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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0696306031536
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Polygram USA Video
Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram USA Video
Release Date: February 26, 2002
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 53210
Studio: Polygram USA Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Few things are more sure-fire creepy than huge abandoned buildings, and Session 9 has one of the eeriest buildings you've ever seen. A hazardous-materials-cleanup company has been hired to eliminate asbestos tiles and other toxic material from a gigantic mental hospital that had been shut down in the 1980s. But as one member of the team starts to nose into old files in the office, he uncovers a series of tape recordings of psychiatric sessions--nine of them--related to a notorious sexual abuse case. Soon, toxic materials and dark spirits start to merge. Like The Blair Witch Project (and most horror movies, really), Session 9 is longer on atmosphere and dream logic than story--but the atmosphere is effectively unsettling. A strong cast (including Peter Mullan, David Caruso, and Brendan Sexton III) do an effective job of slowly cracking under stress and evil influences. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I live in the weak and the wounded.....
Creepy, well written, wonderfully acted and intense. This is the one thing (book, music, film, etc.) that EVERYONE enjoys when I recommend it. NO ONE has ever said "eh, it was alright"..... I'd smack then if they did! For an antagonist with no tangible screen time and few lines, Simon is extrememly unsettling and frightening. LOVE this movie.
Rating: - 4.5 "I Live in the Weak and the Wounded".
'Session 9' is a 2002 movie directed by Brad Anderson based on a screenplay by Stephen Gevedon(who also plays Mike). It stars Peter Mullen, David Caruso, Josh Lucas, and Brandan Sexton III.
After a short, but very erie intro, we are introduced to Gordon(Mullen), an owner of a small hasmat asbestos removal company. As the sound fades in we here Gordon's second in command Phil(Caruso)speaking about how worn out Gordon looks, as well as the job they are currently bidding on. They have come ... Read More
Rating: - When the soul becomes toxic
"Session 9" is a complex and very tense horror movie annex psychological drama, that will still haunt you long after it has finished, at least that's what it did to me. The story plays itself out on multiple levels and can be interpreted in as many ways, making it interesting material to discuss subjects ranging from MPS to possession.
"Session 9" is that kind of movie that slowly crawls under your skin and increasingly gives you a feeling of unease and tension, that most horror movies today unfortunately ... Read More
Rating: - Finally!!! A REAL horror film!!!!!
By and large, they really don't make horror movies any more. What, you might say? That's right, they don't. Rob Zombie once lamented that there were good horror movies in the 1930s, and then again in the 1970s, but not today. Well, there were also good horror movies in the 50s, 60s and 80s, but no, not today. Today we don't have horror movies, we have startle movies; we have "made you jump" movies. That's not horror. (Compare the standard fare today to Kubrick's The Shining, Medak's The Changeling, Wise's The ... Read More
Rating:  - An obscure movie that everyone seems to love...except for me
When a group of workman are hired to remove asbestos from an old mental hospital, one of them stumbles across a collection of old audio tapes - interviews between a psychiatrist and woman with multiple personalities, one of whom is a killer who might be back and killing again.
"Session 9" is an odd film in that virtually no one has heard of it, but almost everyone who has sings its praises. After seeing it recommended for the third time online, I finally decided that I should probably watch it. Although ... Read More
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