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The Believers (1987)

User Rating
53%
(10 votes)		Critic Rating
81%
(2 reviews)
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Directed by
John Schlesinger

Written by
Nicholas Conde, Mark Frost

Cast
Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Wilson [more]


Release Date
Jun 10, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 27, 2002

Running Time
1 hour, 54 minutes

Country USA

Studio Orion

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• The Believers
• Das Ritual (1987)



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 Synopses for The Believers (1987)
1."Gripping [and] genuinely frightening!" -Leonard Maltin

Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver and Jimmy Smits fall prey to unspeakable evil in this "horrific and unnerving" (The Hollywood Reporter) occult thriller. 		  
68.571428571429%
(7 votes)
2.While investigating a series of brutal murders, a psychiatrist for the NYPD uncovers and becomes interested in a dark religious cult, the members of which (the "Believers") use children as human sacrifices. But the psychiatrist soon realizes he must extricate himself from the grip of the Believers and its rituals -- before his own son becomes the next to be sacrificed.   
73.333333333333%
(6 votes)
3.

John Schlesinger's The Believers, a kind of voodoo twist on Rosemary's Baby, is a horror movie where the echoes of otherworldly menace set the tone of terror, but the real evil comes from the hearts of humans. Recently widowed psychologist Martin Sheen moves to New York with his emotionally fragile son, and they become entwined in an underground cult that practices ritual sacrifice of children. Schlesinger is more interested in the human tale of loss and healing and the desperation of a grieving father fighting to protect his only child from a barbarous cabal. He favors mood and menace over spectacular splashes of horror, and even those moments of occult attack are directed with a sly sense of ambiguity. Though overlong and short on moments of genuine terror, this is a rare horror movie grounded in the palpable and powerful emotions of its characters. --Sean Axmaker 		  
50%
(8 votes)


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