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The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988 ·1h 38m · ★ 6.4 (542)

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.

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21 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
73
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
85
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Setting

Cemetery

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

airlineramazon rainforestanthropologistbased on novel or bookbeheadingboston, massachusettsburied alivechaineddeath certificategraveyardhaitihallucinationjunglenightmarepoisonrevolutionritespidersuperstitionsurrealismvoodoozombification

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