Kristen is taken into a ward for those with mental illness, she's desperate to escape, but she's haunted by a ghostly figure.
Horror fans will of course be drawn to the name John Carpenter, but if it's horror you're after, you'll be pretty disappointed, if class The Ward as more of a psychological thriller, more towards Shutter Island than Halloween.
It's a little disappointing, Carpenter is a fantastic Director, but something about this film is a little off, maybe it's the pacing, or maybe it's the lack of out and out scares, it never really sparks into life.
It definitely has some degree of atmosphere, and the ideas are pretty good, the final revelation did come as a surprise to me.
Jared Harris is pretty good as The Doctor, and I'd rate this as one of my favourite performances of Amber Heard, she manages to make Kristen interesting.
It's not a bad film, I'd just hoped for so much more.
6/10.
