Aleeex’s review published on Letterboxd:
The suspense and terror are no longer what they were replaced by boredom and predictability. For 80 minutes out of a total of 88 Carpenter makes you think you're watching an episode of Supernatural.
In a mental hospital with very polite doctors,a patient with pyromaniac tendencies make his appearance. Kristen, a smart blonde, does not want to stay in the pavilion although we have no idea why she burned a house.In the first night,strange incidents start happening.In the second night a ghost makes its appearance.The problem is that the ghost begins to kill her colleagues in strange ways.
From a technical standpoint, the film is great.The soundtrack and atmosphere are the best things about the film.Most of the performances were awful except Amber Heard which was bad but not awful.
The ward is the kind of horror movie you've seen hundreds of times, but with different names and different actors. What sets it apart is John Carpenter trying to pull something good out of a bad screenplay.
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