Session 9
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Movie Reviews of Session 9
Movie Review: Session 10?
Summary: 5 Stars
April 7 2007
I put the local news on when I woke 6 days after first visiting the new "condos" on the site where this film was shot. It was Danvers State Hospital burning again!!! I could'nt believe my eyes and ears. I was there only last week for the first time in my life and here it was looking like Ground Zero. Yikes...I've lived only a half an hour from the infamous Hathorne Hill over my 39 years. I was finally drawn to it's walls when I first saw this film in 2006.
The Kirkbride buildings are not completely destroyed yet. They are saving three buildings which have been gutted and are going to be restored. But what of the tunnels? And what of the cemetary "back there". And all those bad vibes on the hill?
This film requires multiple viewings to understand Gordy's character. He is a "weak" or "wounded" man because of his meta-physical exhaustion due to the his newborn who is sick and keeping him and his wife up all night.
During the final segment you'll "hear" David Caruso's character tell Gordy to recall all of the "boiling water" incident. And if you listen closely you'll hear him "silence" everyone in the vicinity. The use of sound in this film is what makes it so penetrating.
There is nothing more "scary" or rather traumatizing than psychological horror. Why...because it's real and can happen to anyone.
Movie Review: A diamond in the rough
Summary: 5 Stars
Session 9 is not so much a horror film as it is a suspenseful thriller. An outstanding cast complemented by an intricate plot coalesces with great cinematography to yield a movie that will keep you on edge and guessing to the end.
A down on their luck asbestos abatement crew take on a high pressure project to sanitize the Danvers Mental Hospital....a sad overbearing and depressing building of late 1800's design. The viewers are lulled into the storyline by one of the workers who tells the history of one patient's experience at the treatment facility. The strained interpersonal relationships, tight deadlines and foreboding atmosphere create a pressure cooker of stress for the characters. The "Session" tapes of one therapists treatments are used as a device to set the tone for the movie....a soundtrack of sadness if you will. It's a clever tool which enhances the atmosphere and leaves the viewer waiting for the next installment. The days tick by with each one holding new challenges for the crew until one by one....they succumb to the evil which lies amongst them.
An excellent film suitable for older teens that can process the content and a worthy addition to any film aficionado's shelf...buy it or rent it for that dreary autumn night!.
Movie Review: Incredible journey into psychotic horror
Summary: 5 Stars
Brad Anderson has presented an unparalleled trip into pshychotic fear & terror with 'Session 9'. Forget any inklings or references to 'The Shining', as this film takes place in the most notoriously haunted & scariest places in the world: Danvers State Hospital. Having seen this hospital myself in 2003, I can attest without question that this property leaves an impression which will stay with you a lifetime. Anderson masterfully presents a complex scenario of pshycho-terror that one would expect from Danvers. The storyline is straightforward: an asbestos removal company is awarded the bid to clean up various areas of the derelict hospital; but as the week progresses there is very strange happenings with Gordon (Peter Mullen), the asbestos company owner. The casting is perfect, with Peter Mullen becoming 'possessed' by "Simon", one of the schizophrenic personalities of former patient Mary Hobbs. David Caruso performs brilliantly as the job foreman & his growing conflict with Mullen is surely one of the highlights of the film. The story touches on many areas of interest, including solitude, lonliness & the dichotomy of good & evil. A most essential horror story filmed at one of the most scariest places on earth.Movie Review: Excellent Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the amazon.com review and realized that it wasn't accurate. The tapes that "Mike" finds have nothing to do with a sexual abuse case, but rather a woman who was institutionalized as a young girl for killing her family. She has three alter's (personalities). The movie is very well acted, scripted and directed. Everything that the director shows is for a reason and that also goes for everything said. There are no coincidences. I had to watch this movie about three times to really go back and see all the subtle connections, but it was worth it. The guy who plays Mike also helped to write the script. This movie is very believable which makes it even more scary. There are no monsters or aliens, just the monsters inside each and every one of us who are just waiting for the right time to be set free.
This movie is also very good because it doesn't have to rely on blockbuster actors (actually, David Caruso is the only actor that I knew, but all of the actors did a fine job) and million dollar special effects. This movie is too smart for that.
Sit back and enjoy- you are in for a real treat!
Movie Review: Excellently Creepy
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented Session 9 the other day with low expectations. I figured it would be "The House on Haunted Hill" or "The Haunting" which are movies I liked, but were not really scary. "Session 9" on the other hand IS quite scary. I'm not going to bother rehashing the story, but I will say that if you're more into supernatural suspense-thrillers (like "The Sixth Sense", "The Others", Stephen King's "Storm of the Century") than slasher flicks, then you'll LOVE this movie. The suspenseful and hinting scenes build up to a climax that makes sense, but is also very surpising and unexpected. It's not a gore-fest definitely, and the actual violence is fairly short. The insane asylum (which is a real place actually) and the tapes one of the characters discover of a former inmates psychological evaluation supply the main creepiness of the film. Also, the extra scenes are interesting, and the segments about the real insane asylum this movie is based on are quite interesting. All-in-all an excellent pick for a scary-movie lover.