# Session 9 (2001)

> An asbestos-removal crew’s routine job inside an abandoned asylum becomes a pressure cooker of personal resentment, psychological disintegration, and uncertain evil.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6004

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Drama
- Director: Brad Anderson
- Cast: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III, Paul Guilfoyle, Larry Fessenden, Charley Broderick
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, paranoid, oppressive, late night horror viewing, rainy day

## Movies like Session 9

- [Stonehearst Asylum (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/120909)
- [The Ward (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/30211)
- [The Machinist (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/2631)
- [Asylum Blackout (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/66458)
- [Clinical (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/292195)
- [The Super (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/315843)
- [Jacob's Ladder (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/1610)
- [Surveillance (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/5945)
- [Sublime (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/4941)
- [Infirmary (2026)](https://ember.film/movie/7542181)

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