Whispers Next Door

EXCERPT:

Boy, this movie was a lot, from the insane time jumps to Marcus getting tasered into a coma to crazy plans that no one ever really thought through. Screenwriter Rachel Morton has turned out some really good thrillers, like To Catch a Cheater and Who Took My Family?, but this screenplay feels more like it was written by AI prompts rather than by a person who sat down and worked out the plot. Right off the bat, it's pretty lazy to have a family, with a new baby, carelessly leave their doors unlocked so anyone can sneak in. Also, we as the viewers know that whoever Black Hoodie is, it certainly is not Marcus, who is all of five foot six, while the kidnapper is much taller (and we see just enough of his profile in silhouette to know who it is -- pay attention to the nose). The whole story is filled with contrived plot devices, the most unbelievable of which is that Carly doesn't know she's nine months pregnant, but how could she with that completely flat belly? After she collapses on the lawn and then has a baby in her arms at the hospital, you might think for a moment that you've had a stroke and completely missed the entirety of the movie. We often have to suspend disbelief with these Lifetime thrillers, but this one takes the cake. And Pastor David's plan makes absolutely no sense. Why invite Don, Suzanne and Carly to the house if you're trying to sneak a baby out? If they'd just stayed home that night, they would have never known that Luna was being taken to another family. But, no, force them to hang out with your basket case wife. Nothing suspicious about that, right?!?! At some point during the movie, if you're brave enough to watch it, you're going to be wondering if you took crazy pills because there can't be anyone who saw this after it was completed and thought it made sense. Perhaps that's why it didn't make its debut in 2025 (apparently is was produced between Who Took My Family? and To Catch a Cheater). Was it always a mess and...