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SESSION 9 MOVIE SERIES

The story beats are kept to a minimum, Anderson allowing the atmosphere to overtake the narrative and the viewer. It’s a remarkable shift in focus and all is clearly owed to the talent displayed within Session 9.

SESSION 9 MOVIE SERIES

Post Session 9, Anderson has gone on to direct The Machinist and most recently, television series Clickbait. Prior to Session 9, director and co-writer Brad Anderson was known for his work within romantic comedies, but the finesse of elements placed in front of the camera here really helped pave the way for the rest of Anderson’s career. An early camera angle framed within a puddle cements it as a wonderfully shot film, the camera forever moving around and distorting perceptions. The week-long job throws up more than just dangerous chemicals after Mike uncovers the tapes of hospital patient Mary Hobbs and the men each begin to act in strange ways.įrom the opening rotating shot, Session 9 asserts itself by presenting some impeccably stylish cinematography. Set in an abandoned former psychiatric hospital, Session 9 joins new father Gordon (Peter Mullan) and his team, Hank (Josh Lucas), Phil (David Caruso), Mike (Stephen Gevedon) and Jeff (Brendan Sexton III), as they set about removing asbestos from the property. With both early 2000’s film staple Josh Lucas and CSI legend David Caruso on the cast, quite how Session 9 has flown under the radar for so long is almost as bemusing as the puzzle at the heart of the plot.

The entire crew were just Gordon's other personalities.Originally released back in 2001, Session 9 has steadily been building up its audience over the last twenty years and although initially overlooked by many (this writer included) this Second Sight Films release may be just the thing to push the film to a wider audience.

Simon saying that he preys on people who are "weak and wounded" is literal, as both Gordon and Mary were literally wounded before meeting Simon.

Gordon placed the trail of coins on the floor.

The homeless woman from the alternate ending is actually Mary Hobbes.

Mary Hobbes is one of Gordon's personalities.

Gordon used to be a patient at the Danvers hospital.

Gordon was a personality of Mary Hobbes.

"Simon" is the personification of the darkness inside ourselves.She also points out that the deleted scenes included on the DVD help fill out the narrative. In reviewing the film for the 2003 edition of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Ellen Datlow contends that "Simon" is not necessarily an alternate personality of the former patient Mary, but rather a malignant genius loci or demon that targets weak and worried people.While not a financial success, Session 9 is considered a cult film, and many fan theories and interpretations of the film have developed. The film takes place in and around the Danvers State Mental Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts. The plot focuses on the growing tension within an asbestos removal crew working at an abandoned mental asylum, which is paralleled by the gradual revelation of a former patient's disturbed past through recorded audio tapes of the patient's hypnotherapy sessions. It premiered at the Fantasia Festival in July, 2001, and stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas and Brendan Sexton III. Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film, directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon.