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IMDb rating 6.4
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Critic Mark Dinning
rated 6

...the film's strength lies in its increasingly surreal dream/hallucination sequences.

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Cast & Crew

Wes Craven
Director
Michael Gough
As Schoonbacher
Bill Pullman
As Dennis Alan
Paul Guilfoyle
As Andrew Cassedy
Paul Winfield
As Lucien Celine
Dey Young
As Mrs. Cassedy
Brent Jennings
As Louis Mozart

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Experience the chilling tale of The Serpent and the Rainbow, a horror-thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When a Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a mysterious powder rumored to bring the dead back to life, he uncovers a sinister world of voodoo and black magic. As he delves deeper into the culture, he encounters walking zombies, blood rituals, and ancient curses. But when he realizes the true power of the drug, he must confront the dark forces that threaten to consume him. Based on real-life experiences and filmed on location in Haiti, this movie will take you on a frightening journey into the heart of darkness.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Serpent and the Rainbow include The Lost Boys, Stalking Laura, Flowers in the Attic, The Stepfather, Beyond the Seventh Door, Candyman.

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The Serpent and the Rainbow was released in theaters on February 5, 1988.