The Serpent and the Rainbow

6.4

United States Of America

Horror Thriller

98 min

1988

Bill Pullman Cathy Tyson Zakes Mokae Paul Winfield Brent Jennings Conrad Roberts Badja Djola Theresa Merritt Michael Gough Paul Guilfoyle Dey Young Aleta Mitchell William Newman Francis Guinan Diamanda Galás

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.