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Movie Reviews of Session 9
Movie Review: Disturbing and very much original
Summary: 5 Stars
Session 9 is a contemporary tale of terror set in an abandoned insane asylum. The residents on Danvers, Massachusetts steer well clear of the place. But Danvers State Mental Hospital, closed down for 15 years, is about to receive five new visitors. This is a brilliant example of horror filmaking on a shoe string budget.The basic storyline involves a hazardous waste disposal crew cleaning up a mental hospital which has been closed for 15 years.
There are rumors of patient abuse. One of the crew members discovers a series of haunting session recordings that draws him (as well as the viewer) into the depths of a young girl's torment. The acting is good,especially David Caruso's performance, understated, multi dimensioned and believable. The interior shots, where most of the movie takes place is shot in gritty gray/green tones the color of every old hospital, or institution.
The corridors are long and claustraphobic. The strands of each characters life begin to clash and emesh, moving at times in a slow moody crawal till at the end of the movie revelations flash by at breakneck speed. I found myself holding my breath as the tension grew to an almost unbearable level. The conclusion was a complete suprise to me. I highly recommend this film for the horror fan who appreciates the gradually growing dread of the works of Alfred Hitchcock and H. P. Lovecraft. This is my third viewing and it gets better each time I watch it.
Movie Review: If the Devil's real, this is how he works
Summary: 5 Stars
I have loved the horror genre as long as I can remember. Unfortunately I can count the number of good horror films I have seen on the fingers of both hands. By far the majority are just plain bad.
Then I discovered Session 9. In my non-humble opinion this is the best horror movie since that towering giant "The Haunting" from the early 1960s. Indeed it uses many of the same elements, especially the "less is more" principle. There is almost no blood and gore in this movie and no special effects. The creepiness is captured by a series of taped sessions with a mental patient who was housed in the asylum the movie is filmed in.
There are nine sessions in all, which are discovered and then played one at a time by a member of an asbestos removal crew that is working in the building. The tapes are of a psychiatrist talking to a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder (not schizophrenia). As the sessions progress other personalities talk through the woman. Each mentions an entity named Simon that lives in the woman, but despite the doctor's best efforts he cannot convince Simon to speak - until the worker plays session 9, hence the title of the movie.
Along the way the asylum works on the minds of the crew, playing on each one's unique fears and weaknesses. The finale is chilling as hell, really, really weird.
Suitable for Halloween or anytime, this one shouldn't be missed.
Movie Review: One Of The Scariest Movies You'll Ever See!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I staretd watching "Session 9" with my cousin and sister at night. Midway through we stopped to make macaroni and cheese, and I was almost too scared to finish it. The reason "Session 9" was so terrifying is that everybody begins turning on each other, it takes place in a ridiculously large abandoned mental hospital (how freakin' scary is that???), and Mary Hobbes' voices (The Princess, Billy and Simon) are soooooo scary that it actually made me screanm, but mostly for The Princess.
What was even more terrifying is that it was so confusing. Everything was all jumbled together, and it was very weird, and made the movie very scary. Althought it was a bit confusing, it all pulled together in the extremely terrifying ending. The only thing that wasn't really explained were the coins that made Hank (Josh Lucas) disappear. That was the only thing that was left hanging.
Otherwise, "Session 9" is a ridiculously heart-pounding film. It is the next "Blair Witch Project," but minus all of the craze. It's a real shame that this movie doesn't have all the publicity that it probably should, because it is just so incredibly terrifying. It is probably ten times more terrifying than "The Blair Witch Project," and that movie scared me.
So, in other words, if you loved the classic horror movies that really scare you (i.e., Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining), than "Session 9" is a must have. It will not disappoint!
Movie Review: A Nice Psychological Movie With A Touch Of Spooks
Summary: 5 Stars
At first I thought that this movie would be a scary ghost movie and while it does have a touch of supernatural suspense it's actually more of a psychological mind game type of movie but don't let that discourage you. The basis of the movie has five cleaners contracted by the city to renovate an old sanitarium that has gone to disuse through the years with an added bonus they'll get for doing the job within the week thanks to their boss who is at the edge of loosing his business before the job came his way. As the workers clean up the asylum one of them discovers a forgotten package with recorded sessions with a former patient of the hospital, and as we listen with him during these sessions we also see the situation that starts to happen with the other workers throughout the job especially the boss who seems to have a dark situation happen that he wishes to keep secret from the others and that slowly consumes him. The storyline and actors for the movie were pretty good and while you won't see the CGI effects of ghosts an such there will be scenes that will cause you to jump from time to time but again the movie isn't really a ghost or true supernatural horror movie you see like House on Haunted Hill or Ghost Ship so if you're expecting that kind of movie than this one probably isn't for you. Still for the entertainment value of the movie I do suggest to at least give it a try you might just enjoy it much to your surprise...Movie Review: The weak and the wounded...
Summary: 5 Stars
I can forgive the guy who said that the Session 9 tape after which the film is title, was 'Ultimately, a Macguffin', because I assume that he thinks a Macguffin is something served at McDonalds with egg and bacon.. Quite obviously to anyone who experiences the film with their eyes and ears, the 'session 9' tape is the complete embodiment of the psycholoogical theme of the film. It's the recorded session where the personification of the patient's potential repressed capability for evil finally manifests - the trait of humanity that the voice describes as living in 'the weak and the wounded'. So there's a huge and blindingly obvious parallel between the patient's final session, and Gordon - even to the extent that the final tape plays out as we begin to uncover the truth about him. And as for 'confusing sub-plots', what sub plots? Is someone really complaining about a subplot about a vagrant woman that was REMOVED in it's entirity from the film by the director because he felt it didn't work? Erm... what? Incidently, these scenes are available as extras along side a nice documentary and a superb commentary from some great filmmakers. The film expertly straddles the line between psychological and supernatural horror intermingling the two with creepy and disturbing expertese. It's superb, a great story that is brilliantly performed, and directed. If you're not afraid to engage your brain, give it a watch!