Session 9 (2001, USA) C-100m. SCOPE ***½ D: Brad Anderson. Starring David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III. Creepy psycho drama set in a long-abandoned insane asylum, which was once self-contained and remains an impressive edifice, where five men sign up to do asbestos removal work. There's tension among the men from the start, and the eerie location is sure to bring out their inner demons. Then one of the men discovers interview tapes (=sessions) with a schizophrenic patient. Not a horror film per se, this is actually quite real and authentic and has a lot of day-time scenes, but creates an oppressive sense of horror in you nevertheless. A rough diamond of a movie that will stay with you for a long time. Mullan's performance is excellent. Director Anderson, who cowrote the picture with costar Gevedon and also edited it, followed this with the equally fascinating THE MACHINIST (2004).