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Lady in White
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PG13,1hr 32min
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1988
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Elite
Synopsis: In this supernatural nostalgia piece, a young boy tracks down a murderer with help from the ghosts of a slain little girl and her mother. In a voice-over, grown-up writer Frankie Scarlatti describes the disturbing events that intruded on his idyllic small-town boyhood. Locked in the school cloakroom by some other boys on Halloween 1962, young Frankie (Lukas Haas) encounters the ghost of Melissa Anne Montgomery (Joelle Jacobi), who re-enacts her own death by strangulation just before an unseen adult ... Full Synopsis
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Although it features some moments of spooky charm and sincere melancholy -- and a precocious lead performance by whippersnapper Lukas Haas -- this curious mishmash can't fully satisfy. A blend of gothic intrigue and Leave It to Beaver-style nostalgia, Lady in White lurches from wide-eyed terror to cutesiness and back again. But the corny elements never really gel with the disturbing ones. Sophomore ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Frankie Scarlatti
Angelo Scarlatti
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