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The Descent and the Martha Mitchell Result \*\* Contains Spoilers \*\*. "The Descent opens with a bloody bang and never lets up," proclaims the blurb on the DVD cover. That bloody bang, most likely, would be when protagonist Sarah loses both her husband and young daughter in a gruesome automobile accident just minutes 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 pals are well aware of the gruesome injury Sarah's suffered, and hope the experience will be therapeutic. horror magazine She's still rattled, though-- she wakes from nightmares of the crash gasping, leaps at the slightest sound, is never ever at simplicity and constantly a bit suspicious. As the group discovers themselves in a network of caverns and caves two miles below the Earth's surface, Sarah can't help however notice things the others do not, like the sound of smothered voices or quick looks of shadows dashing past. Her girlfriends are more concerned with enjoying themselves, and concern her misgivings as simply tricks of the mind. She's been with a lot, they believe to themselves; we'll forgive her if she's gone a little insane. Rattled. Traumatized. But hardly crazed-- those weren't odd plays of light or basic ambient noises keeping Sarah on edge. The girls were being hunted. In psychiatric circles, it is not unknown for a patient to inform improbable tales that would appear to warrant a medical diagnosis of being delusional. However in some cases-- on even more parties than numerous mental health experts would like to confess-- those noticeable delusions astoundingly prove to be true, and the diagnosis dead wrong. Some hypochondriacs truly do have persistent diseases, and there are those amongst the overly suspicious who are genuinely being viewed. This sort of phenomenon is known as the Martha Mitchell Result. Students of Americana should recognize with Martha Beal Mitchell. As the spouse of the Lawyer General of the United States during the Nixon years, Martha first made a name for herself as an outspoken (and oftentimes drunk) critic of the liberal left. Richard M. Nixon himself seemed to value that this so-called "Mouth of the South" had the ability to galvanize his conservative base. Relations in between the 2 took an icy turn, nevertheless, when Nixon slighted Martha personally-- and she retaliated by telephoning the press with tales of scandal within the administration. It had not been difficult for her political foes to repaint bad Martha as delusional; she did have issues with drink, after all, and had not been her polemic on the talk show circuit a bit like that of a loosened cannon? Reports vary regarding the lengths the administration visited in order to discredit her-- the tale mentioned usually is that she was heavily sedated by force and delivered off to the sanitarium. There wasn't time adequate to sign her in, however, prior to the Watergate scandal broke. Martha Mitchell was certainly vociferous, and rather most likely an alcoholic. But as the unraveling of the Nixon presidency would show, she was not, in fact, delusional. If in daily life you come across a guy sporting a tinfoil hat to thwart those attempting to control his mind, it's most likely a safe bet that the individual you're taking care of experiences delusions. But as the saying goes, be careful not to jump to conclusions. Far from being mad, Martha Mitchell's accusations of government corruption ended up right on the mark. So, should you ever find yourself spelunking below the mountains of Appalachia, do not be too fast to dismiss your seemingly paranoid cohort-- if The Descent is any indication, there actually might be beasts afoot.