The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

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

Directed by Wes Craven1h 38mHorror,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.

Rated
R
Year
1988
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
5 February 1988
TMDB
6.4 (569)
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Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman
Dennis Alan
Cathy Tyson
Cathy Tyson
Marielle Duchamp
Zakes Mokae
Zakes Mokae
Dargent Peytraud
Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield
Lucien Celine
Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings
Louis Mozart
Conrad Roberts
Conrad Roberts
Christophe
Badja Djola
Badja Djola
Gaston
Theresa Merritt
Theresa Merritt
Simone
Michael Gough
Michael Gough
Schoonbacher
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle
Andrew Cassedy
Dey Young
Dey Young
Mrs. Cassedy
Aleta Mitchell
Aleta Mitchell
Celestine
William Newman
William Newman
French Missionary Doctor
J
Jaime Pina Gautier
Julio
E
Evencio Mosquera Slaco
Old Shaman
K
Kimberleigh Aarn
Margrite
P
Philogen Thomas
Priest
A
Ana Rosa Smith Avila
Mulatto Nurse
Francis Guinan
Francis Guinan
American Doctor
D
Diamanda Galás
Voices of the Dead
S
Sally-Anne Munn
Nurse / Intern
J
Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt
Black Waiter
R
Robert De James
Old Lame Peasant
J
Jackson Delgado
Possessed Dancer
B
Barbara Guillaume
Mozart’s Whore
B
Betty Garcia Rodriguez
Pretty Whore
L
Luis Tavare Pesquera
Kyle Cassedy
C
Claudia Pimentel
Old Crone
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Newscaster

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