Session 9

[laurenthemself]

I have a question for everyone here, about a movie I recently picked up in my local DVD shop's bargain bin. It's called Session 9, and it includes a character who appears to have some sort of dissociative identity.



In short, the movie's about an asbestos removal team at an condemned mental hospital. One of them finds old tapes with session numbers (hence the title), of a psychiatrist talking to a woman (Mary Hobbes) and her alters (Wendy, a young girl; Simon, who doesn't appear until session 9; and there was another alter whose name I cannot recall, it's not listed on the IMDB)

The character in question (Gordon) -- it's a long story, but what I think has happened is that he has picked up someone else's alter (apologies if I use incorrect terminology) as a kind of walk-in. This personality is a killer. But he (the killer is referred to as 'Simon') is, according to the tapes, an alter of Mary Hobbes. It turns out that Simon killed Mary's family, and now, in Gordon's body, he has killed the cleanup crew.

My question, if you're still reading after that hideous ramble (sorry -- I'm not always very concise late at night), is this:

Has anyone here ever heard of a case where someone's alter turned up in someone else's group of alters?

Apologies again if I'm using poor terminology, and if I'm not being very clear. I will clarify in comments if people have questions, and I'm always willing to accept corrections to my terminology.



I don't know if anyone else here will have seen this movie, or will have any answers for me, but I thought I would ask.

Thank you for reading this post.

Comments

[bleedingcherub.livejournal.com]

That's one of my favs, even if it does send out a negative message about multiplicity (but if it didn't, it wouldn't be much of a story). The alters are Wendy, Billy, The Princess, and Simon.

[bleedingcherub.livejournal.com]

Oh, and about Simon-- I'm pretty sure (from what he says) that Sion represents the evil inside each one of us singlets.

[laurenthemself]

Thanks for your comments. I zoned out a bit during the movie and I think I may have missed something vital because I got quite confused as to what was happening with Simon.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen it, but as confusingly written as I'm told this film was, chances are it wasn't your problem.