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The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman.
Feb 5, 1988 · The Serpent and the Rainbow: Directed by Wes Craven. With Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield. An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
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.
A Harvard anthropologist (Bill Pullman, Lake Placid, Independence Day) is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human...
A Harvard anthropologist (Bill Pullman) 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...
Buy The Serpent and the Rainbow on Fandango at Home. In a time of social and political unrest in Haiti, anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) travels to the torn country to study a...
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Glenn Farr. "The Serpent and the Rainbow" was inspired by a book by Wade Davis, a Harvard scientist who investigated the voodoo society of Haiti and identified two of the drugs used for "zombification" - drugs that lower the metabolic rate of their victims so much that they appear dead, and are buried, only to be dug up later and revived.
