Synopsis

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.

Official Review

Maverick director Mike Figgis must have had to make a car payment, or maybe stow some studio greenbacks away for his kids’ college fund. Far be it from me to criticize a solid indie filmmaker and Oscar darling who wants to make a horror movie with good actors, but Figgis’”Cold Creek Manor” is like a made-for-TV movie with a bigger budget and Juliette Lewis. Dennis Quaid (“Innerspace”), Sharon Stone (“Total Recall”) and Deacon Frost himself, Stephen Dorff star in this wanna-be gothic chiller that wouldn’t know scary if it started eating it’s skin. If Dennis had been replaced by his brother Randy, Meredith Baxter had taken the Stone role, and some goof from “Buffy” stood in for Dorff, this film would have gone straight to Blockbuster and be sitting next to “Subterano” and “Leprechaun Gets Old.” …Read More