Session 9
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| Directed by | Brad Anderson |
| Produced by | John Sloss Dorothy Aufiero David Collins Michael Williams |
| Written by | Brad Anderson Stephen Gevedon |
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David Caruso Peter Mullan Stephen Gevedon Paul Guilfoyle Josh Lucas Brendan Sexton III |
| Music by | Climax Golden Twins |
| Cinematography | Uta Briesewitz |
| Edited by | Brad Anderson |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,612,259 |
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| Soundtrack album by Climax Golden Twins | |
| Released | August 21, 2001 |
| Genre | Ambient, dark ambient |
| Length | 50:50 |
| Label | Milan |
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Session 9 is a 2001 American independent psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon. The film stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, and Brendan Sexton III as an asbestos abatement crew who begin to experience growing tensions while working in an abandoned mental asylum, which is paralleled by the gradual revelation of a former patient's disturbed past through recorded audio tapes of the patient's hypnotherapy sessions.
The film takes place in and around the Danvers State Mental Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts, which was partially demolished five years after the film was made. While the film was not a financial success, Session 9 was moderately well-received critically and is considered a cult film.
Gordon Fleming is the owner of a small asbestos removal company. The stresses of work and being a new father are causing problems between him and his wife, Wendy. He is in a desperate financial bind and makes a bid to remove asbestos from the Danvers State Hospital, closed fifteen years ago, within one week. His team consists of Mike, a law school dropout who is knowledgeable about the asylum's history; Phil, who is filled with bitterness after losing his girlfriend and finds solace in smoking marijuana; Hank, whom Phil lost his girlfriend to; and Jeff, Gordon's nephew, who suffers from severe nyctophobia. As Phil congratulates Gordon with his newborn daughter, Gordon tells him that he loves both his wife and his daughter to bits, but that he is just so tired. The new baby keeps him up at night.
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