Whispers in the Dark (1992)

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... See full summary »

Director:

Christopher Crowe

Writer:

Christopher Crowe

Stars:

Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Anthony LaPaglia

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Annabella Sciorra	...	Ann Hecker
Jamey Sheridan	...	Doug McDowell
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Larry Morgenstern
Jill Clayburgh	...	Sarah Green
John Leguizamo	...	John Castillo
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Eve Abergray (as Deborah Unger)
Anthony Heald	...	Paul
Alan Alda	...	Leo Green
Jacqueline Brookes	...	Lorraine McDowell
Gene Canfield	...	Billy O'Meara
Albert Pisarenkov	...	Cab Driver
Malik	...	Earring Vendor
Bo Dietl	...	Detective Ditali
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Badalucco Jr.	...	Undercover Cop (as Joseph Baddalucco Jr.)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

psychiatrist | sex | city | nude woman murdered | psychopath | 

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Taglines:

Deception. Betrayal. Seduction. Murder. Her life depends on every word.

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Genres:

Thriller | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality and violence, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Susurros en la oscuridad

Filming Locations:

500 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$11,124,511 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

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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Connections

Referenced in Double Cross (1994)

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Soundtracks

"STELLA BY STARLIGHT"
By Ned Washington & Victor Young

User Reviews

This is not reality, nay-sayers. It's entertainment.

Earth to whomever? This movie is fiction. Like fiction on the silver screen, TV, or a book, it is not meant to educate. It is meant to entertain. Anyone failing to grasp this fundamental truth should not rent this movie or watch TV or watch 99% of the movies ever made. They should, instead, watch documentaries.

Of course the killer is obvious from the beginning. He and the other actors turn in average (at best) performances.

Annabella Sciorra was 28 when this movie was made. She was a good choice for an entertaining movie. Yes, she would "supernova" in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle when compared to this movie. Yet that means not that her performance was poor; indeed, she shines in Whispers In The Dark.

Overall it is an enjoyable movie for those that realize that fiction is almost always predictable when it appears in a movie.

It entertains, and that is what it should do.