The Ward
Kristen, a troubled young woman, is taken into custody by the police after she sets a farmhouse on fire and is confined to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She soon suspects that the institution hides a dark secret at its core and is determined to uncover what it is.
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Milos Milicevic
John Carpenter
Lynn Wegenka
Barbara Brown
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John Chard
Listen, don't let this place get to you. You stay locked up long enough and you start to believe that you're nuts. After a gap of nine years, horror legend John Carpenter returned to the movie screen directors chair for this solid if unspectacular horror movie. Though some of the critical reactions to it stink of an over expectation for a return to his former glories, the plain fact is that it's just safe horror film making. Plot finds Amber Heard (The Stepfather/All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) as troubled arsonist Kristen. Shunted into a mental institution post haste, Kristen finds herself menaced by a violent ghost that seems intent on ridding the ward of all its female inhabitants. And there you have it, a bunch of hopelessly pretty girls (seriously, are all institutionalised girls good looking babes?) are stalked and killed by a female spirit who is dressed up in poor rubbery make up. The odd boo-jump comes and goes, making it not a complete dead loss on the scare front, while the cast are solid in performances and Carpenter shows some trade mark camera techniques to make certain scenes pulse with anxiety. It then hurries along to the big reveal, which sadly disappoints because it just comes off as something done far better in horror/thriller films previously. It was easy money for Carpenter, and us acolytes don't begrudge him that, while it isn't the embarrassment some have made it out to be, but it is average fare and not a great way for JC to bow out from horror movie making - director wise that is. 6/10
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The directors of The Ward are Milos Milicevic, John Carpenter, Lynn Wegenka, and Barbara Brown.
The cast of The Ward includes Jared Harris as Dr. Stringer, Sydney Sweeney as Young Alice Hudson, Amber Heard as Kristen, Danielle Panabaker as Sarah, Mika Boorem as Alice Hudson, Mamie Gummer as Emily, Mark Chamberlin as Mr. Hudson, Lyndsy Fonseca as Iris, Laura-Leigh as Zoey, D.R. Anderson as Roy, Susanna Burney as Nurse Lundt, Sean Cook as Jimmy, and more.
The duration of The Ward is 1h 29 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Ward trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Ward was released on 13 Sep 2010.
The Ward is listed under Horror and Thriller on Fanbiz.
The Ward has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Listen, don't let this place get to you. You stay locked up long enough and you start to believe that you're nuts. After a gap of nine years, horror legend John Carpenter ret..."
