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The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

6.4

98 minutes

2/5/1988

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.

Cast List

  • Bill Pullman Picture

    Bill Pullman

    as Dennis Alan

  • Cathy Tyson Picture

    Cathy Tyson

    as Marielle Duchamp

  • Zakes Mokae Picture

    Zakes Mokae

    as Dargent Peytraud

  • Paul Winfield Picture

    Paul Winfield

    as Lucien Celine

  • Brent Jennings Picture

    Brent Jennings

    as Louis Mozart

  • Conrad Roberts Picture

    Conrad Roberts

    as Christophe

  • Badja Djola Picture

    Badja Djola

    as Gaston

  • Theresa Merritt Picture

    Theresa Merritt

    as Simone

  • Michael Gough Picture

    Michael Gough

    as Schoonbacher

  • Paul Guilfoyle Picture

    Paul Guilfoyle

    as Andrew Cassedy

  • Dey Young Picture

    Dey Young

    as Mrs. Cassedy

  • Aleta Mitchell Picture

    Aleta Mitchell

    as Celestine

  • William Newman Picture

    William Newman

    as French Missionary Doctor

  • Jaime Pina Gautier Picture

    Jaime Pina Gautier

    as Julio

  • Evencio Mosquera Slaco Picture

    Evencio Mosquera Slaco

    as Old Shaman

  • Kimberleigh Aarn Picture

    Kimberleigh Aarn

    as Margrite

  • Philogen Thomas Picture

    Philogen Thomas

    as Priest

  • Ana Rosa Smith Avila Picture

    Ana Rosa Smith Avila

    as Mulatto Nurse

  • Francis Guinan Picture

    Francis Guinan

    as American Doctor

  • Diamanda Galás Picture

    Diamanda Galás

    as Voices of the Dead

  • Sally-Anne Munn Picture

    Sally-Anne Munn

    as Nurse / Intern

  • Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt Picture

    Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt

    as Black Waiter

  • Robert De James Picture

    Robert De James

    as Old Lame Peasant

  • Jackson Delgado Picture

    Jackson Delgado

    as Possessed Dancer

  • Barbara Guillaume Picture

    Barbara Guillaume

    as Mozart’s Whore

  • Betty Garcia Rodriguez Picture

    Betty Garcia Rodriguez

    as Pretty Whore

  • Luis Tavare Pesquera Picture

    Luis Tavare Pesquera

    as Kyle Cassedy

  • Claudia Pimentel Picture

    Claudia Pimentel

    as Old Crone

  • Michael Jackson Picture

    Michael Jackson

    as Newscaster