Psycho (franchise) her to death. Finding the corpse, Norman is horrified. He places Marion's body, wrapped in the shower curtain, and all her possessions — including the money — in the trunk of her car and sinks it in a nearby swamp. Shortly afterward, Sam is contacted by both Marion's sister Lila (Vera Miles) and private detective Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam), who has been hired by Marion's employer to recover the money. Arbogast traces Marion to the motel and questions Norman, who unconvincingly lies that Marion stayed for one night and left the following morning. He refuses to let Arbogast talk to
Whispers in the Dark (film) January 18, 1992. Caryn James of "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." Todd McCarthy of "Variety" stated, "A turn-off psycho-sexual thriller, 'Whispers in the Dark' grows steadily more absurd by the reel until literally stumbling into the ocean at its climax. Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film zero stars out of four, calling it "the leading candidate for the title of Worst Movie of the Year"