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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

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

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 & Crew

Director
Wes Craven
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    Dennis Alan Bill Pullman
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    Marielle Duchamp Cathy Tyson
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    Dargent Peytraud Zakes Mokae
  • Profile picture of Paul Winfield
    Lucien Celine Paul Winfield
  • Profile picture of Brent Jennings
    Louis Mozart Brent Jennings
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    Christophe Conrad Roberts
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    Gaston Badja Djola
  • Profile picture of Theresa Merritt
    Simone Theresa Merritt

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • nightmare
  • boston, massachusetts
  • poison
  • superstition
  • cemetery
  • voodoo
  • revolution
  • beheading
  • spider
  • hallucination
  • surrealism
  • haiti
  • buried alive
  • amazon rainforest
  • jungle
  • chained
  • anthropologist
  • graveyard
  • zombification
  • rite
  • death certificate
  • airliner