FilmPG-13Ghosts & Haunting Supernatural Psychological

Lady in White1988

Name: Lady in White
Genre: Ghosts & Haunting, Supernatural, Psychological, Gothic
Released: 1988-04-22
Rating: 6.6

“The year is 1962. The place is Willowpoint Falls. Nobody talks about what happened in the school cloakroom 10 years ago. Now, in the dead of night, Frankie Scarlatti is going to find out why.”

Directed by Frank LaLoggia

6.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.6Rotten Tomatoes 67%Metacritic 70TMDB 6.1

✍ Review

On the charts

#6·Top Horror Movies of 1988

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Year

1988

Runtime

113 min

Box Office

Budget

$4,700,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$1,705,139

Domestic

$1,705,139

🏆 1 win & 4 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Set in a sleepy 1960s small town draped in Halloween atmosphere, Lady in White follows young Frankie, who becomes entangled in a decades-old murder mystery after a terrifying encounter locks him between the world of the living and the dead. What begins as a ghost story deepens into something far more unsettling as Frankie digs into secrets the community has long buried. The film wraps its supernatural dread in a layer of genuine heartfelt nostalgia, making it as haunting emotionally as it is atmospherically. A gem of late-80s horror that lingers well after the credits roll.

Content: Depictions Of Child Endangerment, Murder Themes Involving Children, Mild Peril For A Young Protagonist