The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

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

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Release Date

2/5/1988

Runtime

98 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$19,595,031

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A visceral descent into Haiti's supernatural underworld that blurs the line between scientific skepticism and occult horror. Wes Craven uses real locations and dreamlike imagery to transform an anthropological investigation into a nightmarish ordeal of physical and psychological torment.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidUnsettlingClaustrophobic

Themes

SurvivalFaithObsessionMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheldPainterly

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceBody horror

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