A hidden crime between friends in 1984 became a deep, dark secret. Five years later, on Halloween night 1989, the secret got out. The film IN THE DARK tells the "true-life" story of Lizzy Duncan, a young mental patient who was mercilessly bullied by a group of teenagers. On Halloween day 1984, a tragic event left Lizzy severely disfigured and another inmate dead. The film captures actual footage from five years later, when the juveniles returned to the burned-out institution as a Halloween prank.
In the Dark
A shocking crime committed among friends in 1984 lay undetected for five years before it was finally exposed on Halloween night in 1989.