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The Ward

Directed by John Carpenter

R

2010 88mHorror, Thriller,

5.533%27%

Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.

Cast of The Ward

Amber HeardKristen
Mamie GummerEmily
Danielle PanabakerSarah
Jared HarrisDr. Stringer
Laura-LeighZoey
Lyndsy FonsecaIris
Mika BooremAlice Hudson
Sydney SweeneyYoung Alice Hudson
D.R. AndersonRoy
Susanna BurneyNurse Lundt
Sean CookJimmy
Jillian KramerGhost Alice
Milos MilicevicPredator
Sali SaylerTammy
Mark ChamberlinMr. Hudson
Andrea PettyMrs. Hudson
Tracy SchornickCop#1
Kent KimballCop #2
Patrick Treadway2nd Floor Nurse
Bev HolsclawAdmitting nurse
Lonny W. WaddleOrderly (uncredited)
John CarpenterDirector
Shawn RasmussenWriter
Michael RasmussenWriter
Doug MankoffProducer
Andrew SpauldingProducer
Mike MarcusProducer
Peter BlockProducer

The Ward Ratings & Reviews

匚卂尺ㄥFebruary 14, 2025
I love the work of John Carpenter, he definitely uses many visual techniques that excite the senses (see his original classics like THE THING, HALLOWEEN and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK). This movie has a great soundtrack which reminded me of Carpenter's classics from the 1980s and the atmosphere created in this tense asylum thriller really makes this stunning. Amber Heard is just mesmerising as the lead character Kristen and this movie depicts her story as she is taken into a mental asylum and attempts to escape. THE WARD is part jail-break escape movie, part mystery thriller and part horror ride. It has a great twist, which would've been predictable if this was made by another director, however Carpenter handles the thrilling chase, scares and direction with such skill that you genuinely feel the shocks and surprises, the ending is totally believable, and like a lot of the horror movies Carpenter has made, this has excellent human drama, the entire cast of actors and actresses are excellent. A must see movie for horror and thriller fans and an easy 4 stars from me.

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