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| Orion Pictures | Release Date: June 10, 1987 |
Starring:
Carla Pinza, Elizabeth Wilson, Harley Cross, Harris Yulin, Helen Shaver, Jimmy Smits, Lee Richardson, Martin Sheen, Richard Masur, Robert Loggia
Summary:
A New York psychiatrist finds that a brujería-inspired cult, which believes in child sacrifice, has a keen interest in his own son.
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It is a slick, well-acted mystery with enough stomach-turning horror to make The Exorcist seem G-rated.
John Schlesinger has directed Mark Frost's screenplay with great technical skill, constructing highly charged suspense scenes. Robby Muller's cinematography also stands out. The violence is disgusting even by recent standards, though, especially since much of it is aimed at children. And the portrait of a barbarous Afro-Hispanic religion will hardly ease tensions in this time when racism and xenophobia are already rampant. [12 Jun 1987, p.21]
The Believers is the type of movie that generates shocks more successfully than it tells a story. [10 Jun 1987, p.1D]
There's always room for debate, but John Schlesinger's The Believers could be the dullest movie ever made about child sacrifice. [10 Jun 1987, p.4C]
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