Whispers in the Dark (1992)

Memorable, crazy movie

good back-story, and good acting

Excellent but underrated film

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

If you have seen New York themed movies that are enthralling, "Marathon Man" was suspenseful, but "Whispers in the Dark", is erotic and enthralling at the same time. Here you have a psychiatrist(Annabella Sciorra) who is having dreams of her own while she tends to her clients. She would meet Doug(Jamey Sheridan) who is a pilot. One of the clients, Eve(Deborah Unger) explain explicitly about her dreams to her. In one of the sessions, Eve would strip down and nearly exposes herself to the doctor. Very raw there. At the lunch scene, Dr. Ann Hecker discovered that Doug was also Eve's other lover. Dr. Hecker has a shrink, Dr. Green(Alan Alda). He has been with her since she was in medical school. He has helped her out in many ways, only to find out that he is a questionable reputation. I don't know why this movie was cut down. Some parts were on the obvious side, other than that, I enjoyed it very much. Not the best movie, but not the worst. It has a great cast though. Very watchable 2 out of 5 stars

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.

I agree with the comment that the ending of this movie is hilarious, unintentionally, of course. This is one of those films that is so bad that it is good because of its stupidity. The mystery isn't that mysterious and the sexual aspect of the story goes nowhere. Annabella Sciorra's character does the usual ridiculous things common in suspense films and its really hard to identify with her character because the screenplay has her come off as whiny rather than a professional therapist. If the film would have explored its sexual underlying theme and why Sciorra's patients act the way they do, then we in the audience would care why they are being killed. In addition, make Sciorra a feisty and intelligent therapist rather than one who trusts the wrong people then mopes later. But again,as stated before in a previous comment. Hold on to your hats for the over-the-top hoot of an ending. It is funny, ridiculous and pathetic all at the same time. This is right up there with Besty Palmer as Mrs Voorhees (Friday The 13th) as the funniest ending of a suspense/horror flick ever. Invite your friends, tell them its a comedy, because it really is!

There is very little I can add to many of these reviews, criticisms all valid, cheese factor noted and agreed with by this IMDb user. The only thing I will say about this thriller from my past is that 1) I really liked Alan Alda in this and 2)I think this movie reaches on over into the "maybe for the camp value" genre. I read another user's reference to Final analysis which came out around the same time-I actually really dug that one, I rate analysis about an 8.5. I can note similarities in the plot but their basically 2 different movies. Analysis is more eerie, this is campy at times(many times) and very tawdry-I do recall wanting to see it when it first came out and being a bit let down when I did-Was this a book too? I seem to dimly recall that it was, but could be wrong,I'll have to look that up. But this isn't really that much different then a lot of lifetime movies and even some thrillers that have been out this last year and done decent.If you go into this knowing it's pure camp and there's no reality whatsoever to it and there's' a lot of twists that can only happen BECAUSE it's a movie, you might enjoy it. I will admit I didn't guess the end "twist" which all of the watchers of this movie except for I seemed to have known before or shortly after, the movie started, so that's a bit alarming but hey I did guess the twists in other more popular movies so that's a good thing. Basically, this is entertainment and not memorable entertainment either. I wouldn't put it in the IMDb worst movie list but all individuals' negative comments can be understood. Still think Alda was a standout in this though. 4 or 5 out of 10 from me but way higher for Alda.