Review #260: Session 9 (2001)
This review was originally written in October 2023. Gabe's Horror Movie October Review #14 - Session 9 (2001) I had never seen Session 9 before, but I feel like I've noticed it mentioned in a lot of places (lists of best horror movies, lists of influential horror movies, etc.) so I was pretty excited to watch this one. Overall I think it was pretty good but I'm not 100% sure I understand it (or maybe I was just expecting something more than I got). In fact I spent most of the movie not very impressed, until I reached a significant twist near the end that was actually really good, and elevated the rest of the film a bit. I think there's going to be mild spoilers ahead; in order to make some of the points I want to make, I'm going to refer to a certain character as "Dude" in order to hide the twist of who they actually are. So, Session 9 follows an asbestos cleaning crew that gets hired to remove the asbestos from an old insane asylum. The owner, Gordon, sec...