can't Believe I Swallowed the Remote!"
stevenkellyrn Wow. Never in my life have I watched a movie so bad in my entire life. It was more than bad, actually. It was excruciatingly bad. Words that will come to mind when I hear of this movie shall be: boring, bad, wtf, bad, horrible, long, chocolate cherries.I've never really taken the time to review a movie on IMDb, so this is my first one. Why haven't I ever reviewed? Well if I like a movie, I'll simply give it a good rating. Usually, the reviews by other people match how I feel. Same goes for it I don't like the movie. But I am writing this to someone else who might make the same mistake as me and see a positive review telling one to ignore the negative reviews and claim that it's "not that bad". Folks, it is! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.Horrible acting, horrible script/storyline, BORING atmosphere, no tension. D'you know what it's like? It's like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' gone wrong (and I wasn't so keen on that movie). Yeah, instead of 4 teenagers, how about 4 members of a family! And instead of knocking a guy over with a car, how about you buy his house? Enter psycho who wants to cause a disturbance and kill and voilà you have 'Cold Creek Manor'.The movie took FOREVER to get into it. And even at that, it didn't 'get into it' per se. A showdown to be exact. Nothing new or exciting there. Now I'm not slating this film for being unoriginal, but seriously. We've seen this type of stuff before in much better films!All in all guys, there is nothing to see here. Honestly, move along and find yourself a better movie. It will save two hours of your life. A very long two hours...2/10