The serpent and the rainbow [dvd] / Universal ; Keith Barish presents a Rob Cohen/David Ladd production ; a film by Wes Craven ; screenplay by Richard Maxwell and A.R. Simoun ; produced by David Ladd and Doug Claybourne ; directed by Wes Craven.
Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. "Inspired by the book The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis." Special feature : theatrical trailer.
Summary:
"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 scienist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses"--Container.
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