Frank LaLoggia’s film connects a child’s confinement with an earlier victim’s presence.
A ten-year-old boy encounters a ghost while locked inside a classroom closet in Lady in White. The apparition is connected to a child murderer’s earlier victim, bringing a past crime into the boy’s immediate surroundings. Primary source: official description and credits.
The setting confines the encounter to a familiar institution made unfamiliar by isolation. The classroom belongs to ordinary childhood life; the locked closet leaves the boy alone with something he cannot account for through that ordinary setting. Primary source: official description and credits.
Frank LaLoggia directs the 1988 film. Its credited cast includes Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Katherine Helmond and Alex Rocco. Primary source: official description and credits.
Tubi classifies Lady in White as a thriller and horror film. Its premise establishes the relationship between the boy, the apparition and the earlier crime without revealing the murderer’s identity or the outcome of the encounter. Primary source: official description and credits.