Session 9
(2001)
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The Danvers State Mental Hospital closed down fifteen years ago. Now there's five strangers from the Elimination Company to clean it up. The hospital holds many secrets from its evil past... |
Brilliantly scripted, atmospherically chilling and seat-edged suspenseful right up to its masterful shock ending, this hard-hitting psychological horror concerns a group of workers hired to clear an abandoned insane asylum of asbestos in one week. As the crew, all harboring dark secrets of their own, is drawn deeper into the mysteries surrounding the imposing building — patient abuse, medieval medical procedures and demonic possession rumours — the grueling pressures mount to complete their assignment. Soon an awful truth emerges, triggered by playing a case history tape marked “Session 9”, and someone cracks under the murderous strain. Evocatively shot on High Definition Digital Video and graced by superb ensemble performances, especially from Peter Mullan and Josh Lucas, director Brad Anderson's cautionary tale of psyche-infection is a stunning success on every character-driven, grimly realistic and spine-tingling front.