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It's understandable if you don't get a shiver down your spine when you hear the name Danvers unless you're a fan of abandoned insane asylums, horror movies, or H.P. Lovecraft. But if you've caught the criminally underseen Session 9, which was written and directed by Brad Anderson, you'll know an apartment at the newly renovated Avalon Advantage in Danvers is not the hottest property investment on the market.
Session 9 is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen, and it boasts a fine performance from David Caruso as well, with nary a pair of sunglasses in sight. And, most pantswettingly, it was actually filmed on location in the Danvers State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Danvers, MA. (Anderson also wrote and directed the equally excellent and underseen Transsiberian.)
As per the wonderful website Atlas Obscura, "While it was built with a surprisingly caring and modern attitude toward the mentally ill, by the 1930's the site was crowded, falling into disrepair, and was using shock therapies and lobotomies on a regular basis. The addition of criminals, alcoholics, and the mentally retarded to the overcrowded hospital made it very difficult for the hospital to help cure any of its mental patients. The hospital was shut down in 1992."
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6-26-2009 @ 5:53PM
Mr.R said...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for using IMDB!
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6-26-2009 @ 6:53PM
FluXulF said...
My words exactly... I'm so sick of links to that crappy MovieFone...
Tho' I guess it's contractual or something like that since "Cinematical is a member of the Weblogs, Inc. Network" which is owned by AOL just like MovieFone.
If that ain't the reason for the constant linking to MovieFone (a site without any actual information) when IMDB (THE infosite of choice for any moviefreak) exists I don't know why anyone would link to MovieFone!? :o
6-26-2009 @ 6:53PM
Philpott said...
What a wonderful film. Discovered it i believe when Dark Horizons was covering it's production or finished product. Either way, love it and would never in my effing life live in Danvers Correctional Institution
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