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The Believers
🎬 Movie

The Believers

1987 · 114 min Horror Mystery Thriller
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: John Schlesinger

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Cal Jamison

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

Jessica Halliday

Harley Cross

Harley Cross

Chris Jamison

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Lt. Sean McTaggert

Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson

Kate Maslow

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Robert Calder

Lee Richardson

Lee Richardson

Dennis Maslow

Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Marty Wertheimer

Carla Pinza

Carla Pinza

Carmen Ruiz

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Tom Lopez

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