Whispers in the Dark (film)

Plot

The confessions of a sadomasochistic sexually obsessed patient disclosed as fantasies during Manhattan psychiatrist sessions begin to permeate the troubled doctor's subconscious as erotic dreams. This leads to a heated love affair. At the same time a series of shocking murders occur with evidence suggesting it is her new lover/patient.

Cast

Allison Field, Nicholas J. Giangiulio, Sondra James, David Kramer, Philip Levy, Karen Longwell, Art Malik, Dominic Marcus, William Timoney, and Lisa Vidal appear as voices.

Production

Principal photography began on October 21, 1991. Filming took place in and around Manhattan, New York. The place for Ann Decker's apartment was filmed at 500 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The lake house at the end was filmed at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Production was completed on January 18, 1992.

Reception

The New York Times said, "in its worst moments, [the film] is exploitative, with the detective flashing gruesome photos of tortured women at Ann. More often, it is so loopy it should have been played for laughs." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C- grade. Los Angeles Times staff writer Peter Rainer called it "a textbook thriller" and stated "Doug is so Too Good to Be True that, when the inevitable murder makes its scheduled stop, [the audience] can sniff red herring a mile away. But then this movie has so many of them—including a hot-footed cop played by Anthony LaPaglia and a psychiatrist friend of Ann's played by Alan Alda—that [audiences] practically need a trawler to get through it." It has a total of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Box Office

The film was released on August 7, 1992, in 1,188 theatres, making $3.2 million in its opening weekend. While it gross over $11 million, it was not considered to be financially successful.