Film Review: John Carpenter’s “the Ward”

This movie tells the story of Kristen, a new-fashioned woman who is arrested later burning down a farmhouse, and ends up in a remote ward of a mental institution with no recollection of her life before. Here therapist Dr. Stringer is treating four another(prenominal) disturbed young women; Prim and proper artist Iris, sexy Sarah, Self-harmer Emily, and the shy childish soft-toy-bunny-cuddling Zoey. Soon Kristen notices that the malevolent spirit of young girl is haunting the ward and one-by-one her fellow inmates are brutally killed. The other girls clearly know more than they are let on and Kristen realizes the only way to survive is to escape. As she struggles to escape, she leave alone uncover a truth far more redoubted and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.

The movie is a basic psychological thriller in the vein of who is really crazy and who isnt?. In the end, as the lead character tries to find the truth while arduous to escape the ward, it was revealed that Kristens real name is Alice Hudson, who she first believed to be the name of the zombie/ghost whos haunting the ward. throughout the film, various flashbacks are shown of a young girl in chains, about to be abused by an unknown man. It is revealed that the girl in the flashback is Alice herself, who was kidnapped from her home 8 years previously.



Alice was left chained up for two months in the basement of the same farmhouse Kristen had burned-out down, in order to survive the past torture, she created different personalities. It is then revealed that Alice is suffering from multiple personality disorder, creating Tammy, Zoey, Sarah, Iris and Emily. Over date Alices own personality became so overwhelmed by that of the others that she became lost. Through observational techniques, Dr Stringer explains that her treatments were working until Kristen appeared. Kristen is yet another invention of Alices mind to cherish itself from reliving the trauma at the farmhouse. Dr Stringer had used hypnotherapy in an...If you pauperization to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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