Session 9 (2001)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Aug 10, 2001
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Danvers State Mental Hospital, closed down for fifteen years, is about to receive five new visitors. Gordon Fleming, the man who owns and operates the Hazmat Elimination Co, badly needs to win a contract to remove asbestos from the hospital. To seal the deal, Gordon unwisely promises that he and his crew can complete the massive job in only one week. Hazmat gets the gig and the following Monday their dangerous work begins. As the work week continues, the crew is drawn deeper into the mysteries that surround the asylum: rampant patient abuse, medieval medical procedures, and rumors of demonic possession. The hospital holds many dark secrets but then, so do each of the men. The longer they struggle under the grueling pressure of their job, the more likely it seems that one of them will crack. The question is, which one will it be?
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Phil Cronenberg
Mike King
Bill Griggs
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Gordon Fleming
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Craig McManus
of Mary Hobbes
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August 17, 2001
Session 9, a spine-tingler directed with fierce finesse by Brad Anderson, puts an asbestos-removal crew (Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III) into an abandoned asylum and lets the scares rip without mercy.

PETER TRAVERS
(RS 877 - Aug. 31, 2001)

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Had enough of trashy slasher pics with killer teens who toss off glib one-liners as they stab their friends while grooving to a Limp Bizkit tune? You're not the only one. Indie director Brad Anderson (Next Stop Wonderland) prefers doling out a healthy share of dread and menace for your psyche to digest, rather than employing a high schooler in a fright mask and black cloak to jolt you onto the edge of your seat. Some particularly standout scenes take place well after you've gotten the idea that… Continued