# Das Ritual (1987)

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**Original title**: *The Believers*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Schlesinger
**Written by**: Mark Frost
**Starring**: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Manhattan. Summer. Distant sirens. Widowed psychologist Cal Jamison relocates with his son, only to find himself consulting on occult-tinged killings. The trail leads toward dark money and darker magic. Schlesinger’s late-period foray into occult thriller is worth a look.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid, raw

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