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The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow

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The Serpent and the Rainbow

R·1988·98m

Summary

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

Crew

Director

Wes Craven

Book

Wade Davis

Screenplay

Richard Maxwell

Screenplay

Adam Rodman

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$11,000,000.00

Revenue:

$19,595,031.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
nightmare
boston, massachusetts
poison
superstition
cemetery
voodoo
revolution
beheading
spider
hallucination
surrealism
haiti
buried alive
amazon rainforest
jungle
chained
anthropologist
graveyard
zombification
rite
death certificate
airliner