The Believers
Nothing can stop them, no one can help you. They know who you are.
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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Cast
Martin Sheen
Cal Jamison
Helen Shaver
Jessica Halliday
Harley Cross
Chris Jamison
Robert Loggia
Lt. Sean McTaggert
Elizabeth Wilson
Kate Maslow
Harris Yulin
Robert Calder
Lee Richardson
Dennis Maslow
Richard Masur
Marty Wertheimer
Carla Pinza
Carmen Ruiz
Jimmy Smits
Tom Lopez
Raúl Dávila
Oscar Sezine
Malick Bowens
Palo
Janet-Laine Green
Lisa Jamison
Jennifer Lee Pryor
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Eddie Jones
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Joe Pentangelo
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Robert Clohessy
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Tony De Santis
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Ana Maria Quintana
A.C.H.E. Secretary
Gary Farmer
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Wuchak
***Unpleasant big city crime drama with Martin Sheen that morphs into sorcery-oriented horror***
A widowed therapist (Martin Sheen) moves back to New York City to find himself assisting the NYPD in a series of slayings linked to a Caribbean Voodoo-like cult. Things get worse when he discovers they want his son for a human sacrifice. Helen Shaver plays his landlord and possible romantic interest.
“The Believers” (1987) is an adult-oriented crime drama that gets increasingly horrific. The plot and tone are akin to “Wolfen” (1981), albeit with the brujería cult replacing the super-wolves. It’s leagues superior to the similar “The Serpent and the Rainbow” (1988).
The diabolic angle makes for some ugliness (e.g. death due to electric shock, suicides, grisly sacrifices, snakes and creepy arachnids), but there are rays of light as well. Sheen is outstanding as the protagonist while Shaver offers her wares to the table. The shocking spider sequence was later ripped off by "Urban Legends: Bloody Mary" (2005).
The movie runs 1 hour, 44 minutes, and was shot in New York City & Toronto.
GRADE: B-
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