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Eight years after his last feature, Ghosts Of Mars, John Carpenter is back with The Ward which stars Amber Heard as one of five young girls stuck in a mental institution with no memory of her past life or how she came to be institutionalized. Her terror takes a turn for the worse when she starts to be haunted by a violent ghost. Okay, I know it doesn't sound the most exciting or original of premises but, as I've written before, Carpenter was a hero of mine growing up and so I'm prepared to cut him a little slack, even if the images I've seen from the movie so far haven't exactly thrilled. Personally, I'm just glad to see him directing again.