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 COLD
CREEK
MANOR
With
Dennis
Quaid,
Sharon
Stone,
Stephen
Dorff,
Juliet
Lewis,
Christopher
Plummer
Directed
by
Mike
Figgis
With
varying
celluloid
accomplishments
(from
Internal
Affairs
to
Leaving
Las
Vegas),
Mike
Figgis
has
opted
for
a
predictable,
not
very
scary
thriller
about
a
New
York
family
who
moves
to
a
rural
area
to
escape
the
city
life.
The
repossessed
mansion
they
purchase
gets
fixed
up,
but
the
previous
owner
drops
by,
slowly
making
things
very
difficult
for
them
-
first
harassment
and
terrorizing,
then
murder
is
soon
on
the
cards.
With
one
too
many
predictable
set-ups
(from
the
villain's
death
location
to
his
weapon
of
choice),
Figgis
played
thrill-by-numbers
that
sure
ain't
no
trip
down
Hitchcock
lane.
If
only
it
was
a
ghostly
old
mansion
tale
as
it
seems
from
the
title
and
poster,
in
stead
it
tries
to
go
for
the
"dark
secret"
angle-
a
house
with
a
nasty
past
that
comes
back
to
physically
haunt
the
present.
Quaid
goes
through
it
on
autopilot
while
Stone
reverts
from
her
once
big
star
significance
to
the
plain
wife
accessory
role
(the
ones
Charlize
Theron
used
to
get).
Lewis
does
her
usual
white
trash
turn
while
Plummer
is
the
groggy,
bed
ridden
abusive
father
of
the
psychotic
Dorff.
DVD
contains
deleted
scenes
and
alternate
endings.
1
/
C
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PB
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2
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A
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B
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C
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