WELCOME TO THE PSYCHO WARD By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Hello Dead End Horror fans that continue to wait for us putout new shit. Well, on second thought, I guess it seems that most of you are amused by our take on the film, "Antichrist." Like, really? You haven't seen enough clit cutting or blood cuming? Well, to each their own. Anyway, this post was one that Sasha did on the film, "The Ward." Like I said, we're re-posting some old shit this week as Sasha and I work on the new layout and whatnot. We will be back on Monday though with all new shit. So until then, enjoy the clit cutting and blood cuming and we'll c-ya on the flip side. Peace out, your buddy, Zombie (GTH) Zane.

Hey! Sasha Slaughter here with you to satisfy your appetite for some horror. Today I'll be hitting you with some more randomness, isn't that great? Sure it is. Today I'll be telling you about a film called "The Ward". It was written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen and directed by none other than John Carpenter. This is Carpenter's first full-length feature film since "Ghosts of Mars" in 2001. The film was released in theatres on July 8, 2011. The story revolves around an institutionalized woman named Kristen who is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. Oooh creepy creepy! Let me tell you more about it!

The story begins in 1966 at the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. A young patient named Tammy is attacked and killed by an unseen force during the night. The following day police get a call for a runaway and begin to search for her. They end up at an old farmhouse that a girl named Kristen has set on fire. Kristen finds herself bloody and bruised standing in front of the burning house with no recollection of how she got there. The police take her to the psychiatric hospital. She is taken to a place called "The Ward" and meets Iris, Sarah, Zoey, and Emily, the other girls who reside in the ward. She is given Tammy's old room and given medication to get some rest for the night. While Kristen sleeps, her blanket is pulled under her bed and when she wakes up to retrieve it she finds a broken charm bracelet.

The next morning she meets Dr. Stinger. He tells Kristen that she had the address of a farmhouse written on her hand when they brought her in. He then asks her about the fire and if she can remember anything. She is unable to recall anything and insists that she isn't crazy. Later that night, Kristen attempts to escape but is quickly caught by one of the orderlies and immediately returned to her room. Waking up in the middle of the night, Kristen catches a glimpse of a horribly disfigured person outside of her door. The next day while taking a shower Kristen is attacked by the disfigured person and upon telling the nurse, she is drugged and put through intense electroshock therapy. 

The following day the girls have a therapy session with Dr. Stinger where Tammy's existence is mentioned by Kristen but is quickly dismissed by the doctor. Shortly after, Iris goes to see Dr. Stinger for what she believes is her last session before she is released. He uses hypnotherapy to unlock Iris' hidden memories. When the session is over, Iris is kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the disfigured person.

Concerned about Iris, Kristen confronts the girls and the staff about the disappearance but everyone refuses to talk. She finds Iris' sketchbook in her room and finds a drawing of a girl named Alice and another picture of a ghostly figure whom she recognizes as the person that attacked her. The name on the top of the page read Alice Hudson. Kristen removes the broken charm bracelet she found from under her mattress, she pieces together the letters and it spells ALICE. She confronts Dr. Stinger and tries to convince him that the ghost of Alice Hudson is haunting the girls in the ward. 

Dr. Stinger dismisses the existence of the ghost and tells Kristen that she needs to find out the answers for herself. Later that night Kristen and Emily attempt to escape the ward, but their escape is discovered and the alarm is raised. Kristen makes it to the entrance of the hospital when she sees Alice's ghost and passes out. She wakes up the next morning in her room where Emily tells her that the orderlies caught her.

On her way to her final appointment, Sarah is attacked and killed by Alice's ghost. Kristen finds out from Zoey and Emily that all of the girls killed Alice because she hurt them and now her ghost is out for revenge. Emily has a break down and starts to slit her wrist, but ends up committing suicide with the help of Alice's ghost. Kristen plans one final time to escape and plans to pretend to take Zoey hostage so she can get out. Her attempt is eventually thwarted by an orderly and Dr. Stinger. Kristen is drugged and put into a straight jacket and locked in her room. 

She manages to escape and takes Zoey with her. They run into the basement of the hospital where they find a service lift and Zoey goes inside with Kristen following her. Zoey is attacked by the ghost in the lift and is nowhere to be found when Kristen gets to the front of the hospital. The ghost chases Kristen throughout the hospital and Kristen manages to kill her. She returns to Dr. Stinger's office and finds a file on Alice Hudson, with details of her treatment including all of the girls names. Dr. Stinger enters his office and reveals to Kristen that....

What does this good doc have to say? Hop on over to Netflix and give "The Ward" a watch and find out! I liked this movie actually. Alot of the reviews said that it sucked and that this movie was Carpenter trying to be like Argento. I don't know about all that, but it was a decent film. It was low-budget, and the acting was decent. It wasn't an excellent film, but it wasn't horrible either. I loved the use of different camera angles and the music was haunting, which really gave a creepy, suspenseful feel to the film. 

The film was interesting, but at times pretty slow, but for the most part it kept my attention throughout. It is a decent creepy psych-ward film that I would probably watch again. There were some parts that were generally creepy, such as when the ghost would appear out of nowhere and it would straight up give me the shocker!

I will not lie, I did jump a time or two. And the special effects of the ghost were great. She looked creepy and disfigured and when there was a close up of her you could see her skin literally crawling, it was soo gross! Overall I'd give "The Ward" a 3.5 out of 5. This was a cleverly written script about the effects of mental illness. 

And I have to say, the end was a total surprise. It was the biggest twist of the whole movie. I was like OMG WTF?? Seriously. The build up of the film was great and I recommend this to any Carpenter fan. That's all I have to say about that, so stop on over and pay Zane a little visit, I'm sure he's got something gross going on!! Thanks for stopping by Dead End Horror.