The Believers

Movie

1987

1h 54m

English

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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5.9

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Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

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The Believers

Movie

1987

1h 54m

English

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Cast

Cal Jamison

Jessica Halliday

Chris Jamison

Lt. Sean McTaggert

Kate Maslow

Robert Calder

Dennis Maslow

Marty Wertheimer

Carmen Ruiz

Tom Lopez

Oscar Sezine

Palo

Lisa Jamison

Diner Counterman

Calder's Assistant

Calder's Assistant

Police Patient

Theater Cop

Diner Detective

Diner Cop

Precinct Detective

A.C.H.E. Secretary

Customs Agent

Carpenter

Mover

Directed By: John Schlesinger

Written By: Mark Frost (Screenplay), Nicholas Conde (Novel)

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faithful soul says...

8 years ago

When I first saw this film years ago it truly disturbed me. Over time it has lost that effect on me but it is still a chilling tale. The kind of film where you know not to trust anyone and even when the film is at its happiest there is always something dreadful about to happen.

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gdhamell says...

3 years ago

I don't normally watch horror movies. For some reason, I decided to watch this one with my dad after seeing that Gary Farmer, one of his favorite actors, was in it. I didn't realize that he had less than a minute of onscreen time. This movie is pretty dumb. It's a poor man's version of The Last Wave (1977) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) where the straight-man-scientist-type becomes a believer of the film's version of Santería after a number of child murderers. It's an incredibly slow, horror film with cheesy jump scares. Nothing memorable about this movie. The only remarkable acting in this film is done by Malick Bowens, who I don't think says anything in the film, but his body language and his face says everything.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

8 years ago

I believeeee! A good performance from the daddy Sheen! Creepy, strange, and trust no one kinda film.. I like them kinda films.. Funny seeing Harris Yulin... the first thing that came to my mind was XFiles...ha

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moonkodi says...

9 years ago

I don't warm to spiritual type horror, especially stereotyped Caribbean religions. I liked the secret society aspect near the end but it was too late to develop it by then. No real horror after a while. The ending was supposed to be gripping but I thought it was stupid.

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Wuchak

5 years ago

***Unpleasant big city crime drama with Martin Sheen that morphs into sorcery-oriented horror***

A widowed therapist (Martin Sheen) moves back to New York City to find himself assisting the NYPD in a series of slayings linked to a Caribbean Voodoo-like cult. Things get worse when he discovers the More

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