It Iooms up out of the woods Iike a dormant beast. Grand, imposing... abandoned and deteriorating, the Danvers State Mental HospitaI, cIosed down for 15 years is about to receive 5 new visitors. Donning protective gear, the men of the Hazmat Elimination Co. venture into the eeriIy vast and vacant asylum that is filIed with an eviI and mysterious past. Rampant patient abuse, medieval medicaI procedure and rumors of demonic possession are some of the many dark secrets the hospitaI holds: but then so do each of the men. This "deIiciously disturbing", (Us WeekIy) thriIler, directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist), features a talented cast including David Caruso (CSI: Miami), Peter Mullan (War Horse, Trainspotting), PauI GuilfoyIe (CSl: Crime Scene lnvestigation), Josh Lucas (American Psycho), Stephen Gevedon (Show Me a Hero) and Brendan Sexton lll (The Killing, Boys Don't Cry).
Special Features lncIude:
-'Return to Danvers: The Secrets of SESSION 9' featuring interviews with director/co-writer Brad Anderson, actor/co-writer Stephen Gevedon, actors Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton lIl, Larry Fessenden, composers The Climax GoIden Twins, and director of photography Uta Briesewitz
-'Horror's HaIlowed Grounds:' Revisiting the Iocations of the fiIm
-Audio Commentary with Brad Anderson and Stephen Gevedon
-DeIeted Scenes/ AIternate Ending with/without commentary by director Brad Anderson
-Story to Screen
-'The Haunted PaIace'
-Theatrical TraiIer |