IMDb plot summary: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Directed by Brad Anderson. Starring David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, and Paul Guilfoyle.
Session 9 is a creepy, low budget horror about an asbestos cleaning crew who are working on an old abandoned mental institution. Along the way, we get flashes of the creepy stories of the horrors that this place once housed, as well as hints that maybe some of the former inmates are now just walking around out there (not my favorite trope, that setting up a fear of the mentally unstable). Despite teasing that, the way that the story ultimately lands works fairly well for me. The twist is one that you can see coming if you're paying attention, but it does make sense and I think it's filmed and revealed in a very satisfying way, in which even if you could see it coming, even if you knew what you were going to find out, the reveal is actually done in a pretty chilling way. That being said, the low budget absolutely shows, and some of the dialogue is pretty clunky, but it's a valiant effort that works on quite a few levels, if not all of them.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Session 9 > Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Session 9 < Anna Karenina
Session 9 > The Green Mile
Session 9 > Cargo
Session 9 < 13th
Session 9 > sex, lies, and videotape
Session 9 > The Hudsucker Proxy
Session 9 < How to Steal a Million
Session 9 > Kursk
Session 9 < Willy's Wonderland
Session 9 < The River Wild
Session 9 > Gandhi
Final spot: #1047 out of 3652, or 71%.
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