The Believers

The Believers

Nothing can stop them, no one can help you. They know who you are.

R 1987 · 114 min · ★ 5.9 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Directed by John Schlesinger · Written by Mark Frost

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