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A psychiatrist (Sciorra) is helping a neurotic art gallery owner who has a submissive and very satisfying sexual relationship with her new lover, a domineering man with a violent streak. An airline pilot that the psychiatrist recently started dating turns out to be having an affair with the patient. When someone is murdered, the psychiatrist must decide whether the lover is a homicidal maniac or someone who loves her. Her mentor and his wife attempt to help her, but things aren't what they seem. Written by
Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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Deception. Betrayal. Seduction. Murder. Her life depends on every word.
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Eve Abergray:
We had a fight. A horrible, horrible fight.
Ann Hecker:
A physical fight?
Eve Abergray:
He started torturing me. Bring me close and stopping and bring me close again. And then he stopped. And took his necktie and tied my hands together in front of me. He had a rope, which he'd strung over a rafter. And he put a chair under it and ordered me to stand on it. There's a noose on the rope, and... he... told me to put my neck into it. He took a polaroid of me. And the flash blinded me. But when I could see again he was behind...
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Double Cross (1994)
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"I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL"
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WHISPERS IN THE DARK is a superb thriller. It's beautifully crafted, expertly acted and cleverly written with imaginative plot twists.
The story concerns a young female psychiatrist (Annabella Sciorra) living and practicing in New York. One of her patients is a beautiful, hyper-sexual mess (Deborah Unger) whose S&M tales arouse the psychiatrist. The psychiatrist breaks up with her lame boyfriend and takes up with a dashing pilot (Jamey Sheridan), who strikes her as an uncommonly sensitive and gentle type; when she sees her sexually insatiable patient having lunch with the pilot, the psychiatrist becomes convinced that he's the man who embarks on dangerous sexual odysseys with the patient... and when the patient turns up dead, the psychiatrist realizes she may be in danger.
The serpentine narrative is bursting with interesting characters (an obsessive cop, played by Anthony LaPaglia, a violence-prone artist, played by John Leguizamo, the psychiatrist's mentor, played by Alan Alda, etc.) as well as mystery elements that impress even when they're somewhat predictable. The entire cast is first rate and deliver stellar performances.
Don't miss WHISPERS IN THE DARK. It's an exceptional suspense tale that's wholly unworthy of its negative reviews.