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Summary: BRILLIANT---NEEDS TO BE RE-RELEASED
Review: I would LOVE to have this movie on DVD, but it's out of print and now going for a princely sum on the secondary market. This great period piece of early 1960's nostalgia is one of the better ghost stories you will ever see.It pops up occasionally on TV still. Lukas Haas plays a young boy...perhaps around 4th or 5th grade maybe, who gets locked in his schools cloak room around Halloween. While locked inside he is terrified to see a spectral play acted out before him as a little girl is murdered by an unknown man. The killer returns to the cloak room to look for something and finds Haas and tries to kill him as well. He's rescued but now he is haunted by the little girl who wants him to find her killer. He receives messages from her typed out on his typewriter and the record player goes on by itself much to the terror of Haas. Then there is the mysterious Lady in White, living in the old, run down home who seems a ghost herself. As Frankie (haas) and his older brother try and solve the mystery, somewhere the killer knows who he is and is waiting. Wonderful piece. Great 1960's midwest nostalgia. Fantastic performances and a genuine feeling of dread make this a great ghost story.
Rating:
Summary: BRILLIANT---NEEDS TO BE RE-RELEASED
Review: I would LOVE to have this movie on DVD, but it's out of print and now going for a princely sum on the secondary market. This great period piece of early 1960's nostalgia is one of the better ghost stories you will ever see. It pops up occasionally on TV still. Lukas Haas plays a young boy...perhaps around 4th or 5th grade maybe, who gets locked in his schools cloak room around Halloween. While locked inside he is terrified to see a spectral play acted out before him as a little girl is murdered by an unknown man. The killer returns to the cloak room to look for something and finds Haas and tries to kill him as well. He's rescued but now he is haunted by the little girl who wants him to find her killer. He receives messages from her typed out on his typewriter and the record player goes on by itself much to the terror of Haas. Then there is the mysterious Lady in White, living in the old, run down home who seems a ghost herself. As Frankie (haas) and his older brother try and solve the mystery, somewhere the killer knows who he is and is waiting. Wonderful piece. Great 1960's midwest nostalgia. Fantastic performances and a genuine feeling of dread make this a great ghost story.
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Summary: A Terrific Ghost Story
Review: I'm not the type who succumbs much to movie presentations -- but when I saw this in the theater during its first run, the scene in the cloak room literally caused chills. It's time for a re-release of the DVD.
Rating:
Summary: A Terrific Ghost Story
Review: I'm not the type who succumbs much to movie presentations -- but when I saw this in the theater during its first run, the scene in the cloak room literally caused chills. It's time for a re-release of the DVD.
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Summary: Great Ghost Story!!
Review: I've loved this movie ...Something about it grabs your
attention. The small town, unsolved murder mysteries,and halloween. I guess that about says it.
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Summary: Excellent Movie!!
Review: I've watched this movie numerous times with my children. All of us think this is an excellent movie. It may be low-budget, but it does a great job at providing fear, humor, and sense of family. Scary enough to entertain adults, but not to scary for young children. Wish this would be re-releasd on video for purchase.
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Summary: Skip Director's Commentary on DVD
Review: If you get the DVD, by all means skip director Frank LaLoggia's self-aggrandizing commentary. He talks about this film as if it were Citizen Kane (it's not), and he offers gratuitous comments about filmmaking--not just this movie, mind you!--as if he were, well, Orson Welles (he ain't). In fact, he's done almost nothing else in Hollywood since this movie came out more than ten years ago, but doesn't hesitate to talk about himself as if he were a real player. The movie's entertaining enough on its own terms, but the pretentious commentary actually detracted from my enjoyment.
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Summary: Very complete DVD experience
Review: Intriguing story line developed with good acting performances and good low-budget effects for it's day. Very satisfying additional DVD features since I was a childhood friend of the director, Frank LaLoggia, and could really relate to the director's commentary. I wish more DVD's would use the full value of the medium like this does.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE for all DVD collectors and movie lovers!
Review: Lady In White is a true cinematic masterpiece, and one of the greatest horror films ever made. In this haunting, surreal ghost story, writer/director/musical composer/costar Frank LaLoggia gives us chills, chuckles, and a wonderful sense of nostalgia. Horror novelist Frankie Scarlatti (LaLoggia) returns to his small Upstate NY hometown for a visit, where he remembers the Halloween of 1962 - "the year that *she* came into my life." Ten-year-old Frankie (Lukas Haas) lives a carefree life with his brother, father, and grandparents. On Halloween, Frankie gets locked in his classroom closet by his practical-joking classmates. That night, he sees the ghost of a little girl, Melissa (Joelle Jacobi) and a ghostly recreation of her murder. He also sees, but not clearly, her killer, who has come back looking for evidence he left behind. The psycho strangles Frankie, and he has a near-death experience, where Melissa's troubled spirit pleads for him to help her find her mother. Frankie survives the attack, and determines to help Melissa, having lost his own mother earlier. He learns that several children, in addition to Melissa, have been molested and killed by the same man over a ten-year period. The overzealous DA, anxious to solve the murders, decides to indict an innocent black janitor, but the Grand Jury won't buy it. Frankie discovers a link between Melissa, the town madwoman (Katherine Helmond) and the legendary Lady In White, who supposedly prowls the cliffs every night. What Frankie doesn't know is that the real killer is hot on his heels. An excellent script, terrific ensemble acting, and great special effects make this a truly magnificent, unforgettable movie. This film will be with you for a long time after you see it! Though rated PG-13, Lady In White is scarier and more disturbing than most R-rated movies. It is NOT for children under 13. The DVD package is a masterpiece unto itself - the video is a GORGEOUS wide-screen transfer, the sound full and downright 3-dimensional. The print is LaLoggia's director's cut and runs 6 minutes longer than the theatrical and videotape versions. Other great extras include the COMPLETE soundtrack, still picture gallery, seven minutes of deleted scenes, theatrical, TV and radio trailers, and a "Behind the Scenes" featurette. A textbook example of what a DVD release should be. BUY IT!
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Summary: I give "Lady in White" one thumb up and one thumb down.
Review: Lady in White was not bad, but good. The movie started off well. At the very end, though, it dragged. The ending didn't seem right for the movie. For me, it didn't make sense. But its to each's own oppinion, right? You can tell that this movie was a low budget film once you see the ending. That was the only thing that I disliked about the movie. Other than that, it was an okay movie.
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