The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

Don't Bury Me...I'm Not Dead!

Horror Thriller

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.

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  • Release Date: 1988-02-05
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Wes Craven

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    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

    • Dey Young

      Mrs. Cassedy

    • Aleta Mitchell

      Celestine

    • William Newman

      French Missionary Doctor

    • Jaime Pina Gautier

      Julio

    • Evencio Mosquera Slaco

      Old Shaman

    • Kimberleigh Aarn

      Margrite

    • Philogen Thomas

      Priest

    • Ana Rosa Smith Avila

      Mulatto Nurse

    • Francis Guinan

      American Doctor

    • Diamanda Galás

      Voices of the Dead

    • Sally-Anne Munn

      Nurse / Intern

    • Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt

      Black Waiter

    • Robert De James

      Old Lame Peasant

    • Jackson Delgado

      Possessed Dancer

    • Barbara Guillaume

      Mozart’s Whore

    • Betty Garcia Rodriguez

      Pretty Whore

    • Luis Tavare Pesquera

      Kyle Cassedy

    • Claudia Pimentel

      Old Crone

    • Michael Jackson

      Newscaster

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