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First Photos of Amber Heard in John Carpenter's The Ward

by Alex Billington
October 19, 2009
Source: Dread Central

After roughly eight years, John Carpenter is finally back to directing once again. His newest film, The Ward, stars Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca, and a few other young actresses, and is a psychological thriller set in a mental institution. Over on the production website (via Dread Central), a few new photos and a bit of early artwork for The Ward have popped up. Considering we've seen nothing from this yet and it is John Carpenter's long-awaited return to directing, I thought I'd feature these photos, which actually look pretty cool. The ghost looks damn creepy, too. They're not much, but still take a look below.

The Ward is an intense psychological thriller set in a mental institution where a young woman, Kristen (Amber Heard) is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined. I probably otherwise wouldn't be interested in this if it weren't John Carpenter. I just hope it lives up to some of his better films and isn't another Ghosts of Mars. As far as we know, this doesn't have a US distributor and was produced independently. We're not sure when this will arrive, but it is still shooting and will probably be ready by next year some time. Thoughts?

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