Alarm bells rang straight away, right? You’d be right in thinking you recognise the lead actress if the words ‘Never Back Down’ entered your mind. The Ward does everything your typical horror would - the jumpy cuts, first-person camera angles, a freaky-ass dead girl running around causing murderous havoc, and a few odd-jobs thrown into a mental hospital, all mashed up to create the perfect formula for a good old-fashioned slasher movie.
The idea might be a little frayed – think the off-spring of a One Flew Under The Cuckoo’s Nest/Shutter Island concoction. Although, the fact that of the five in-mates, you’d be proud to take home three of them on looks alone to the parents, is too big to just oversee. That said, the film ticks all the boxes a horror should, with protagonist Amanda Heard leading a respectable cast to their deaths in surprisingly entertaining fashion, with an all-too-familiar twist that leaves you hungrily digging deep in the popcorn bucket for more film with your snack.
Although The Ward has nothing on the horror greats, it’s not a bad punt in the horror genre for director John Carpenter. But from a director whose resume includes Halloween and The Thing, it’s fair to say more could have been done. Still, Amanda Heard in any film is worth a watch. The girlfriend will probably watch, too.
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