Talk:Session 9

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Just the best dang psych/horror/thriller to come out in a loooong time! Anderson, make us proud with "The Crazies"!-jorgekluney

Well, scratch that, guess he's not working on "The Crazies" anymore. *grumble*-jorgekluney

In Session 9, Gordon is suffering from legitimate mental illness(es) but he also becomes possessed by a demon. The demon is the same entity who possessed the young woman that we hear on the audio recordings, and this entity is the force that coerced the young woman into murdering her brother and parents.. just as it coerces Gordon into murdering his colleagues and family. The young woman on the tapes does suffer from Multiple Personality Disorder and that accounts for two of her alternative personalities.. but the third personality we see manifest through her is actually the possessing demon. Dirk Diggler Jnr 21:37, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's really no evidence that there was a demon involved at all. But the movie is intentionally open-ended about that. Is Gordon possessed? Or is he merely affected by the place itself, and has lost it? That's part of the appeal of the film, is that it's possible to debate stuff like that.--MythicFox 09:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The film almost heavy-handedly supplies evidence to the fact that Gordon is suffering from MPD. The use of the "Simon" voice of Mary Hobbes' personality wasn't likely intended to imply that the same "entity" was inside of Gordon. It does seem like an easy way out to give voice to Gordon's own MPD problem without actually spoiling it early on or stretching it further into the film for unnecessary length of story. My personal standpoint is that it isn't the same personality of Mary's, especially given that hers had a specific name, but it is the same type of violent personality that any individual is prone to when they are in a dissociative or emotionally/physically traumatized state.71.156.91.239 07:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The opening para says that Danvers is a National Historic Landmark. How can this be if it was torn down? Teflon Don 01:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was originally going to edit the 'landmark' bit out to reflect that, but from doing some quick checking it's implied that it is possible to demolish a place on the National Registry as long as it's properly documented. Someone should check on this.--MythicFox 09:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed link to Historical Landmark

It appears that Danvers State Historical Landmark status could not save the historical building from being sold and torn down to make way for real-estate development. Since this is the case, I removed the historical landmark link from the Session 9 information. It is a shame that greed is more important to some than preserving our history. A country without a past is a nation without a future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danvers_State_Hospital

http://www.danversstateinsaneasylum.com/home.html

http://www.noblenet.org/danvers/pildsh.html

http://ramseursdanversstatehosp.com/

Removing link to Pavilion review

I'm removing this link, as it's a lousy film review. (And take a closer look at the website it's on, especially the Glossary. It's not endorsing plain vanilla Healthy multiplicity. If you think several aliens from another dimension are sharing your head with you, then Goddamnit, Pavilion supports your right to believe that.)