The Ward
“Only sanity can keep you alive!”
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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Cast
22 people
Amber Heard
Kristen
Known for
Aquaman
Zombieland
Mamie Gummer
Emily
Known for
True Detective
John Adams
Danielle Panabaker
Sarah
Known for
The Flash
Friday the 13th
Jared Harris
Dr. Stringer
Known for
Chernobyl
Foundation
Laura-Leigh
Zoey
Known for
The Client List
We're the Millers
Lyndsy Fonseca
Iris
Known for
How I Met Your Mother
Kick-Ass
Mika Boorem
Alice Hudson
Known for
Along Came a Spider
Sleepover
Sydney Sweeney
Young Alice Hudson
Known for
Euphoria
The Housemaid
D.R. Anderson
Roy
Also in
Z Nation
Different Drummers
Susanna Burney
Nurse Lundt
Also in
Z Nation
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Sean Cook
Jimmy
Known for
The Hit List
Radioflash
Jillian Kramer
Ghost Alice
John Carpenter Director · Shawn Rasmussen Writer Michael Rasmussen Writer
Worldwide gross $5.3M · Budget $10M · United States release July 8, 2011
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,343,820
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
FilmNation Entertainment
Production
Premiere Picture
Production
Echo Lake Entertainment
Production
A Bigger Boat
Production
North by Northwest Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 2010
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · July 8, 2011
Theatrical
United States
April 1, 2011 · Premiere · Dallas International Film Festival
May 21, 2011 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
Argentina
July 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Australia
May 26, 2011 · Physical
Bahrain
June 23, 2011 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 18, 2011 · Premiere · Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Brazil
July 20, 2011 · Physical
Chile
January 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Finland
October 30, 2011 · Premiere · Night Visions Film Festival
November 2, 2011 · Physical
France
February 1, 2012 · Theatrical
February 1, 2012 · Physical
Germany
September 15, 2011 · Premiere · Oldenburg International Film Festival
September 29, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
June 2, 2011 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Italy
November 28, 2010 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival
April 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Japan
September 17, 2011 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
June 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Kuwait
July 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Malaysia
March 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 20, 2011 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 8, 2011 · Theatrical
Russia
June 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Singapore
June 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Slovenia
July 14, 2011 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 16, 2013 · Theatrical · 2013-MF00579
Spain
October 10, 2010 · Premiere · Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
June 20, 2012 · Physical
Sweden
December 7, 2011 · Physical
Türkiye
June 3, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 21, 2011 · Theatrical
October 17, 2011 · Physical · DVD
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