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The Serpent and the Rainbow | Year: 1988 Classification: Horror Directed: - Wes Craven Actors/Actresses: - Bill Pullman - Cathy Tyson Don't get involved with things you don't understand "Serpent and the Rainbow" is a classic horror voodoo flick with a good dose of intrigue and mystery to keep the viewer guessing. Perhaps the highlight is Zakes Mokae brillant performance as the evil voodoo high priest Dr. Peytraud. He steals each and every scene that he's in. Bill Pullman is passable as the naive doctor searching Haiti for a magic drug that turns humans into zombies. With any Wes Craven film, there are plenty of spooky "dream" sequences were the lines between reality and the sub-conscious become blurred. This film should not serve as an introduction to the practices of voodoo, possession or zombies but just as a fun, scary film that should remind many of the B-movies of the 50's. A masterpiece from Wes Craven This brillant 1988 film, about voodoo was directed by Wes Craven. It stars Bill Pullman as Dennis Alen, and Cathy Tylson as Marielle. This film was based on true events. Dennis is a Harvard anthropologist and is called up by his old professor with a job for a pharmaceutical company. He is to go to Haiti and investigate the rumors and folklore of zombies. A man who died 7 years earlier, was found wandering in the village. He is to go there, and find out how he has come back to life. Dennis goes to Haiti, and meets Marielle, a doctor who treats the mentally ill, and since zombies have no control over themselves, she gets a lot of them. Dennis and Marielle go on investigating, and they find out, people are turned into zombies through a powder through the skin. Dennis is a scientist, and doesn't really believe this. Little does he know, there are things about this voodoo powder that science will never know. All of this is going on as a strict dictatorship is running Haiti. The leader does not want Dennis investigating this. It is rumored he is a powerful black magician. What will Dennis learn after his decent into a mystical, dark world in Haiti? This film has a very creepy mood, and is filmed mostly in Haiti. It has a documentary feel to it. The acting is done very well, as is the direction. All top notch. This is one of the best religious films I've ever seen. It explores voodoo, the rituals, and deities. Some scenes are very scary. There is a torture scene no male will ever forget. There is also a good romance subplot in the film, that works well with the two main characters. I have nothing but positive things to say for this film, except one: some effects are not needed. I recommended this to all film lovers. Take a chance, with an alternative religious film, its quite interesting. 5 stars. Check it out. Great, except for the ending. This is a well-crafted thriller. It weaves together everything from Amazonian shamans and ayahuasca dream-visions to Haitian voodoo rituals into a ripping yarn that follows the explorations of a Harvard anthropologist in search of the next great medical breakthrough. Retained by a medical conglomerate, he ventures to Haiti to find the secret of zombification. He finds it alright, together with a host of creepy characters and a sexy native doctor. The acting is altogether first-rate. Not a weak performance in the lot (though Bill Pullman is not the best of the group). It's visually fascinating, engrossing, and just enough grounded in reality ... until an ending that is both rushed and almost comical. I don't to ruin it, and you really should watch it--if for no other reason than to speculate about how you might have ended the movie. Buy The Serpent And The Rainbow at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Serpent And The Rainbow Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Serpent And The Rainbow This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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