Eve tells her shrink, Ann, about kinky sex with a man. Ann learns that it's the same man, she's been seeing lately. Eve finds out and explodes. A murder follows.Eve tells her shrink, Ann, about kinky sex with a man. Ann learns that it's the same man, she's been seeing lately. Eve finds out and explodes. A murder follows.Eve tells her shrink, Ann, about kinky sex with a man. Ann learns that it's the same man, she's been seeing lately. Eve finds out and explodes. A murder follows.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Eve Abergray
- (as Deborah Unger)
- Undercover Cop
- (as Joseph Baddalucco Jr.)
- Busboy
- (uncredited)
- Pedestrian being cursed
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaGreta Scacchi and Lou Diamond Phillips were originally cast to play the lead roles of Ann Hecker and Doug McDowell respectively, but both immediately dropped out of the project.
- GoofsOriginally Ann says she is from Wisconsin. During the last act it is revealed she is actually from Ohio.
- 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 me, whispering in my ear. He told me that he owned me, and that he could kick the chair out from me and I'd hang. And then... he... knelt in front of me, and begang to make love to me as I stood there. I've never come so hard in all my life. I just convulsed.
- Alternate versionsAn unrated version is available on laserdisc, featuring a more explicit opening credits sequence and flashback scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst Films of 1992 (1993)
- SoundtracksI Get Along Without You Very Well
by Hoagy Carmichael
One of the many erotic thrillers spurred by the early '90s, "Whispers in the Dark" is a fairly deflated attempt at that subgenre which succeeds in some regards but probably fails in more. The screenplay has some decent raw ideas, though it does not really reach the boiling point that it should in the last act.
One of the biggest problems with the film is its uninspired performances. There are good, even great actors here, but most of them seem disconnected from the material, and the vast majority of the performances are limp and lifeless--even Annabella Sciorra, Alan Arkin, and Jill Clayburgh seem bored, and Jamey Sheridan is especially awful as the male lead. Anthony LaPaglia is somewhat memorable as the aggressive detective, but he is given very little to do. The two standouts here are Deborah Unger, who truly steals the show, and John Leguizamo, each appearing in early performances in their respective careers as Sciorra's disturbed patients. Their performances make the film worth seeing. Everyone else... not so much.
Uninspired acting aside, there is some fun to be had here for those who have a nostalgia for early-'90s thrillers. Despite its faults, I will admit the film is reasonably entertaining, but it must be taken entirely on its own terms. It is not extreme enough to have a campy appeal, nor do the stakes ever feel high enough for the audience to really take it all that seriously. All in all, this is a fairly lukewarm thriller. It is not terrible, but it is certainly undistinguished among its peers. Watch it for Unger and Leguizamo. 6/10.
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- Jan 15, 2022
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Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,124,511
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,177,158
- Aug 9, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $11,124,511
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1