Session 9

2001
R
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

65K

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Drama Horror Mystery

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

Director
- Brad Anderson
Writers
- Brad Anderson
- Stephen Gevedon
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

65K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Brad Anderson
Writers
- Brad Anderson
- Stephen Gevedon
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Security Guard
(as Charles Broderick)

Lonnie Farmer

Doctor
(voice)

Larry Fessenden

Craig McManus

Jurian Hughes

Mary Hobbes
(voice)

Sheila Stasack

Wendy
(voice)

Linda Carmichael

Wendy
(uncredited)

Sean Daly

Vision
(uncredited)

Director
- Brad Anderson
Writers
- Brad Anderson
- Stephen Gevedon
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Actor David Caruso reports in the official Production Notes that he saw "something pass my window" when shooting inside the Bonner Medical Building of Danvers State Hospital. "I didn't want to tell anybody, because people would start looking at me strangely..." Actor Peter Mullan also reports strange happenings on the set. He claims that while filming on the roof, a voice in his head told him to jump off to see what would happen. Mullan said the building brought out a morbid kind of "overactive curiosity."

Goofs
Peter Mullan kept forgetting to limp during his scenes resulting in many continuity errors. These are noted in the director's commentary as well.

Quotes
Gordon: You!
[points at Phil]
Gordon: You come with *me.*
Phil: Hey!
[points back at Gordon]
Phil: Fuck *youuuu.*

Alternate versions
The US DVD contains an additional subplot that was removed from the final cut of the film. A homeless woman resides in Danvers State Hospital, and watches the crew go about their business. Initially presented as a menacing "being", shown as collecting objects (rubbish, leaves, insects) in threes in a room, she then becomes more and more human through the film. The crew observe things to give her presence away. She witnesses their murders, and becomes scared. She then kills Gordon at the end in retribution. Unfortunately, it is badly cut, and shows at several points during the film.

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Featured review

8/10

So unusual, but so good.

Peter Mullan is truly fantastic here, as indeed are the whole cast, the acting if first rate in this well made, unusual horror.

I'm not sure if classify this so much as a horror, I see it more as a psychological thriller, and a truly good one at that. If I'm totally honest, I didn't fully understand all that was happening, but on a second viewing it made more sense.

I see a degree of originality here, it's far from a run of the mill film.

There is enough to keep you interested, and there are definitely a few twists that you won't see coming.

This is a film if gladly sit down to watch again, 8/10.