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Session 9 is a 2001 American independent psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon. The film stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas and Brendan Sexton III as an asbestos abatement crew who begin to experience growing tensions while working in an abandoned mental asylum, which is paralleled by the gradual revelation of a former patient's disturbed past through recorded audio tapes of the patient's hypnotherapy sessions.
The film takes place in and around the Danvers State Mental Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts, which was partially demolished five years after the film was made. While the film was not a financial success, Session 9 was moderately well-received critically and is considered a cult film.
Gordon Fleming is the owner of a small asbestos removal company. The stresses of work and being a new father are causing problems between him and his wife, Wendy. He is in a desperate financial bind and makes a bid to remove asbestos from the Danvers State Hospital, closed fifteen years ago, within one week. His team consists of Mike, a law school dropout who is knowledgeable about the asylum's history; Phil, who is filled with bitterness after losing his girlfriend and finds solace in smoking marijuana; Hank, whom Phil lost his girlfriend to; and Jeff, Gordon's nephew, who suffers from severe nyctophobia.
Show me how to stay awake
'Cause I want to feel you close
Take a walk and think for me
And tell me who to be
Let me hold your hand again
'Cause you must be shaking
Staring at each others eyes
And we can't go on
You're moving on and on and on
You're moving on and on and on
'Cause this time you're on your own
And I know you need it
Change your world around
And I know you need it
Leave your past behind
And I know you need it
Give yourself away
And I know you need it
Let them all have a seat
I'll be standing in vain
Hoping you'd understand
Nothing matters but you
Tell me how it use to be
'Cause it seems to fade away
Take a walk and think of me
And show me who you'll be
Promise me you'll stay a while
And I don't want to lose you
Thinking of what we once had
But we can't go back
You're moving on and on and on
You're moving on and on and on
'Cause this time you're on your own
And I know you need it
Change your world around
And I know you need it
Leave your past behind
And I know you need it
Give yourself away
And I know you need it
Let them all have a seat
I'll be standing in vain
Hoping you'd understand