The Serpent and the Rainbow
About The Serpent and the Rainbow
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.
The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 horror thriller film directed by Wes Craven. The film is filed under nightmare, hallucination, jungle, and cemetery.
Bill Pullman appears as Dennis Alan, Cathy Tyson as Marielle Duchamp, Zakes Mokae as Dargent Peytraud, and Paul Winfield as Lucien Celine. Released in February 1988, it runs 98 minutes.
The screenplay is by Adam Rodman and Richard Maxwell. The story is adapted from a novel.
The Premature Burial, Enemy, and Jungle make useful companions to The Serpent and the Rainbow, all filed under graveyard. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 578 votes and it carries a R rating.