Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, “The Ward” is a rather anemic fright film, stretching out a story that seems more suited for a “Tales from the Crypt” episode, halfheartedly working tropes in the “institutionalized girls” genre. At the core of the script resides a ghost story, though the script never amplifies the phantom menace as hoped, keeping Kristen in investigative mode as she seeks out evidence pertaining to a missing patient named Alice.