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The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Every rating
43–66
out of 100
An anthropologist is sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company to investigate a drug used in Haitian Vodou rituals that is said to create zombie-like states. His mission is to find the formula for scientific use. He soon finds himself drawn into a dark world of black magic and political terror, crossing paths with a powerful and evil witch doctor who will use any means to protect the secrets of the living dead.
Details
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Writers
- Adam Rodman, Richard Maxwell
- Based on
- The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 5 February 1988
- Country
- United States, Haiti, Dominican Republic
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $19.6M
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