The Serpent and the Rainbow poster
Director Wes Craven
Screenplay Richard Maxwell, Adam Rodman

The Serpent and the Rainbow

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

Release Date: 1988-02-05

Duration: 98 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Bill Pullman
    Dennis Alan
  • Paul Guilfoyle
    Andrew Cassedy
  • Dey Young
    Mrs. Cassedy
  • Paul Winfield
    Lucien Celine
  • Michael Gough
    Schoonbacher
  • Brent Jennings
    Louis Mozart
  • Zakes Mokae
    Dargent Peytraud
  • Cathy Tyson
    Marielle Duchamp
  • Badja Djola
    Gaston
  • Francis Guinan
    American Doctor