The Serpent and the Rainbow
“Don't Bury Me...I'm Not Dead!”
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.
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Serpent and the Rainbow performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$19.6M
Gross Profit
$8.6M
Return
1.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Dennis Alan
Bill Pullman
Dennis Alan
Marielle Duchamp
Cathy Tyson
Marielle Duchamp
Dargent Peytraud
Zakes Mokae
Dargent Peytraud
Lucien Celine
Paul Winfield
Lucien Celine
Louis Mozart
Brent Jennings
Louis Mozart
Christophe
Conrad Roberts
Christophe
Gaston
Badja Djola
Gaston
Simone
Theresa Merritt
Simone
Schoonbacher
Michael Gough
Schoonbacher
Andrew Cassedy
Paul Guilfoyle
Andrew Cassedy
Mrs. Cassedy
Dey Young
Mrs. Cassedy
Celestine
Aleta Mitchell
Celestine
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