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The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman.The script by Richard Maxwell and Adam Rodman is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by ethnobotanist Wade Davis, wherein Davis recounted his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with ...
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.
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- Wes Craven
- 1988-02-05
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/23 Full Review James Durso C THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW is a non-conventional thriller. It won't be every horror fan's cup of tea as it's ...
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- Wes Craven
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- Bill Pullman
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 ...
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"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.
The Serpent and the Rainbow. A man goes to Haiti to retrieve a powder that has the power to bring humans back from the dead. 2,546 IMDb 6.4 1 h 37 min 1988. X-Ray R
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Dr. Alan travels to meet Dr. Marielle Duchamp that is treating Christophe and arrives in Haiti in a period of revolution. Soon Alan is threatened by the chief of the feared Tonton Macuse Dargent Peytraud, who is a torturer and powerful witch. Alan learns that death is not the end in the beginning of his journey to hell.
