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youre all looking into it too much, just a nice little painting

I like session 9 so much because it's the only film i've seen that replicates (albeit not entirely) 'the shining's way of creeping you out without relying on the use of darkness, and instead using the well-lit emptiness to inspire fear. that said the outside of the building's are not scary at all. the oldest buildings at Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. look just like that, only they're kept in pristine condition. for those that will miss the Danvers buildings, try visiting the Holy Cross campus, it could give you an idea of what Danvers looked like in its heyday. And for the complete "insane asylum" experience, go there on St. Patrick's Day, which is right around the corner.

cool only a few thousand? ima put one in my backyard, which will then cease to be my back yard and will become... my spire. From its peak i shall remain ever vigilant, and justice shall return to the streets of Gotham...

EEEEK No grave 666?? Very strange indeed!!!

oh, and no, gargoyles would be tacky and cliche, hardly befitting a building of science.

funny how the architecture is so similar to the old(est) buildings at Holy Cross, my alma mater, in Worcester, Mass. So similar to Fenwick and O'Kane, and the spires reminiscent of the one on Alumni Hall

wow, so those walls were real. I wonder if they used those real pictures in session 9 or if they were just inspired by them and created fake murals for the film, or if they added new photos to the preexisting collages... i gotta see the movie again.
"DO IT, GORDON!!!"

the 1st "insane asylums" (asyla?) in the US were (im fairly certain) this one and worcester state, one being an expensive facility for the mad sons and daughters of the rich (this one, i think) and the other being for the, well, nameless rabble. it would stand to reason then that early pt.s here were given more humane treatment, as money does tend to make its opinion known vocally. again im pretty sure this was one of those 1st 2 early psychiatric facilities in the US, im certain worcester state was. i should really know more about this, considering i just got my BA in psychology in Worcester, Mass. (college of the holy cross FTW) and spent almost 2 weeks of my senior year in a psych unit right near the old WSH (major depressive disorder FTL)
also Session 9 was great.

ok, where did you get this photo of the door to my bedroom in my senior year of college?
...boo! --bad! --corny, if accurate enough!
yeah ur right im sorry

what would have made it actually creepy would be if they omitted the devil horns and made everyone's eyes bleed. or everyone EXCEPT keyser soze over there on the far left., lol.

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"Welcome to the Cunnilingorium, I'm you're hostess, Delores."
"Yes, I had the 7:30 reservation with Mulva."
"Of course. Right this way, Mr. Hunt."

given the nature of the equipment. those pipes strewn about take on a perverse significance. my question: did the pipes come pre-strewn, or did you arrange them there? though i must admit, if i were you i would not answer and let it remain a mystery.

i like how the label says "IRON LUNG" in quotes, first labelling it properly as a respirator, then acknowledging the ubiquity of the vernacular term

namlit, you would maybe feel like it has deep meaning at the time, but whether such meaning is authentic and indeed true, is, well... debatable. that said, im all for embarking on such mental adventures, but in a place like that you may very well just end up having a bad trip.