The Believers

About The Believers

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.

The Believers (1987) is a horror mystery film directed by John Schlesinger. The film is filed under cult, gun, ritual, and voodoo.

Martin Sheen appears as Cal Jamison, Helen Shaver as Jessica Halliday, Harley Cross as Chris Jamison, and Robert Loggia as Lt. Sean McTaggert. Released in June 1987, it runs 114 minutes.

The screenplay is by Mark Frost. The story is adapted from a novel. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Eyes Wide Shut, Live and Let Die, and The Woman in the Window make useful companions to The Believers, all filed under new york city. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 193 votes and it carries a R rating.