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.
'You should've stayed in New York,' Dorff warns, long before which the audience has realized it should've stayed home to snuggle up instead with Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs.
– Scott Foundas,
L.A. Weekly,
25 Sep 2003
rotten:
... a good-looking thriller by an excellent director with strong performances from Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid -- yet it's oddly flat, with an exasperating plot, lots of strange turns and hardly any legitimate scares.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
22 Sep 2003
rotten:
At the beginning, Cold Creek Manor almost makes you believe it could deliver all that and more. Instead, it follows the weary, well-worn path of so many contemporary scare-fests.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
20 Sep 2003
rotten:
The whole thing is a waste of good professional filmmaking.