PodBill Just what I expected

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

briandsutton-13337 I've looked through the reviews and it seems like the that didn't fully understand the movie were the ones that gave it bad reviews. Even from some of the so called professional critics the case remained the same. People either really love it or really hate it. From the words of someone that gave it 1 star they basically accused those that rave about this movie of being in love with movies that they don't understand but clearly from his review it was him that didn't understand. I personally love everything about it. I found the characters relatable and therefore believeable. The setting is incredible as well as music and sounds giving it a super creepy atmosphere . As far as what's going on that a lot of poor reviewers couldn't quite put together i will explain. This where the major spoilers begin so stop reading if you don't want to know. -This is a movie about possession, insanity and mystery. When the owner of the company walks through the building for the first time you here a voice come in that says to him "hello Gordan". As the movie goes on and you get to know the characters stories and murders start taking place you begin to question 3 of the main characters hence it being a mystery. The bosses top guy had his girlfriend stolen from one of the other crew members and has plenty of motive as well as a lot of suspicious behavior. Then there's the law school dropout that becomes obsessed with listening to the sessions of one of the old patients recordings. He at times has motives because he's going back after hours to listen to the recordings and because one of the crew members has a instrument stabbed into his eye in a manner that he had demonstrated in front of everyone. In the end it's revealed that it is the boss that is responsible for the murders but you still question because he's seeing things as he's battling insanity over the actions he has done. The sessions recordings however reveal at the end of the movie that the same voice that represents the part of the old patients personality is the same voice that speaks ito Gordan at the beginning of the film. It's the same voice that says "do it Gordon" before he kills his wife. More on that when he returns home after landing the job he has a bag full of groceries which contain flowers, peanut butter and Oreos. You see the flowers with blood on them placed in the insane asylum, you see the peanut butter jar in the hall in the basement and the Oreos in his truck. It's evident from the beginning and throughout the movie that he was possessed, killed his wife along with all the other crew members but because he has the highest past integrity of the crew as well as with the other crew members motives you question if it's not him. The possession being responsible for the murders leads him to insanity much as it did Mary, the lady from the recording sessions. Perhaps that's not some people's cup of tea but possessions are a supernatural sort of thing that seems could be real as from some of my life experiences. So with my appreciation for psychological thrillers and the mood and feel of this I give it a 10 for how much it creeps me out. I can understand if that's not your thing though.

jtindahouse Every time I completely lose faith in the horror genre I go and look up an old classic that I've missed along the way and watch it to revitalise my love of the genre. I had heard a lot of good things about 'Session 9' for a while now, and also being a fan of David Caruso, thought I'd better check it out. I'm certainly glad I did. It was a little different to what I expected. I had expected supernatural and a lot of it filmed at nighttime. I was surprised to find no supernatural element and 95% of the film taking place during the day - albeit often in dark underground tunnels.I loved the mystery element of it all. The film is obviously called 'Session 9' and quite early on we are introduced to a tape titled 'Session 1' and shown that there are tapes right up to 9. Straight away this has us in a state of needing to know what's on that final tape that was worth naming the film after. Secondly, everything's clearly not as it seems with these characters. Things are happening off screen that could very easily have been used for gory horror on screen, heavily implying that we aren't supposed to know exactly what is going on yet. All this leads to a fun experience for the viewer.The film is undoubtedly very tense throughout, and especially in the final 30 minutes as we draw towards the conclusion. The building they used to film it in was an exceptional choice. It was eerie, creepy and really sold the product perfectly. The acting was pretty good by horror movie standards. Caruso was his usual brilliant self, and the others held their own well enough. Altogether it's a very fine horror movie that I'm disappointed it took me so long to get around to seeing.

Selena-Kyle There are two kinds of horror movies.One, the ones that need to rely on gore to get a reaction from an audience. The other, the kind that requires a brain in order to process the fear-inducing story. I think the one that requires a brain is the best kind because there is no limit to what the mind can make you feel, and when done right, the second kind of movie will take you to heights of horror and suspense that the first kind of movie can only aspire to.This movie, Session 9, falls in the category of the second kind and that is apparent by the number of people who have chosen to rate it based on their limited taste for just gore, with no substance.So, in closing I won't go into what happens in the movie, because that is the fun, but will simply say that if you are looking for a chop-'em- up, blood squirting in your face slasher flick, this isn't it. If you are looking for a suspenseful little flick that builds the creep and fear factor, enjoy.If you are a connoisseur of FEELING a movie, you will hopefully be back to rate it accordingly.

Irishchatter Don't get me wrong, I honestly love how movies can be set in an abandoned mental asylum but I didn't think this movie was working around it enough. I would rather if the storyline wasn't too slow so that we could be able to see the past and being able to scare the living daylights out of the men!I also didn't like the guys attitude on how they were saying that the patients were "a bunch of loonies" or "just nuts". Any patient who was in a mental institution had either a disability or just Mental health, it just made me annoyed and shocked that they could get away of making fun of those poor innocent people being treated completely poorly! I really just thought this movie was rather lazy, boring and a bit unflattering!