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The Believers

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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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Year 1987
Country United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director John Schlesinger
Runtime 114 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (178 votes)

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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.

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