The Believers (1987) on Netflix
Widowed police psychologist Cal Jamison moves to New York City with his young son, Chris. There he is drawn into the hunt for whoever is committing a series of ritualistic child murders.
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After his wife Lisa dies in an accidental electrocution, psychologist Cal Jamison leaves Minneapolis for New York City with his son Chris and joins the police department as a psychologist. The city is troubled by a string of ritualistic child murders, the first a boy found in an abandoned movie theater. A policeman, Tom Lopez, calls in the discovery and insists that followers of a Hispanic cult practicing a malevolent form of brujería are responsible, and Cal is assigned to examine him. Cal questions Carmen, his housekeeper, who practices a benevolent form of the faith and leaves protection charms around the apartment for him and Chris. His girlfriend Jessica meets a Caribbean man, Palo, at a party.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Believers (1987)
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- The Believers was cited as an influence on the cult led by Adolfo Constanzo and supported by Sara Aldrete in Matamoros, Mexico, a group based on Palo Mayombe, an Afro-Cuban religion similar to Santería.
- Because Santería was closely guarded, director John Schlesinger and writer Mark Frost hired actress Carla Pinza, who plays Carmen Ruiz in the film, as a technical advisor, she was an initiate priestess of the religion. Schlesinger wanted to avoid misrepresenting Santería, so he showed it as a force for good and Brujería, black magic, as the villain.
