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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release1988

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

Budget$11,000,000

Revenue$19,595,031

Production

Universal Pictures

Movie

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988

1h 38m

6.4

Horror

Thriller

Synopsis

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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