![]() ![]() They scoured the buildings for objects to populate the room.ġ4. The library room where Mike listens to the session tapes was actually a coffee room for the hospital staff. Anderson believes this was the first film shot on HD 24p.ġ3. “We had in mind from the get-go this movie was gonna be a movie that took its time.” They weren’t interested in making an “MTV-style horror movie.”ġ2. Audiences felt it went on too long, but happily Anderson ignored their requests. Test screenings resulted in strong suggestions to cut down the scene where Mike (Gevedon) tells the Satanic repression story. Anderson showed Mullan the brief shot of the spider attacking the insect in its web and told the actor that it defined his character’s path.ġ1. The guard’s exposition regarding the hospital’s closing was based on the real scandals and issues that led the hospital to close its doors for good.ġ0. It’s a hairpiece, and he initially removed it after shooting but eventually grew tired of the process and just kept it attached throughout production.ĩ. Brendan Sexton III, who plays Jeff, was “wary of the mullet” his character sported. “He does sometimes do that Scottish slurring of words.”Ĩ. Anderson was worried about Mullan’s Scottish accent, but happily few people seemed to see it as an issue. “What I was trying to go for here was this sort of creepy, sort of juxtaposition of images that represent happiness and joy with images of abject poverty, sadness, and tragedy, as a way to sort of allude to split personalities.”ħ. The clippings and images taped to the inmate’s wall were based on what they actually found on some of the walls as well as what they were told constituted some kind of art therapy. The idea at play here is that “if you’re prone or susceptible to a kind of madness then this place, this building which is so haunting, will somehow allow those demons to come in.”Ħ. There really was “asbestos, mildew, and toxic substances” throughout the hospital that added to the occasionally difficult shoot.ĥ. There’s actually at least two exceptions to this including a brief shot later in the film of Phil (Caruso) at a bar back in town and the short scenes in front of Gordon’s (Mullan) house.Ĥ. The entire film was shot in and on the grounds of the abandoned Danvers hospital including a handful of sets they built on the property. ![]() The former seems to encourage sympathy while the latter gives off a “more menacing” vibe.ģ. ![]() The casting of Peter Mullan and David Caruso was meant to show two men at contrast with each other. The opening image of the wheelchair with restraints in the empty hall was the first to come to Anderson’s mind while writing the script.Ģ. Session 9 (2001)Ĭommentators: Brad Anderson (director/co-writer), Stephen Gevodon (co-writer/actor)ġ. Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary for Session 9. ![]() The film is hitting Blu-ray from Scream Factory next week, and along with an improved picture and some new interviews the disc recycles a previously available commentary track. A terrifically creepy descent into supernatural-infused madness, the movie’s greatest strength is the atmosphere created by the location itself ‐ an abandoned mental hospital with beautiful architecture masking the ugliness within. Brad Anderson’s Session 9 has developed a healthy following since its premiere at the start of the new millennium, and its deserving of that ever-growing acclaim. ![]()
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