Cover Art and Disc Info: John Carpenter’s The Ward

The Ward, the latest film from director John Carpenter, will be arriving on DVD and Blu-ray on August 16th. We have your first look at the official cover art and information on bonus features.

"(Los Angeles, CA) - ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media announce the return of legendary filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) after a ten-year hiatus with the release of his psychological thriller, JOHN CARPENTER’S THE WARD on DVD and Blu-ray August 16, 2011.

Acclaimed director John Carpenter makes his long awaited comeback to the screen with a thriller about a young woman in a 1960s mental institution who becomes terrorized by malevolent unseen forces. Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised, cut, drugged with laughing gas. The other patients in the ward—four equally disturbed young women—offer no answers, and Kristen quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone.

One-by-one, the other girls begin to disappear and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before she, too, becomes a victim. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.

The film stars an ensemble cast – Amber Heard (Drive Angry 3D, Zombieland), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass, CW’s “Nikita”), Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th, The Crazies), Mamie Gummer (Taking Woodstock) and Jared Harris (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, AMC’s “Mad Men”). DVD and Blu-Ray includes exclusive commentary by John Carpenter and Jared Harris."