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

[kangetsuhime.livejournal.com]

I've seen it. It freaked Lu out a little, she doesn't like 'creepy' movies much.

(alter is a dubious term, but it gets the point across I guess). I can't remember if he himself hears the tapes or not, I'd have to rewatch it. If he did then it's entirely possible he picked it up that way, as opposed to any spiritual way.

Anyways, to your question. I know of people who juggle people from one system to another on a fairly regular basis. Generally they're people, rather than 'alters', and they usually have a desire to body hop.

[prettyrazor.livejournal.com]

Happens a lot between my wife's system and mine. It's not that uncommon.

I saw the movie, too.

-Casey, of The People

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

This movie was reviewed at Astraea and Pavilion. It is one of the worst portrayals of multiplicity to come out of Hollywood in recent memory.

At Astraea's Reviews (http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/review.html) you will find reviews of films and television shows, mostly tabloid junk but a few other things too, including animarelic's succinct review of Session 9.

There are many more media reviews at Pavilion Media Review. (http://www.karitas.net/pavilion/library/library_media.html)

[ricktboy.livejournal.com]

Wolf can body hop at will...he's a walk in, not created or born here, and he's been inside Tara and Faith's girlfriend, and also inside some other people I know...I'll see if I can get him to post about this later...

Rick
Pack Collective

This is a pointless comment.

[forever-alone.livejournal.com]

That movie was pretty bad. The imagery was good, and it had its moments; it wasn't even the horrible portrayal of multiplicity that bothered me, as I was expecting that. The movie just didn't make any damn sense. The deleted scenes only made it more confusing. Nevertheless, I've been dying to find a copy of it for the sake of completing my movies-that-inspired-Silent Hill collection. I can't find it anywhere.

[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.