Review of Session 9 (2001) by Angelina C — 11 Mar 2010
One of the very few movies to scare me. I would not think it has much to do with the spooky looking places with a bad history, I'm not impressed by 'mental hospital haunted by the souls of inmates/patients.
' The sound design is the key element of horror for me. The story involves one of the asbestos-removal specialists finding a set of taped recordings of schizophrenic therapy sessions (hence 'Session 9').
And it is these recordings that got to me. It may be something else for others. Also the specifically mentioned medical surgery that becomes a story device stayed with me for weeks, making me almost sick.
Reading about what doctors used to do to schizophrenics is... horrifying. This movie very effectively uses the sound, the past, and visual techniques to make a truly scary movie with very little. And it was shot on a special camcorder which definitely adds that 'spooky home video' look.
This review of Session 9 (2001) was written by Angelina C on 11 Mar 2010.
Session 9 has generally received positive reviews.
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