| Spirit Lost | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Neema Barnette |
| Produced by | Tim Reid |
| Starring | |
Production companies | BET Films United Image Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Live Entertainment |
Release date | March 25, 1997 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Spirit Lost is a 1997 film directed by Neema Barnette, produced by Tim Reed, and starring Leon Robinson, Cynda Williams and Regina Taylor. [1] [2]
After John, a painter, and his wife move into an old house on an island, a seductive widow ghost shows up in mirrors, windows and in John's dreams and nightmares. She eventually lures him into moving into his attic studio while she tries to scare his now unhappy and pregnant wife away.
Spirit Lost is loosely based on the book of the same name by Nancy Thayer. [3]
Spirit Lost was released direct to home video in 1997. [3]
Robin R Means Coleman wrote in her book Horror Noire that Spirit Lost was a "rare horror film that was nearly an all-female affair" and that the film prominently featured characters that served as moral arbiter and saviors. [3] She would later revisit the film in her 2023 work The Black Guy Dies First, further noting the codependent relationship between John and the ghostly Arabella. [4]
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