One of the most unsettling, atmospheric, and underrated horror films of the early aughts, Session 9, turns 25 this year, and Mass Mini Con is celebrating accordingly with a special 25th anniversary screening.
The 25th anniversary screening is FREE with Mass Mini Con admission and features a Q&A with writer/director Brad Anderson and writer/actor Stephen Gevedon, presented by Mass Mini Con and Contra Celluloid.
Mass Mini Con, a 2-day event celebrating the best in pop culture art, collectibles and physical media, commences September 12-13 this year at the Yawkey Theater, located at 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA.
That’s not terribly far from where Session 9 was filmed.
Anderson said in a statement, “I’m thrilled to be screening Session 9 in my old stomping ground, Boston. My career as a filmmaker started there back in the ’90s, where I worked concessions at the Brattle Theater, was an editing assistant at WGBH, and eventually made my first film, Next Stop Wonderland, a romantic comedy. Session 9 was a u-turn for me to a ‘darker‘ place. My old college friend Steve Gevedon and I, frustrated by mainstream horror, wanted to tell a story that was genuinely chilling and unsettling.“
“We think Session 9 still resonates today because the place we filmed it was REAL – Danvers State Mental Hospital, North of Boston,” he continues. “The sinister stories that inspired the film came from actual ones we heard about Danvers. The crew and cast (of which Steve was one) were genuinely spooked by the place, and we think that may have left its mark too. Danvers Mental Hospital was torn down years ago, but some spirits just won’t let you go. Session 9, a story of ghosts and possession, and a dark testament to a world forgotten by time, still lives up to its tagline: ‘Fear is a Place‘.”
That tagline is front and center of a stunning new limited edition 19×24 screen printed poster by artist Daniel Danger that will be available at the event as well, further making this a “can’t miss” event for fans.
The 2001 gem follows a hazardous materials crew hired to clear out an abandoned mental asylum with a dark history. The job seems simple, but as they begin their work, strange discoveries and buried secrets begin to surface. The asylum’s walls whisper with the echoes of the past, and the crew members start to unravel—one by one.
As tensions rise and paranoia takes hold, the question remains: Is the horror inside the asylum a product of their own minds, or is something far more sinister at play?
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