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The Ward

2011 · 89 min

A slow, uneasy stay in a sealed-off ward where every corridor feels like a trap and reality keeps slipping.

Directed by: John Carpenter
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker

Tagline: Only sanity can keep you alive!
Overview: Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.

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Directed by: John Carpenter
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
trauma
isolation
madness
survival
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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