Country: USA
Year: 2010
Duration: 88'
john carpenter’s the ward After being arrested, Kristen finds herself drugged, and held in a remote ward of a psychiatric hospital. She can not remember anything, all she knows is that she isn’t safe. The other patients—four equally disturbed young women—offer no answers. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone. And when the other girls begin to disappear one-by-one, as Kristen struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined. “It’s a psychological thriller, in a way. It closely resembles a ghost story and a horror film. Kristen is taken to a mental institution and has no idea why she’s there, and the movie revolves around that question. We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something. Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind.”ì
Biography
film director
John Carpenter
(Carthage, New York, 1948) debuted in 1974 with the science fiction film Dark Star and next made three low budget films, Assault on Precint 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), which made him one of the best-known directors of American New Horror. In 1981 he directed Escape from New York and the following year The Thing continuing his study of horror movies and science fiction. He confirms his status among the genre’s best with subsequent works such as Vampires (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), and Ghosts of Mars (2001). Between 2005 and 2006 he directed two episodes of the TV series Masters Of Horror. His last movie is The Ward (2010). In 1999, Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to his opus.
FILMOGRAFIA
Dark Star (id., 1974), Assault on Precint 13 (Distretto 13: le brigate della morte, 1976), Halloween (Halloween: la notte delle streghe, 1978), The Fog (Fog, 1980), Escape from New York (1997: fuga da New York, 1981), The Thing (La cosa, 1982), Christine (Christine, la macchina infernale, 1983), Big Trouble in Little China (Grosso guaio a Chinatown, 1986), Prince of Darkness (Il signore del male, 1987), They Live (Essi vivono, 1988), In the Mouth of Madness (Il seme della follia, 1994), Village of Damned (Villaggio dei dannati, 1995), Escape from L.A. (Fuga da Los Angeles, 1996), Vampires (id., 1998), John Carpenter’s Ghost of Mars (Fantasmi da Marte, 2001), Masters of Horror (ep. Cigarette Burns, TV, 2005; ep. Pro-Life, TV, 2006), John Carpenter's The Ward (The Ward - Il reparto, 2010), John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (serie tv, 2023).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
John Carpenter
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
fotografia/cinematography
Yaron Orbach
montaggio/film editing
Patrick McMahon
scenografia/production design
Paul Peters
costumi/costume design
Lisa Caryl
musica/music
Mark Kilian
suono/sound
Javier Bennassar
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Amber Heard (Kristen), Mamie Gummer (Emily), Danielle Panabaker (Sarah), Jared Harris (il dottor/Dr Stringer), Lyndsy Fonseca (Iris)
produttori/producers
Peter Block, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Mike Marcus
produzione/production
Echo Lake Productions, A Bigger Boat
distribuzione/distribution
Bim
vendita all’estero/world sales
FilmNation Entertainment
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