Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), his wife Leah (Sharon Stone), and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of a previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Stephen Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents leads them on a search for clues to the estate’s dark and lurid past. This is the plot of the Touchstone Pictures film Cold Creek Manor, which was released on this day in 2003. The film is a particular milestone for actress Sharon Stone. Her professional life was on hold after facing a series of personal challenges which spanned from marital problems to a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. With a sense of humor about her difficulties, Sharon once said, “If I go through anything else, they’re going to write some country western song about me I think.” Cold Creek Manor marked her triumphant return to the big screen.