"The Ward"

Even though I was a little surprised by the plot twist in "The Ward," directed by John Carpenter, the movie in general left me with an unimpressed feeling.

I understand the "Multiple Personalities Disorder" spin in the end of the movie...but it doesn't add up.

Alice Hudson has all these other personalities, which is a fine idea, but it doesn't explain why they are the way they are, and that's stuff I was interested in.

Her psyche created these other characters, i.e. Kristen, Emily, Sarah, Zoey and Iris, but how did they develop the traits they did? The psychiatrist just told Alice that she was really Alice Hudson and all of the other characters she thought she knew, were really all in her mind, and there was no more elaboration.

Right when I realized that there was a "ghost/zombie" character in the movie...I was a bit more intrigued. Immediately after seeing the Grade-C-botch-job-excuse-of-a-zombie, my intrigue faded.

The only thing that could have saved this film was some badass graphics, or disgustingly cool make-up. Not surprisingly though, neither of those things were present throughout "The Ward" and all the viewer is left with is a curiousness about "Multiple Personalities Disorder" and a hankerin' for some good ole-fashioned gore.

Here's a link for the trailer, though I'm not sure it's worth the one minute, forthy-three seconds of your life.