John Carpenter's The Ward
Directed by John Carpenter
No one believes the claims of a young woman (Amber Heard) that a dead patient is stalking the residents of the psychiatric facility.
An institutionalized woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Cast: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer
Member Reviews
It’s fun, the ending makes the movie worth it. It has some fun killing scenes but kinda slow. Overall enjoyable :3
Fourteen years after watching it, I remember literally NOTHING about it. A Carpenter movie is supposed to stay with you over the years. That should be enough all by itself to tell you how badly he phoned this one in.
Repeated complaint I see elsewhere is "lacking in Classic Carpenter atmosphere"--translation: no throbbing synth soundtrack. I am convinced that a re-edit replacing the (totally fine and effective) Mark Kilian score with cuts from Lost Themes would instantly bolster this picture's reputation.
Amber Turd is in this? 😂
A captivating & suspenseful narrative where I cared about the characters! Amazing how this element to filmmaking is often lost, but in this case John Carpenter