Shadow Play is a 1986 American supernatural horror film directed by Susan Shadburne and starring Dee Wallace and Cloris Leachman.

The Shadow Play within the story itself is literally a timing of each beat after another on the spinning of the beacon light of the lantern room.

Morgan Hanna wakes up in the middle of the night after having nightmares involving the sudden death of her fiancé Jeremy, seven years ago.

While settling in, Morgan begins to formulate a play about the loss of her beloved and the text takes on an almost supernatural tone.

Now fully aware that everything she was led to believe was a lie and that she wasn't at fault, her own spirit is freed in a sense.

Shadow Play was directed by Susan Shadburne, a frequently collaborator and then spouse of Will Vinton who served as a producer on the film.

[5] After Millennium Pictures was formed in 1982, Shadburne spent two years taking the screenplay through five drafts and raising capital with her partners.

[1] Despite sometimes having to deal with 80 mph winds on the lighthouse catwalk or a viral outbreak amongst the crew from working 18-20 hour days, the movie was completed on schedule.

The film was released as part of a 6-film DVD set entitled Horror Collection Extravaganza: 6 Terrifying Movies on September 4, 2012.