The Believers (1987)
- Directed by
- John Schlesinger
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 184 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A police psychologist moves to New York City after his wife dies. He starts looking into a string of child murders that seem connected to a secret religious group.
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What happens
The Believers is a 1987 American horror noir film, directed by John Schlesinger and written by Mark Frost, based on the 1982 novel The Religion by Nicholas Conde. Starring Martin Sheen, Robert Loggia and Helen Shaver, the film follows a recently widowed police psychologist who is investigating a series of ritualistic child murders in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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