The Serpent and the Rainbow

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.

6.4

98 min

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

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

Director

Wes Craven