The Ward is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by John Carpenter. The screenplay is written by Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen. It stars Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mika Boorem, and Jared Harris. It is Carpenter's first full-length feature film since Ghosts of Mars in 2001. The story revolves around a young institutionalized woman named Kristen who is haunted by a mysterious and deadly zombie/ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this zombie might be darker than anything she ever could have imagined. At the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital in... 1966, a young patient named Tammy is attacked and killed by an unseen force during the night. Kristen , a troubled young woman sets fire to an abandoned farmhouse. The local police take her to the psychiatric hospital. She is taken to the ward where she meets other patients: Iris , Sarah , Emily , and Zoey , and is given Tammy's old room. She meets Dr. Stringer , her therapist, but is unable to recall anything about her past.
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| Release date: | September 13, 2010 |
| Directed by: | John Carpenter |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 86 Minutes |
| Producer: | Doug Mankoff, Peter Block, Andrew Spaulding, Mike Marcus |
| Editor: | Patrick McMahon |
| Music by: | Mark Kilian |
| Cinematography: | Yaron Orbach |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen |
| Genre: | Thriller |