Isn't the rating low for a cult classic?

I like to consider my self a "movie buff" or whatever they call themselves nowadays...I usually like almost everything I see and can see some good in almost everything that is made.

I didn't see the trailer , went in blind expecting a good phychological thriller the likes of the Psycho or The Shining....

What It ended up being for me... was boring and at times predictable.

I was left feeling bored and at times unattached to all the characters. At the end of the movie instead of being wide awake and wanting to rant and rave and discuss the movie with others... I felt drained and wanted to forget I watched it.

But that was just me.

Movies are subjective. Some people like them, others don't.

Well really that's what makes a cult film. Something generally ignored/disliked by the mainstream with a small, specific, enthusiastic audience. Session 9 seems to fit that. If you like psychological horror that is quite light on the action and gore but heavier on atmosphere and creepiness then you might like this. I'd describe it as more unsettling than scary. I gave it a 9/10.

Ratings in IMDB aren't a measure of film quality, as can be seen by numerous examples (''300'' on top of my head)...

The biggest problem is movies of all kinds are seen by a bunch of idiots...

So as a result, many good movies will have lower ratings than deserved (Session 9, The Game) and many idiotic movies will have higher ratings than deserved (Argo, 300, Top Gun, Hurt Locker...)

Because people are sad, pedantic *beep* who let things such as plot holes and such get in the way of their enjoyment of a film as great as this?

What the hell is a "cult classic"?? There were not any cults in this movie.

It's a horror film and since horror is inherently niche it tends to be rated lower by people who don't get it.

plot holes

Session 9

For one thing most people don't go for slow burn horror movies anymore. That's probably even more true now than it was fourteen years ago when this movie first came out. Mainstream audiences prefer loud brutality to psychological thrillers. I'm not sure why but that seems to be the way it is.

Two, this movie had the same timing problem as Donnie Darko. It came out just a few days after 9/11 so people had other things on their mind.