The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988

Synopsis

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.

The Serpent and the Rainbow on Trama

Nobody has saved it publicly yet. Be the first: note what you thought and how it made you feel.

Cast

• Bill Pullman Dennis Alan
• Cathy Tyson Marielle Duchamp
• Zakes Mokae Dargent Peytraud
• Paul Winfield Lucien Celine
• Brent Jennings Louis Mozart
• Conrad Roberts Christophe
• Badja Djola Gaston
• Theresa Merritt Simone
• Michael Gough Schoonbacher
• Paul Guilfoyle Andrew Cassedy

If you liked The Serpent and the Rainbow

• The Believers1987
• House of 1000 Corpses2003
• The Haunting in Connecticut2009
• Dark Harvest2023
• The Sacrament2014
• Never Let Go2024
• Saccharine2026
• Annihilation2018
• The Kindred2021
• The Resurrected1991
• Clown in a Cornfield2025
• Books of Blood2020