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Festival selection / Film

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Year
1988
Director
Wes Craven
Runtime
98 min
Genre
Horror, Thriller
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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.

Festival record

  • LFF 20

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Cast

  • Bill PullmanDennis Alan
  • Cathy TysonMarielle Duchamp
  • Zakes MokaeDargent Peytraud
  • Paul WinfieldLucien Celine
  • Brent JenningsLouis Mozart
  • Conrad RobertsChristophe
  • Badja DjolaGaston
  • Theresa MerrittSimone
  • Michael GoughSchoonbacher
  • Paul GuilfoyleAndrew Cassedy

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