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The Descent and the Martha Mitchell Effect \*\* Consists of Spoilers \*\*. "The Descent opens with a bloody bang and never ever lets up," announces the blurb on the DVD cover. That bloody bang, presumably, would be when lead character Sarah loses both her spouse and young daughter in a gruesome automobile mishap simply moments into the movie. The motion picture then leaps cuts to one year later; Sarah and a gaggle of female pals are in forested Appalachia for a team spelunking expedition. These buddies are aware of the gruesome trauma Sarah's suffered, and hope the adventure will be restorative. horror magazine She's still rattled, though-- she wakes from nightmares of the crash gasping, jumps at the slightest sound, is never ever at convenience and always a bit suspicious. As the team finds themselves in a network of caverns and caves two miles below the Earth's surface, Sarah can't assist but notice things the others do not, like the sound of muffled voices or fast glances of shadows dashing past. Her girlfriends are more worried with enjoying themselves, and regard her misgivings as just techniques of the mind. She's been through a lot, they believe to themselves; we'll forgive her if she's gone a little crazy. Rattled. Distressed. However barely crazed-- those just weren't odd plays of light or easy ambient sounds keeping Sarah on edge. The ladies were being hunted. In psychiatric circles, it is not unidentified for a client to tell improbable tales that would seem to merit a medical diagnosis of being delusional. But occasionally-- on more events than lots of mental health professionals would such as to confess-- those apparent delusions astoundingly show to be true, and the diagnosis dead wrong. Some hypochondriacs really do have chronic ailments, and there are those amongst the paranoid who are really being enjoyed. This sort of sensation is referred to as the Martha Mitchell Impact. Pupils of Americana must be familiar with Martha Beal Mitchell. As the wife of the Lawyer General of the United States during the Nixon years, Martha initially made a name for herself as an outspoken (and oftentimes drunk) critic of the liberal left. Richard M. Nixon himself appeared to appreciate that this supposed "Mouth of the South" had the ability to galvanize his conservative base. Relations between the two took an icy turn, nevertheless, when Nixon slighted Martha personally-- and she retaliated by phoning the press with tales of scandal within the administration. It wasn't hard for her political enemies to repaint bad Martha as delusional; she did have issues with beverage, after all, and wasn't her polemic on the talk program circuit a bit like that of a loose cannon? Reports differ regarding the lengths the administration went to in order to challenge her-- the tale cited most often is that she was greatly sedated by force and shipped off to the sanitarium. There had not been time adequate to sign her in, nonetheless, prior to the Watergate scandal broke. Martha Mitchell was certainly vociferous, and rather probably an alcoholic. But as the unraveling of the Nixon presidency would prove, she was not, in fact, delusional. If in day-to-day life you run into a man sporting a tinfoil hat to combat those trying to regulate his mind, it's most likely a safe bet that the individual you're dealing with experiences misconceptions. But as the saying goes, beware not to jump to conclusions. Far from being mad, Martha Mitchell's accusations of government corruption ended up precisely the mark. So, ought to you ever before are spelunking below the mountains of Appalachia, don't be too quick to dismiss your seemingly overly suspicious cohort-- if The Descent is any indication, there truly can be beasts afoot.