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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) [R]

Release Date:
February 5, 1988

Original Title:
The Serpent and the Rainbow

Alternate Titles:
Käärme ja sateenkaari
La Serpiente y el Arco Iris
La serpiente y el arco iris
Ormen och regnbågen
Voodoo
Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow
Змей и радуга
ゾンビ伝説

Genres:
Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  DE: 18  FI: K-18  FR: 12  IE: 18  IT: T  NL: 16  PH: R-18  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 98

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

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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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Production

Art Direction:
David Brisbin

Associate Producer:
David B. Pauker
Victoria Kluge

Book:
Wade Davis

Casting:
Dianne Crittenden

Co-Producer:
Robert Engelman

Costume Design:
Peter Mitchell

Director:
Wes Craven

Director of Photography:
John Lindley

Editor:
Glenn Farr

Executive Producer:
Rob Cohen
Keith Barish

First Assistant Director:
Robert Engelman

Key Hair Stylist:
Robert Hallowell II

Key Makeup Artist:
Michelle Bühler

Original Music Composer:
Brad Fiedel

Producer:
David Ladd
Doug Claybourne

Production Design:
David Nichols

Production Executive:
Curtis Burch

Production Manager:
Juanita Diane Feeney
Jaime Pina Gautier

Screenplay:
Adam Rodman
Richard Maxwell

Set Decoration:
Rosemary Brandenburg

Special Effects Coordinator:
Peter Chesney

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Jeffrey S. Farley
James Kagel
David LeRoy Anderson
Jim McPherson
Lance Anderson
Michael Shawn McCracken

Stunt Coordinator:
Anthony Cecere

Stunt Double:
Dane Farwell

Unit Production Manager:
Michael Bennett

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