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The Serpent and the Rainbow
UNITED STATES · 1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wes Craven
zombie resurrection Haitian voodoo scientific skepticism occult rituals supernatural curses
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Synopsis

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 excursi

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