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The Serpent and the Rainbow
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Release Date: Friday, February 5th 1988,
Horror maven Wes Craven attempted a slight change of pace from his usual slasher movie milieu with this chiller loosely based on a true story. Bill Pullman stars as Dennis Alan, a Harvard researcher sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company to investigate the zombie legend and any possible connection it might have to a rumored drug that could be used as a new breed of powerful anaesthetic. Once on the Caribbean isle, Alan is aided by a good voodoo priest or "houngan" (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), who runs a local clinic. Alan's search also pits him against an evil houngan, Dargent Peytraud (Zakes Mokae). Peytraud also controls the Tonton Macoute (the Haitian secret police), who are involved with soon-to-be-deposed dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier. The Serpent and the Rainbow was based on the book of the same name by Wade Davis, an ethnobotanist whose real-life hunt for the zombie drug was credited with cracking the medical mystery behind the myth.
This movie has a 0% Approval Rating Based on 0 Reviews Read Reviews
Release Date: Friday, February 5th 1988,
Horror maven Wes Craven attempted a slight change of pace from his usual slasher movie milieu with this chiller loosely based on a true story. Bill Pullman stars as Dennis Alan, a Harvard researcher sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company to investigate the zombie legend and any possible connection it might have to a rumored drug that could be used as a new breed of powerful anaesthetic. Once on the Caribbean isle, Alan is aided by a good voodoo priest or "houngan" (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), who runs a local clinic. Alan's search also pits him against an evil houngan, Dargent Peytraud (Zakes Mokae). Peytraud also controls the Tonton Macoute (the Haitian secret police), who are involved with soon-to-be-deposed dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier. The Serpent and the Rainbow was based on the book of the same name by Wade Davis, an ethnobotanist whose real-life hunt for the zombie drug was credited with cracking the medical mystery behind the myth.
Director: Wes Craven
Cast:
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,
Jaime Pina Gautier,
Evencio Mosquera Slaco,
Kimberleigh Burroughs,
Philogen Thomas,
Ana Rosa Smith Avila,
Francis Guinan,
Sally-Anne Munn,
Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt,
Robert De James,
Jackson Delgado,
Barbara Guillaume,
Betty García Rodríguez,
Luis Tavare Pesquera,
Claudia Pimentel,
Michael Jackson,
Diamanda Galas,
Ti-Blanc,
Marie Carmel Noel,
Frantz Thomas,
Johnny Pephanon,
Lucienne Charles,
Suzette Cajusle,
Rosemary Sylvain,
Iversose Beuville,
Maxo Fercilien,
Jacques Achilles,
Francesco Chavez,
Saveur DOrlean,
Maurice Altenor,
Miguel Valdez,
Elías Gastavo,
Harold Désiré,
Buche,
Providenia Alcántara,
Dikatel Charles,
Ana Ramirez,
Rosa Bautista,
Juliana José,
Josiana Sant Louis,
Jean Pierre,
Otilio Nerius,
Venat Ruis,
Ramon Cherry,
Rosa Charles,
Luis Telemako,
Federico Núñez,
Americo José,
Gérard Matonbe,
Robert Regaldo
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