Session 9 (2001)
6/10
A Tale of Insanity
23 November 2013
The owner of a small asbestos abatement company, Gordon Fleming (Peter Mullan), needs to work and accepts to remove the asbestos of the abandoned Danvers State Hospital, a mental institution that is closed since 1985 in one week. He has a baby girl and has some personal problems with his wife Wendy, calling her on his cellular. Gordon and his partner Phil (David Caruso) need to bring more workers to accomplish the schedule, and Hank (Josh Lucas), Mike (Stephen Gevedon) and Jeff (Brendan Sexton III) join the team. Phil does not like Hank that has stolen his girlfriend; Mike is a law school dropout; and Jeff has fear of the darkness.

Mike finds a sealed box tagged with the word "Evidence" and when he opens, he finds nine taped sessions of the patient Mary Hobbes that had multiple personalities (The Princess, Billy and Simon). Mike listens to the tapes and none of the personalities wants to talk about Simon. However, in Session 9, Simon finally appears and he discovers that he is evil. Meanwhile Hank finds ancient silver coins and disappears.

"Session 9" is a cult horror movie with a promising premise and environment but also with a confused development. The plot is a tale of insanity only and a kind of "The Shinning" rip-off, but not a supernatural story. It is not clear how the process is triggered in the head of the lunatic and the connection with Simon. My vote is six.

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