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Sexton III injects a freshness and innocence into the tough, experienced group.Īnderson knows how to build tension. Mullan projects just the right amount of confusion to make us wonder if Phil's concerns are valid and an air of sadness that matches the gloom of his surroundings. The cast all turn in good performances, with Caruso being the standout as a serious crew chief trying to keeping things pulled together.

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'The Texas Chainsaw' gets a nod via the prominence of a loud, belching generator and a bloody hand print on a van's exterior. While the name Hazmat surely refers to hazardous materials, its sinister sound is mighty similar to 'Blair Witch's' production company, Haxan Entertainment. Characters meet their fates in much the same style as Blair Witch (camera blackouts) and one is even found facing the corner.

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The film's look is more akin to 'The Blair Witch Project' as shot by a professional (cinematographer Uta Briesewitz uses the 24P HD camera - widescreen digital video that apes the frames per second of film and captures every dust mote, paint peel and ray of light). A central figure is a father with job pressures who can hear the voices of the past. 'Session 9' strongly resembles 'The Shining' as each passing day is announced by title card that precedes aerial shots of a forbidding and abandoned old building with a dark history. Jeff's forced to face his fears replacing a fuse in a darkened room. Mike listens as Mary Hobbes takes on one persona after another. Phil begins to speak to Mike about Gordon's state of mind.

Gordon visits the hospital cemetery to make private phone calls to his wife. Hank returns at night to recoup the treasure and doesn't return to the job the next day. Mike, whose uncle was a DA during a satanic ritual abuse case with one of the hospital's patients, knows the history of the place and delights in regaling his coworkers with tales of horrific abuse and botched lobotomies (based on actual stories from Danvers State).Īs Mike listens to tapes, Hank discovers a load of silver coins and other treasures hidden behind a brick wall in a basement corridor (we're made privy to the other side of that wall where an unsavory looking medical lab still stands). Mike (Gevedon) is a failed law student who immediately gets drawn into the records and patient histories he finds in the basement, especially the taped nine sessions of split personality Mary Hobbes. Hank also rides Jeff (Brendan Sexton III, 'Welcome to the Dollhouse'), Gordon's neophyte nephew who's afraid of the dark. Phil begins to doubt his boss's judgement, particularly concerning Gordon's loyalty to crew member Hank (Josh Lucas, 'You Can Count On Me'), who stole Phil's girlfriend and continues to needle him about it. We know Gordon is under a lot of pressure, not only because of his shaky business and some hinted-at problems at home with his beloved wife and new baby, but because he hears an eerie voice on his first visit to the site. He and cowriter/star Stephen Gevedon have fashioned an homage to Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,' with the modern feel of 'The Blair Witch Project.' The film loses its tense grip at its climax, when the titular Session 9 is revealed, but it provides an intensely nerve racking ride getting there. Brad Anderson, whose last film, 'Next Stop Wonderland' was also shot in the Boston area, has found a magnificent location in Massachusetts' Danvers State Mental Hospital.