Danielle Panabaker as: Sarah Other Cast: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Lyndsy Fonseca
Film Status: Completed
Premiere: September 13, 2010 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Release Date: To Be Announced
Directed by: John Carpenter
Writers: Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Production Company: Echo Lake Entertainment, Premiere Picture
Filming Locations: Spokane, Washington, USA
THE WARD is an intense psychological thriller set in a mental institution where a young woman, Kristen is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined.
Kristen, early 20's wakes to find herself bruised, cut, drugged and held against her will in a remote ward of Chamberlain Psychiatric Hospital. She is completely disorientated, with no idea why she was brought this place and no memory of her life.
She meets four equally troubled 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. But they offer no answers and Kristen quickly realises things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and disturbing sounds. It appears they are not alone.
One by one the girls disappear and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before the ghost comes for her too. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.
