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The Believers is a 1987 Canadian-American neo-noir thriller horror-noir film directed by John Schlesinger, starring Martin Sheen, Robert Loggia and Helen Shaver. It is based on the 1982 novel The Religion by Nicholas Conde .
- $13 million
- June 10, 1987 (United States)
- John Schlesinger, Beverly J. Camhe, Michael Childers
- J. Peter Robinson
Jun 10, 1987 · Martin Sheen stars as a police psychologist who investigates a cult that sacrifices children in New York. The Believers is a disturbing and complex film directed by John Schlesinger and written by Nicholas Conde and Mark Frost.
- John Schlesinger
- 65
- 2 min
Rent The Believers on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. Recently widowed psychiatrist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) has just moved back to New York City with his young son, Chris ...
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- John Schlesinger
- R
- Martin Sheen
Roger Ebert pans The Believers, a movie about a voodoo cult that targets a psychiatrist's son, as silly, tasteless and half-witted. He criticizes the movie's plot, characters, dialogue and stereotypes of Caribbean religions.
The Believers. Widowed police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic child murders perpetrated by a rogue cult. As the cult's connections to corporate oligarchs emerge, Cal and his family are put at terrible risk. 492 IMDb 6.1 1 h 54 min 1987. X-Ray 16+.
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. John Schlesinger. Director. Nicholas Conde. Novel.
