Title: The Ward

Directed by: John Carpenter

Written by: Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen

Starring: Amber Heard, Lyndsy Fonseca and Danielle Panabaker

Run Time: 86min

Genre(s): Horror

Synopsis

When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young

woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in a

special ward with four similarly unbalanced and wayward girls: Sarah (Danielle

Panabaker), a flirty and sass-talking know it all; Iris (Lyndsy Fonseca), a sensitive and

talented artist who tries to make her feel welcome; Emily (Mamie Gummer), a reckless but

playful outcast; and Zoey (Laura-Leigh), who hides behind a childlike persona and her

beloved stuffed bunny. Kirsten’s therapist, Dr. Stringer (Jared Harris), tries to uncover the

root cause of her breakdown, but despite his calm and understanding manner, she

resists any attempts at help and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the hospital is not the

sanctuary it seems to be. Kristen begins to have strange run-ins with a shadowy phantom

who roams the halls when the ward is locked down at night. Persistent and inquisitive,

she goes digging for information about former patients and soon becomes convinced that

no one ever leaves the ward alive.