John Carpenter's The Ward Trailer

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 the sci-fi and horror genres. He is one of the brand name filmmakers from the 1970's-80's. His filmography includes Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, many of which have already been remade or are currently in development for a big screen redo. Carptener's career hit a slump in the 1990's with films like Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Village of the Damned, Escape from LA, Vampire$ and. Ghosts of Mars. Carpenter has not made a feature film in almost nine years. But don't get too excited. It's rare that I walk out of a movie theater angry, but this is what happened at the Toronto Film Festival screening of the film.

The story follows a young woman (played by Amber Heard) who is institutionalized after apparently setting fire to a house. Once inside "the ward," Kristen becomes terrorized by a ghost of a former patient. The plot is beyond derivative, and functions only so that Carpenter can serve unexplained jump scares at the audience (shocking reveals with loud musical cues). The film is shot in a more old-fashioned approach, which comes off more stilted than nostalgic. But who knows, the film might have worked a lot better in the 1980's. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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