Session 9

Cast View all

	David Caruso	Phil
	Stephen Gevedon	Mike
	Paul Guilfoyle	Bill Griggs
	Josh Lucas	Hank
	Peter Mullan	Gordon Fleming
	Brendan Sexton III	Jeff
	Charley Broderick	Security Guard
	Lonnie Farmer	Doctor
	Larry Fessenden	Craig McManus
	Jurian Hughes	Mary Hobbes
	Sheila Stasack	Wendy
	Linda Carmichael	Wendy
	Sean Daly	Vision

Crew View all

Director	Brad Anderson
Writer	Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon
Producer	Dorothy Aufiero, David Collins, Mark Donadio, John Sloss, Michael Williams
Musician	Climax Golden Twins
Photography	Uta Briesewitz

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Story Synopsis:
Grand, imposing, abandoned, and deteriorating, Danvers State Mental Hospital has been closed down for 15 years. Residents of the sleepy Massachusetts town steer clear of the creepy place, but it is about to receive five new visitors. Given just one week to finish a dangerous asbestos removal project, a five-man crew ventures into the eerily vast and vacant spaces and corridors of the hospital. As the week rolls on, the crew is drawn deeper into the mysteries that surround the asylum-rampant patient abuse, medieval medical procedures, and rumors of demonic possession. The longer they struggle under the grueling pressure of their job, the more likely it seems that one of them will crack and the awful truth behind the hospital’s secrets will emerge. “Session 9” is a psychologically chilling adventure. (Suzanne Hodges)


DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits very satisfying image quality, which was sourced from high-definition 1080/24p video. Images are sharp and nicely detailed, with well-balanced contrast and shadow delineation. Detail and clarity can be dead-on, while other times appearing a bit smeared. Exterior hues can be vibrant and nicely balanced, and the ambient color in the darker scenes really helps to develop the mood of a scene. Other scenes can appear unnaturally saturated and somewhat muddy. Unfortunately, edge enhancement can be a very distracting problem. (Suzanne Hodges)


Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital soundtrack is credited as “Dolby Digital Stereo,” usually meaning 2.0 audio with no matrix decoding. However, this soundtrack is intended to be played back with Dolby Surround decoding. The audio is characteristically screen channel-balanced, with subtle to moderate engagement in terms of surround envelopment. The dialogue sounds nicely reproduced with voices having reasonably natural tonality and sounding integrated with the visuals. The low-end is expectedly reserved, yet is adequate. The music’s spatial character serves quite nicely for the film’s storytelling. (Perry Sun)

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