Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

A family relocates from the city to a dilapidated house in the country that was once a grand estate. As they begin renovations, they discover their new home harbors a secret and may not be completely free of its former inhabitant. With a great cast and some fine acting Cold Creek Manor succeeds to deliver some fine characters unfortunately the dumb dialogue and script make the film really "broken" with a daily villain that has mommy and daddy issues and a leading character that is basically a "chicken" and also one of the dumbest scenes i've ever seen with the whole family screaming in front of the snakes but like i said it's not that bad the plot is interesting and the actors are trying to save the film as much as they can i'm going to give Cold Creek Manor a 7.7/10

Based on reviews this wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It has a good cast, which I think helped and an interesting initial setup, so that you feel like its going to develop into a decent thriller or haunted house type movie once things get going. Unfortunately they never do.The plot is kinda predictable, including the score of cheesy "be scared now" piano music, but I think the biggest problem is that this never manages to get into spooky or even thriller-ish territory, its just sort of bland. There were attempts made -Christopher Plummer as the creepy old man, the sheep killing instruments, the "evil" plaque in the woods, and the snakes but ultimately never followed through.I like Dennis Quaid and he does a decent job here as the Dad who relocates his New York family to the country where they buy a large house in a foreclosure sale. The Cold Creek house was once an elegant manor but is now in shambles and still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream home soon becomes a nightmare when the previous owner gets out of prison.Stephen Dorff is the bad guy here, reminding me of a somewhat toned down version of Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. Ha, I just realized his character is also dating Juliette Lewis, who is wasted in a role I've seen her play multiple times. Sharon Stone, wow she's pretty awful as the mother, adding another of the "bland" elements to this movie. I did enjoy seeing a young Kristen Stewart as the daughter, all making faces and bratty kid, Yay you got me a pony. But can he swim? 3/15/15

Here's an example of Don't Let This Happen to You for Directors: hire competent actors, scout out a great location, spend a hefty budget on productions values, and then set about filming one of the most mediocre "horror" scripts ever written. I mean seriously man, did you even see Jeffries' resume of flotsam before you signed on for this? It reads like a homage to underachievement. At least, that's consistent with the plot for this film: A family moves away from the big city to a house in the countryside, bought at a fantastic bargain price. At first the mansion-like building seems like a dream come true, and they set out to restore it. But as each of them explores the house's obscure history, disturbing family secrets of the original owners are revealed, and the father begins to suspect that something sinister happened at Cold Creek Manor. Suspense starts to build as strange incidents happen with increasing frequency, and then... not much. The answer to the mystery turns out to be the most conspicuous and easily-guessed villain, whom we met and instantly suspected quite early in the film. Thank you, Captain Obvious Scriptwriter! Cold Creek Manor could be called Gothic "horror" in a sense -- the desolate landscapes, dilapidated old building, hidden secrets, and creepy atmosphere are all staples of Gothic-style horror. However, there is also supposed to be an element of supernatural in Gothic stories, which Cold Creek Manor lacks. It hints and teases us aplenty, but never delivers on phantoms or magical evil; and when there is opportunity for an intense climax of horror, it's as if the director shrinks back from the threshold. The end result is a letdown.I can't fault the actors, for the most part, who do their job well enough. It's just that they're given some horrible dialog, and look at what they have to work with. Dennis Quaid (our main protagonist, unfortunately)is either playing a stupid, wimpy character quite brilliantly, or he's managed to bungle a decently relatable character into something annoying. Sharon stone is alright as the wife who catches on too late to the danger they're all facing. Kristen Stewart interprets the role of the daughter as her usual hostile, sullen, emo persona-- gee, what a surprise.Tweaked a bit, daring a bit more, and perhaps rewritten, this story had so much potential to be good! Oh well, we'll never know...

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