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The Believers (1987)
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John Schlesinger's The Believers, a kind of voodoo twist on Rosemary's Baby, is a horror movie where the echoes of otherworldly menace set the tone of terror, but the real evil comes from the hearts of humans. Recently widowed psychologist Martin Sheen moves to New York with his emotionally fragile son, and they become entwined in an underground cult that practices ritual sacrifice of children. Schlesinger is more interested in the human tale of loss and healing and the desperation of a grieving father fighting to protect his only child from a barbarous cabal. He favors mood and menace over spectacular splashes of horror, and...
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"And another child was saved... a most extraordinary child... who's taught us so much. Other the years he's become like a son to us."
Not having seen The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988), Angel Heart (1987) or Rosemary's Baby (1968), I have nothing to compare this film to. It is supposedly in the same vein.
I have to...
(complete The Believers review by B Movie Ben)
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(7/23/2007)