''Spirit Lost'' is a 1997 film, produced by Tim Reed, directed by
Neema Barnette
Neema Barnette is an American film director and producer, and the first African-American woman to direct a primetime sitcom. Barnette was the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony. Since then, she accumulated a numbe ...
and starring
Leon Robinson
Leon Preston Robinson (born March 8, 1962), usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor who began his professional career as a film actor in the early 1980s. Robinson is best known for his roles as David Ruffin in the TV film '' The ...
,
Cynda Williams
Cindy Ann "Cynda" Williams (born May 17, 1966) is an American actress.
Early life and education
Williams was born Cindy Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois to Charles, a police officer and Beverly, a medical lab technician. She was raised in th ...
and
Regina Taylor
Regina Annette Taylor ''Film Reference''. (born August 22, 1960) is an American
.
Premise
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.
Cast
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Leon Robinson
Leon Preston Robinson (born March 8, 1962), usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor who began his professional career as a film actor in the early 1980s. Robinson is best known for his roles as David Ruffin in the TV film '' The ...
as John
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Cynda Williams
Cindy Ann "Cynda" Williams (born May 17, 1966) is an American actress.
Early life and education
Williams was born Cindy Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois to Charles, a police officer and Beverly, a medical lab technician. She was raised in th ...
as Arabella
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Regina Taylor
Regina Annette Taylor ''Film Reference''. (born August 22, 1960) is an American
as Willy
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James Avery
James La Rue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', Shredder in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Judge Michael Conover on '' L ...
as Dr. Glidden
*Yvonne Brisendine as Dr. Fisher
*Deacon Dawson as Realtor
*J. Michael Hunter as Harrison Adders
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Juanita Jennings
Juanita Jennings (born September 12, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on television.
Career
Jennings won the 1994 CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her role in ''Laurel Avenue''. She guest-starre ...
''Spirit Lost'' is loosely based on the book of the same name by Nancy Thayer.
Release
''Spirit Lost'' was released direct to home video in 1997.
Themes
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. 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.