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
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
Dey Young
as Mrs. Cassedy
Aleta Mitchell
as Celestine
William Newman
as French Missionary Doctor
Jaime Pina Gautier
as Julio
Evencio Mosquera Slaco
as Old Shaman
Kimberleigh Aarn
as Margrite
Philogen Thomas
as Priest
Ana Rosa Smith Avila
as Mulatto Nurse
Francis Guinan
as American Doctor
Diamanda Galás
as Voices of the Dead
Sally-Anne Munn
as Nurse / Intern
Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt
as Black Waiter
Robert De James
as Old Lame Peasant
Jackson Delgado
as Possessed Dancer
Barbara Guillaume
as Mozart’s Whore
Betty Garcia Rodriguez
as Pretty Whore
Luis Tavare Pesquera
as Kyle Cassedy
Claudia Pimentel
as Old Crone
Michael Jackson
as Newscaster