The ward movie by john carpenter

I cant really recommend this film unless you must watch every movie john carpenter has made, but this wouldnt rate highly among his filmography. A bunch of maybe insane girls tries to escape a ward theyre being kept prisoners in. Kristen amber heard is admitted to the north bend psychiatric hospital. The official john carpenter the official website of john. Amber heard, mamie gummer, danielle panabaker, lauraleigh, lyndsy fonseca, mika boorem, jared harris music composer. I cant really recommend this film unless you must watch every movie john carpenter has made, but this wouldnt rate highly among his. The ward, therefore, marks a bittersweet return from erstwhile genius john carpenter. The ward the films of horror master john carpenter. John carpenter directs the ward the new york times.

It stars amber heard, danielle panabaker, mika boorem, and jared harris. He has contributed to many projects as either the producer, writer, director, actor, composer or a. However, the movie is not set in present time but rather in the 60s, as dr. Doug mankoff, peter block, mike marcus, andrew spaulding screenwriters. Early on, he just seemed to have his finger on the pulse of something, well, evil. Director john carpenter halloween 1978, escape from l. Hes been ripped off and remade so many times that hes now competing with watered down and hollywoodized john carpenter wannabees. With amber heard, mamie gummer, danielle panabaker, lauraleigh. Everything you need to know about the ward movie 2011. While by no means a masterpiece of the form, john carpenters the ward is an economical period piece that still effectively demonstrates. Other patients, four equally troubled girls, and kristen quickly realize things. Still, its a wellmade film, with some finely crafted. The films director john carpenter last directed halloween and riot.

Tight as a drum and plenty of fun, john carpenters first film in nine years is hardly a. John carpenter is an american film director, producer, writer and composer. He has contributed to many projects as either the producer, writer, director, actor, composer or a combination of the five. No one believes the claims of a young woman amber heard that a dead patient is stalking the residents of the psychiatric facility. An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost. John carpenter will always be a filmmaker to watch, even when all there is to watch is a half trailer of sorts for his latest, the ward. Half trailer for john carpenters the ward collider. Carpenter also talks about the remakes of his films like they. The ward 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Slightly reminiscent of the terrible sucker punch, but definitely worse. His family moved to bowling green, kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at western kentucky university.

Often the monsters in carpenter s movies are just human enough to be genuinely disturbing. The ward is a 2010 american supernatural psychological horror film directed by john carpenter and starring amber heard, mamie gummer, danielle. Carpenter has stated he feels that the 35mm panavision anamorphic format is the best movie system there is, preferring it to both digital and 3d film. The ward is an adequate horror film but could have been directed by anyone. 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 ten years. An exclusive interview with director john carpenter about his new film the ward. The ward was filmed in super 35, the first time carpenter has ever used that system. I found the ward boring, not very scary, and i was unimpressed with the ending but i think carpenter directed it with efficiency and accomplished what he set out to accomplish.

Carpenter has made his approximation of a cheap, twisty, shockfilled modern horror movie, and he has lost all but faint sighs of his minimalist swagger in the process. The ward is a 2010 american supernatural psychological horror film directed by john carpenter and starring amber heard, mamie gummer, danielle panabaker, lauraleigh, lyndsy fonseca and jared harris. Kristen wakes to find herself bruised, drugged and held against her will in a remote ward of a psychiatric hospital. Mark kilian john carpenters the ward original motion. Probably carpenter s least interesting movie to date. Though he did direct some of the greatest horror movies ever check out 1995s in the mouth of madness if you havent seen it. Theres no doubt this is a different carpenter than we have seen in some time.

When it really comes down to it, the worst thing about the ward is that there are truckloads of movies just like it all lowbudget, all set in the same kind of asylum. The ward is a 2010 american psychological horror film directed by john carpenter. John carpenter has a wellearned reputation as the master of horror, even if the legendary directors stillgrowing body of work has encompassed everything from tv biopics elvis to scifi thrillers the thing, escape from new york and the occasional actioncomedy big trouble in little china. While by no means a masterpiece of the form, john carpenter s the ward is an economical period piece that still effectively demonstrates what a skilled technician can accomplish in a single location with a compact cast and sturdy oldschool effects. Straight up, john carpenter is better than this and so are the majority of other horror flicks out there. Echo lake productions has released the full movie trailer for john carpenter s return to horror the ward many of you know, carpenter is a celebrated filmmaker who frequently has worked in. John carpenter talks the ward and they live remake collider. The film suffers from a fairly weak script not penned by carpenter and the big surprise ending is. A look at the the ward behindthescenes crew and production team. John carpenter and amber heard in the ward 2010 amber heard in the ward. There are hints everywhere of the directors early talent, from the films economical, pantherlike. The ward is a classic psychological horror thriller that keeps you guessing. It does remind me a bit of another film with a similar theme.

I suppose the best thing he can do is just make a good john carpenter movie. The ward feels like an old timer is behind the lens and it has a campfire type of style to it. The best john carpenter s movies a list of 22 titles created 14 mar 2016 to rewatch a list of 47 titles created apr 2017 liked a list of 47 titles. Financial analysis of the ward 2011 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. While by no means a masterpiece of the form, john carpenters the ward is an economical period piece that still effectively demonstrates what a skilled technician can accomplish in a single location with a compact cast and sturdy oldschool effects. John carpenters the ward, his first feature since the disappointing ghosts of mars 2001, continues the painful decline of a director who seems more.

For all their respective virtues, vampires 1998 and even the beloved ghosts of mars 2001 featured at least some sense of cheesiness or cheeky humor. While theres nothing remarkable about the movie, there were also no missteps. John carpenter s the ward, is a psychological thriller about a young woman locked in a mysterious mental institution in the 1960s. John howard carpenter was born in carthage, new york, to mother milton jean carter and father howard ralph carpenter. In some ways, john carpenter s the ward distinguishes itself most by what it is not, rather than what it is. He even did it with the masters of horror episode he directed, john carpenter s cigarette burns and it was the only episode title in two seasons that noted its director. A psychological thriller about a young woman locked in a mysterious mental institution in the 1960s, marks iconic horror master john carpenters first feature film in ten years.

Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised. Great romance ended for the director john carpenter 10 years ago on the set of his movie ghosts of mars. So, yeah, im sure its an uphill battle if hes trying to regain his former status. The films writer michael rasmussen last wrote crawl and meet jimmy. It took 9 years for john carpenter to make his next movie, and the ward whilst far from being anything special is at least refreshing after the miss firing ghosts of mars. Watch john carpenters the ward online stream full movie. Dont call john carpenter a horror movie director, says. Download the new storm king productions app, available now on ios and android, and experience a new way of connecting with all of your favorite john carpenter media. Watch john carpenter s the ward starring amber heard in this horror on directv. He seems, rightly, to find that category too limiting. Amber heard is the main draw here and she is terrific. The ward 2010 horror, thriller, mystery movie directed.