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.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
“Don't Bury Me...I'm Not Dead!”
Overview
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.
Director
Wes Craven
Budget
11.0M
Revenue
19.6M
Status
Released
Production
Universal Pictures
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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