Echo Lake Productions and North by Northwest Entertainment have released the the first trailer and poster for the upcoming horror film The Ward, the first John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, The Mouth of Madness) -directed film to hit movie theaters since 2001's Ghosts Of Mars!
Synopsis: John Carpenter's The Ward, a psychological thriller about a young woman locked in a mysterious mental institution in the 1960s, marks iconic horror master John Carpenter's first feature film in over seven years.
Kristen (Amber Heard), a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised, cut, drugged, and held against her will in a remote ward of a psychiatric hospital. She is completely disoriented, with no idea why she was brought to this place and no memory of her life before being admitted. All she knows is that she isn't safe.
The other patients in the ward—four equally disturbed young women—offer no answers, and Kristen quickly realizes 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 frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone.
One-by-one, the other girls begin to disappear and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before she, too, becomes a victim. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.
The movie also stars Lyndsy Fonseca, Danielle Panabaker, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem and Mamie Gummer.
The Ward will hit theaters in the UK on Jan. 21st and no US release is set yet.
The Ward Trailer
The Ward Poster
I’m a big John Carpenter fan-boy but long absences like that don’t speak well for the flowing of creative juices, etc. I’m wary, but…new John Carpenter.
Shame, i was hoping this would be more of an “adult” type horror film but instead it seems like they’ve gone for the horny teen/date night market.