Synopsis
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.
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Cast
- Lukas HaasFrankie Scarlatti
- Len CariouPhil Terragarossa
- Alex RoccoAngelo 'Al' Scarlatti
- Katherine HelmondAmanda
- Jason PressonGeno Scarlatti
- Renata VanniMama Assunta
- Angelo BertoliniPapa Charlie
- Joelle JacobiMelissa Anne Montgomery
- Jared RushtonDonald
- Gregory LevinsonLouie
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
LaLoggia shares his unique vision with the viewer through an imaginative and innovative visual style that flows skillfully from traditional naturalism into surreal dreamlike fantasies and back again without ever seeming gratuitous or clumsy. A remarkable film. - 80
IGN
Frank LaLoggia's 1988 film scared the living hell out of yours truly with its singular combination of hometown horrors and operatic tragedy. - 80
The New York Times
Here are the bones of an ordinary ghost story. But the writer and director Frank LaLoggia brings them to life with exceptional vitality. - 80
Variety
This probably is as good a nightmare as any impressionable boy could have and still be suspenseful enough to get most adults’ hearts going. - 75
Chicago Reader
Although the results are a bit overextended, the film is still something of a rarity nowadays: an evocative, poetic horror film without a trace of gore (and in this respect, closer to a Val Lewton film of the 40s like The Curse of the Cat People than any contemporary models). - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Lady in White tells a classic ghost story in such an everyday way that the ghost is almost believable, and the story is actually scarier than it might have been with a more gruesome approach. - 75
USA Today
Writer/director Frank LaLoggia's chiller about the dark underbelly of an idyllic small town is so effectively heartfelt yet also creepy that it's surprising he couldn't parlay it into more assignments. - 70
The Guardian
LaLoggia directs with creepy effectiveness.
