The Believers (1987) [R]

Release Date:
June 9, 1987

Original Title:
The Believers

Alternate Titles:
A hívők
Adoradores do Diabo
Den 7. magt
I credenti del male
La secta
Los creyentes
Pahan riivaamat

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Orion Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  DE: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 114

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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Art Direction:
John Kasarda
Carol Spier

Assistant Accountant:
Dennis Jacobson

Assistant Costume Designer:
Carol Wood

Assistant Decorator:
Clive Thomasson

Assistant Editor:
Richard Fettes
Mick Monks
Andrew Glen
Jonathan Lucas
Cindy Kaplan Rooney
Robin Russell
Lee Michael Searles

Assistant Location Manager:
Greg Van Riel

Associate Producer:
Mark Frost

Best Boy Electric:
Jerry DeBlau
Christopher Porter

Best Boy Grip:
Daniel Narduzzi

Boom Operator:
Kim Maitland
Michael LaCroix

Camera Operator:
Sandi Sissel

Carpenter:
Myles Roth

Casting:
John S. Lyons
Donna Isaacson
Maria Armstrong
Ross Clydesdale

Choreographer:
Wilhelmena Taylor

Construction Manager:
Joe Curtin
Kirk Cheney

Costume Assistant:
Abigail Murray

Costume Design:
Shay Cunliffe

Craft Service:
Brian Cole

Dialogue Editor:
Bob Risk

Director:
John Schlesinger

Director of Photography:
Robby Müller

Dolly Grip:
John Lowry

Editor:
Peter Honess

Electrician:
Ian Bibby
Michael McMurray
Michael Ruggles

Executive Producer:
Edward Teets

Extras Casting:
Sylvia Fay
Rose Lewis

First Assistant Camera:
Eddie Ramirez
Marvin Midwicki

First Assistant Director:
Patrick Crowley

First Assistant Editor:
Jeremy Gibbs

Foley Editor:
Mark Auguste

Gaffer:
Frieder Hocheim
John W. DeBlau

Grip:
Brian Fitzsimons

Hairdresser:
Werner Sherer
Ivan Lynch

Hairstylist:
Werner Sherer

Key Grip:
Dennis Gamiello
Christopher Dean

Location Manager:
Chris Stoia
Jacob F. Conrad
Keith Large

Makeup Artist:
Shonagh Jabour
Mickey Scott

Novel:
Nicholas Conde

Original Music Composer:
J. Peter Robinson

Post Production Supervisor:
David Middlemas

Producer:
John Schlesinger
Michael Childers
Beverly J. Camhe

Production Accountant:
Vince Heileson
Peter Lombardi

Production Coordinator:
Patt McCurdy
Debbie Cooke

Production Design:
Simon Holland

Production Manager:
Edward Teets
Monty Diamond
David Coatsworth

Production Office Coordinator:
Jane Bartelme

Property Master:
John McDonnell
Peter Fletcher
Vic Rigler

Scenic Artist:
Nick Kosonic

Screenplay:
Mark Frost

Script Supervisor:
Ana Maria Quintana

Second Assistant Camera:
John Cambria
Stephen S. Campanelli

Second Assistant Director:
James W. Skotchdopole
Kim H. Winther

Second Unit Director:
Michael Childers
Patrick Crowley

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Peter Norman

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Vebe Borge

Set Decoration:
Susan Bode Tyson
Elinor Rose Galbraith

Set Dresser:
Danielle Fleury
Ian Wheatley
Alexa Anthony
Gina Hamilton

Sound Editor:
Nicholas Stevenson

Sound Mixer:
Gerry Humphreys
Tod A. Maitland
Bryan Day

Special Effects:
Connie Brink

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Kevin Haney

Still Photographer:
Kerry Hayes
Takashi Seida

Storyboard Artist:
Jane Clark

Stunt Coordinator:
Dean Jeffries

Stunts:
Rick Forsayeth
Victor Magnotta
Dwayne McLean
Edgard Mourino
Ray Woodfork

Third Assistant Director:
Martha Bean

Transportation Captain:
Alex Dawes

Transportation Coordinator:
A. Randy Jones

Wardrobe Assistant:
Kim Kozolanka
Jay Du Boisson

Wardrobe Master:
Maureen Gurney

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