Cinedigm releasing Carpenter film

Cinedigm releasing Carpenter film

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp has partnered with ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media to distribute filmmaker John Carpenter’s “The Ward” to select digital cinema locations across the United States on July 8.

The psychological thriller about a young woman in a mental institution (Amber Heard) who is terrorized by a mysterious and deadly ghost co-stars Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca and Jared Harris.

Carpenter has directed films such as the original “Halloween,” “The Thing,” and “Escape From New York.”

— By Scott Hettrick