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Summary: Outstanding Horror Film
Review: This is one of the best horror movies I have seen in along time. It was creepy and scary without the heavy metal soundtrack and tons of blood! The idea of 5 guys working lone in this crumbling old asylum was great, my hat is off to Stephen Gevedon (Mike) and Brad Anderson for making such a truly scary movie. It was very distrubing!
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Summary: Danvers State Hospital
Review: I rented this movie because I am from Mass originally and had never heard of Danvers state. I must say some parts are a bit confusing...But all ties together in the end..what I liked mosy about it was the DVD version has Extras, They speak with the actors who actually were very creeped out to work in this place.I think its well worth renting and giving it a whirl...The whole abandoned Mental Hospital is creepy in itself!
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Summary: Session Horrendous
Review: This movie was a waste of time. Not only was the dialogue especially saccharine and canned, the viewer waits, waits, and waits for something to happen which never does, until the very end when the plot attempts to neatly tie in some demonic twist.
It did have potential, and there are some scenes that might make one jump, but overall , it's weak.
I found the acting to be poor as well. David Caruso, honestly, can anyone take him seriously? What a joke!
If you are looking for a cerebral horror movie , this is not it. If you enjoyed "Darkness Falls" or recently graduated from eighth grade or listen to Nu metal, you'll relish this gem.
Other people who possess intelligence, rent "With a friend like Harry", or something by Hitchcock.
Better yet forget this [bad] genre, and teach yourself a life lesson by watching Godfather II.
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Summary: A movie you wont forget.
Review: An abandoned asylum is great as a stage for a scary move. The only thing I have against this movie is that the creepy asylum isn't used more. There are some tunnel scenes that made me hide behind the couch, but not much more. Still, the whole dark atmosphere of the movie is great. The characters are not your standard guys labeled Bad or Good, but just a bunch of normal people. This fact alone makes this move special from most other [bad] "scary" movies. You also need to do some thinking to appreciate this one, it wont tell you everything straight out. I guess people who enjoys the common hack n slash horror flicks wont enjoy this one much. There are actually no monsters or ghosts here, just humans, which shows to be scary enough....
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Summary: Very Creepy. Very cool.
Review: Session 9 is a smart, dark, chilling feature compared to the otherwise torturous banality found in most horror/thriller films.
To begin, it has a unique plot line; it's a film about an asbestos clean-up crew hired to remove the substance from an abandoned asylum. That is cool enough to get my attention. How many films have you seen about asbestos workers? But it gets better...
The crew has it's various characters, all a bit extreme in one way or another: the mid-life crisis, the dense teenager, the jealous ex-boyfriend...and a few others. These characters set up the tension of the film at the start. You can see they each have some form of conflict and anguish going on in their lives at the start. Which causes them to be a little bit on edge. On top of that, they have to work around this intensely hazardous material on a daily basis. And still further, their current hire is to work in the creepiest place you can think of.The abandoned insane aysylum. It only gets creepier from there. It's full of surprises,and INCREDIBLE cinematogrpahy.It' just a pleasure to absorb using all your senses. The actual location was an old insane asylum. No sets were used. And that is half of what makes the movie as great as it is. If you are fortunate enough to watch the DVD version with all the extras such as commentary, and featurettes, you will learn that the actual location had a serious effect on the actors while they were there. The more you listen to their actual experiences the more the film takes on a new light and may very well make you watch it again with a different perspective. You begin to realise that a lot of the actors didn't have to do much "acting" when they were supposed to be frightened in their scenes and that has such an amazing effect on the film. I found it to be so much more entertaining to watch a film where the actors were just as creeped out as the audience. That gave it a realism most films will never have. It's over-all just the most pleasure you can derive from being freaked out!
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Summary: One of the Worst Movies I've ever seen...
Review: From start to finish, I really could not stand this movie. It was amazingly predictable and the acting was horrible. I was never a big David Caruso fan before, but this movie made me like him that much less. A shoddy performance in a shoddy film to be sure. This movie had a good idea and concept, but it didn't try hard enough. I don't get where the Blair Witch comparison comes in...maybe it was a marketing scheme. All in all, a general waste of time. When the closing credits started to roll, I yearned to have the previous hour and a half of my life back.
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Summary: Scariest horror film since The Shining
Review: I think many people giving this movie a bad review didn't understand the concept of it. The TRUE horror of this film is what can happen to a person when things in their life start to go bad. The setting takes place in real-life abandoned insane asylum, and the director makes good use of dark corners and shadows, giving the film a VERY creepy feel. The acting is above average for an indie film and it is well scripted. The story starts out slow as you learn about each of the five main characters in the film. As the film progresses, you're given subtle clues about the life of the lead character, Gordon. There is a sub-plot that eventually ties the lead character to a person that was once a patient at the asylum. The ending of Session 9 is a little confusing at first, and makes you really think hard about what happened when it's all said and done. The ending of the film will definitely send chills up your spine! Overall this movie is one of the best psychological horror films ever made. The abandoned insane asylum is merely used as the sixth character, scaring you as you learn about its dark past throughout the film. This movie is not about ghosts floating around the insane asylum (although they MAY exist), but rather our own personal demons that can, at some point, take over our lives without us ever knowing. The setting just makes the film that much creepier because of the terrible things that went on in there. I highly recommend this DVD to any horror movie fan that is looking for something completely different, and that will leave them thinking about it long after they're done watching it. EXCELLENT film!
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Summary: Hello Doc
Review: I love this movie. I'm a Massachusetts native and live just a few miles from Danvers State Hospital (and just down the street from Gordon's house in the movie), and know (and I have tried) that it is almost impossible to get up on to hospital grounds, so when i found out about this movie i was exstatic. I immediately fell in love with this movie, and so did all my friends who know call me Mary...I would suggest this movie to anyone who likes a good psych thriller or just wants to see something different.
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Summary: Session 9 - A Cautionary Tale
Review: Beyond it's initial shock factor and delightful creepiness, Session 9 offers, in it's final words, a lesson. Though not readily apparent, the 'darkness' preying on weak and the wounded conjures up for me the Jungian spectre of accepting the shadow-side of our personality before it eclipses the rest of it's host. Session 9, with it's characters who exsist in bitter denial of their own natures, is not only a well done movie- but well worth watching again.
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Summary: Session 9 is CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!
Review: The story starts out slow but it describes the plot and the problems some of the characters have. Paying attention to all aspects and dialogue in this movie is imperative, but aside from the (GREAT but) wacky setting there is a story running parallel with Session 9. The story describes the life of one of the mental hospital patients, which has Schizophrenia and the very rare Multiple Personality Disorder. Well you should see it for yourself; this truly is a GREAT FLICK!
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