Brad Anderson

Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.'

There's something bizarrely funny about a guy who doesn't realise he's, in essence, a dog chasing his own tail.

I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire to do them.

I've always liked dark, creepy movies, but for some reason, I started on the film scene with romantic comedies.

There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it off.

True horror, I think, deals with dread and menace and gets under your skin.

As a filmmaker, you just make the movie you want to make, and you sort of put your faith in the distributor to make sure the right people see it.

What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen.

I think it is harder to scare young people because there is an ironic hipster stance that you have to take in relation to pop culture. You know you're being manipulated. People are so aware of the manipulation. We're all aware that movies toy with us and pull our strings. There was a time when people just didn't acknowledge that as much.

Session 9' can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can also be read as a much more clinical movie that shows a man who becomes unhinged or may be going mad. An inspiration was Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now.'

Session 9' used light and darkness to create atmosphere.