The Spit movie review

The Spit movie review

Several movies are well known to feature characters who are suffering from psychological disorders. The latest horror movie ‘The Spit’ by M. Night Shyamalan is an example of a horror movie depicting a character with 24 personalities as a result of suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The main character Kevin who acts as a villain, kidnaps three ladies and locks them in his windowless cell in his basement and threatens them every time he visits the room. The movies depict the main character struggling from his multiple personalities, his therapist, and the ladies he has locked in his basement. The reason I chose this movie is that recently DID is defined as a severe condition where a person battles with two or multiple personality traits that are in them or taking their control. This is an indication of a psychological disorder in that person and is essential for me as it relates to my profession.

The movie is suitable for college-level students, teenagers, and mature persons as they will easily understand what the film entails. As I watched the film with my college mates, we could identify how the multiple personalities in the main character changed and how the ladies in the room had to struggle to identify the person who comes in the place. Kevin would, at times, enter as “Dennis” the ever frowny smart person, or “Patricia,” the formal trainer who is English accented, or “Hedwig,” the admirer of Kanye west but acts as a nine-year child. We were not able to realize all of Kelvin’s personalities in the movie. Still, it was much evidence that he battled with various personalities that he possesses and controlled him from time to time. The disorder is sporadic, but it exists in some people, and it is hazardous if it is not diagnosed early enough for treatment. There is a possibility that every personality in this disorder is a result of early repeated trauma. The favorite part of this movie was when Kelvin expressed that he believed he was the person he changed to as per the personalities. This means the persons will not remember anything they did or said while in a different personality.

The movie brought various opinions, but this is just a rare disorder many people encounter today. The psychological health activists are against this movie as it is seen to stigmatize persons suffering from DID, and it directly affects them. The film shows that persons living with DID seem to be violent to the public. Still, the mental health experts are against that as they explain these people are friendly and not dangerous to the public but to self in significant percentages. Therapists state that these DID patients can function normally just like any average person if great care is administered to them. The persons also feel good if treated respectfully by people around them without showing any stigma.

The movie, at times, exaggerated the struggle for people with DID, which I disliked. The fact it showed how DID affects the person by changing from one personality to the other or how the consequences of not diagnosing the disorder in early stages, the movie was somehow exaggerating some parts, which is a stigmatizing the persons with this disorder. The movie is right for me to learn and witness the psychological disorder in a person, and I can recommend it for people willing to be mental health caregivers or people taking care of loved ones living with this disorder only that they need not worry about the exaggerated parts. A general lesson from this movie was that people must be knowing themselves. People should identify any challenges they have and face it instead of running from it or delay treatment. The movie portrayed the negative sides of DID patients who found positive feedbacks according to mental health experts. Therefore the movie is perfect for a watch if you have any person suffering from this disorder and the hope it gives for positive results if the diagnosis is early and treatment given, the disorder will totally not affect the person, and they will function normally.