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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 10834
Released: August 13, 2002 |
| Our Price: $7.83 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 09/02/03
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Description of Session 9:
Few things are more sure-fire creepy than huge abandoned buildings, and Session 9 has one of the eeriest buildings you've ever seen. A hazardous-materials-cleanup company has been hired to eliminate asbestos tiles and other toxic material from a gigantic mental hospital that had been shut down in the 1980s. But as one member of the team starts to nose into old files in the office, he uncovers a series of tape recordings of psychiatric sessions--nine of them--related to a notorious sexual abuse case. Soon, toxic materials and dark spirits start to merge. Like The Blair Witch Project (and most horror movies, really), Session 9 is longer on atmosphere and dream logic than story--but the atmosphere is effectively unsettling. A strong cast (including Peter Mullan, David Caruso, and Brendan Sexton III) do an effective job of slowly cracking under stress and evil influences. --Bret Fetzer
Session 9 Reviews:
Not exactly a "perfect" waste of time... 
2009-11-30 - But if it were, that would be the only thing perfect about it. This movie is a stinker.
Session 9 Destined for Cult Classic Status 
2009-11-11 - The uber creepy "Session 9" concerns itself with an asbestos abatement crew working in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Simple enough premise, but the hospital is none other than the Danvers State Mental Hospital, an all too real and terrifying location for even a puppet show, much less an atmospheric psychological horror/thriller. Disturbing and moody, the location supplements credible perfomances from the films stars David Caruso, Stephen Geveson, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III. But Peter Mullan's work as crew leader Gordy is worth the price of the disc alone. Relying on story and cinematography, Brad Anderson weaves an always interesting tale about madness and the complex inner-workings of damaged minds with compelling and gleeful terror. Disc includes commentary, deleted scenes and an alternate ending.
creeped me out
2009-11-02 - I found this to be a good story and a creepy scary movie; the acting was excellent - the beginning of the story doesn't prepare you for the psychological twist that is the basis for the film. This is a movie I have not forgotten; a good ensemble cast whose characters evoke empathy from the viewer. Because it was not an out and out horror film, more of a frightening psychological thriller, it leaves the viewer guessing as to whether or not the supernatural is involved or what is real -- what is imagined...i appreciated the film a lot. Defintely recommend this.
Frighteningly Dull. Save Money. Choose Something Else.
2009-10-26 - I can't believe how many people think this is a five-star scary movie. Too tedious to be a "thriller" and sooo boring there's just no chance for suspense. The eeriest parts of the film are actually in the deleted scenes, where it appears as if a scary movie had actually been made and then re-shot with the creepyness (and plot) removed. Even the "star" of the film, the Danvers Asylum itself, has it's potential as a dire and forboding edifice watered down by showing exteriors shot on a beauitful, sunny day. Some say the director was being 'ironic". Irony is not scary. Neither is Session 9.
Scary
2009-10-21 - Session 9 was quite a surprise. So many movies talk about the scares but so few deliver. The creepiness of Danver's rivals the Overlook Hotel in the Shining. The slow disintegration of these five men allows the tension to build.
By casting with good actors instead of those with bigger names but half the talent the director has made a movies that keeps you discussing it well after the credits roll.
