By Brandy McDonnellAn abbreviated version of this story appears in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. To read my review of "The Wind," click here. Against 'The Wind': Filmmaker Emma Tammi's horror Western channels women's fearsThe affliction was known as “prairie madness” or “prairie fever,” with 19th-century settlers on the Great Plains suffering from depression, withdrawal, paranoia and even violence.The extreme levels of isolation, the bleakness of the landscape and the harshness of the weather – especially the incessant wind – were often cited as causes, although little could be done about them except enduring or moving back East.“Just revisiting that period of time, which is so different than the one we live in right now and yet not that long ago, it’s kind of insane: I grew up in New York City and I live in Los Angeles now - and my mom’s from Oklahoma City and even going there a bunch growing up - these are all very populated areas.Read more on NewsOK.com