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Session 9: The Official Novelization

By: Christian Francis, Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon
Narrated by: Conor Lewis
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Session 9 The Official Novelization, is based on the classic 2001 motion picture by acclaimed director Brad Anderson. Released 23 years after the film first haunted audiences, this new novel by horror and dark fantasy author Christian Francis arrives just in time for the spooky season, promising to deliver a wealth of fresh nightmares to a new generation. Francis, known for his gripping novelizations of Wishmaster, Titan Find/Creature and Vamp, delves deeper into the eerie madness that made Session 9 such a horror gem. Set against the backdrop of the real-life abandoned mental institution, the Danvers State Hospital, the film’s atmospheric dread is reimagined in Francis’ adept hands. This novel expands on the film’s screenplay, offering fans new insights into the characters’ psyches and unveiling more twisted, dark secrets from within the sinister asylum.

“Bringing Session 9 into a literary form has been a huge honor for me,” said Francis. “Brad’s movie is a personal favorite since I sat in the cinema watching it back in ‘01, and I relished being able to expand on its themes and explore the horrors within. My novelization is not only a tribute to Brad’s amazing creation, but also an invitation to revisit the fear that it first inspired in audiences.”

Session 9: The Official Novelization is available through all major bookstores and online platforms as an eBook, trade paperback, hardcover, and audiobook. There is also a special Mass Market Paperback edition for the retro collectors out there!

©2024 Brad Anderson (P)2025 Echo On Publications
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This was so creepy!

Session 9! What a great horror story!
The novel (and movie) follow a crew of 5 who are contracted to remove asbestos from the Danvers State Hospital. They have one week to fix it up and make it suitable for conversion to a government facility. As Gordon finds and listens to recordings of sessions with a patient named Mary, things go from bad to worse with the whole crew,
It is a relative slow burn, with the majority of the creep factor in the sessions. The sessions reveal backstory of one of the patients before the hospital was closed in the 1980's. The more tension that rises with the crew, the closer we get to seeing the scary "Simon". From there I couldn't put the book down.
I found that is is where the narrator did really well. The voices of all the different personalities within Mary came alive within the narration. Adding the little dramatisations with footsteps, knock's, muffled voices... The performance was a 5⭐
I really enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it to any horror readers. The book is very faithful to the movie, and yet, is so much better.
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