The novels of Dean R. Koontz are second to Stephen King in
popularity as both authors continuously crank out new novels faster than any
other horror author while still remaining on the New York Times best sellers
list time and time again. Unlike King
though, the films based on Koontz’ novels have not endured or become as popular
as King’s remaining minor cult classics like Phantoms (1998) or Watchers
(1988) or completely forgotten like Servants
of Twilight (1991) or Mr. Murder
(1998). The film Whispers (1990) is in the latter category.
Hilary (Victoria Tennant) is being hounded by a stalker
Bruno (Jean LeClerc) someone she interviewed for an article long ago. The only problem is that when he shows up
unexpectedly inside her apartment calling her from a different name then her
own she panics and almost kills him.
Bruno flees and she calls the cops.
When the cops arrive it is only Tony (Chris Sarandon) that believes her as
it appears that Bruno has an alibi so he couldn’t have been at Hilary’s
house. This puts Hilary in a strange
mystery where she is unable to decide whether or not she was correct in that
her stalker was indeed Bruno or not.
When Bruno appears again she doesn’t take any chances and he is killed
when he tries to kill her. Now with Bruno’s
body to prove that she is correct the mystery seems to have been solved. Then Bruno’s body disappears from the morgue
and Hilary with the help of Tony decide to discover what is truly going on in
this strange thriller.
Written by Anita Doohan and directed by Douglas Jackson Whispers makes for a descent thriller
but doesn’t really offer anything new that you haven’t seen before. Unfortunately, time has not been kind to this
film and it comes off as being very dated but fans of Sarandon will be forgiven
if they believe he is playing an extension of his Mike Norris character from Child’s Play (1988). There’s not much special about the film and
there isn’t much suspense or gore but if you’re squeamish about bugs then the
end will truly put you on edge.
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