Movie

A Whisper in the Dark

1976 · 100 min

A creeping, quietly unsettling atmosphere builds around ordinary domestic life until small oddities feel genuinely threatening.

Overview: Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, fate, death
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
fate
death
identity
Places: single country house
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild