The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

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.

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Cast

• Bill Pullman as Dennis Alan
• Cathy Tyson as Marielle Duchamp
• Zakes Mokae as Dargent Peytraud
• Paul Winfield as Lucien Celine
• Brent Jennings as Louis Mozart
• Conrad Roberts as Christophe
• Badja Djola as Gaston
• Theresa Merritt as Simone
• Michael Gough as Schoonbacher
• Paul Guilfoyle as Andrew Cassedy

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