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The Serpent and the Rainbow

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30th Anniversary Fears & Beers screening! A Q&A with Brent Jennings and producers David Ladd, Bob Engelman & Marianne Maddalena moderated by Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death follows the screening.

Film Info
Showtime
Showtime
Premiere Type
Premiere Type
No Premiere
Category
Film Category
Feature
Runtime
Run Time
1 hour 38 min
Directed by
Directed by
Wes Craven
Produced by
Produced By
David Ladd, Bob Engelman, Doug Claybourne
Written by
Written by
Wade Davis (inspired by the book), Richard Maxwell (screenplay) Adam Rodman, (screenplay) (as A.R. Simoun)
Main Cast
Main Cast
Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae
Synopsis
In a time of social and political unrest in Haiti, anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) travels to the torn country to study a Voodoo drug used in religious practices to turn victims into living zombies. With the help of a witch doctor (Brent Jennings) and a fellow researcher (Cathy Tyson), Dennis pieces together the deadly mystery. But as Dennis uncovers the secrets behind the mysterious powder, he must evade the Haitian authorities who view his research as a potential threat.

About the Director(s)

Director(s)
Contact Info

Wes

Craven

Director
One of the horror genre's best-known and most celebrated directors, Wes Craven was widely credited with reinventing the teen horror movie....Read more
One of the horror genre's best-known and most celebrated directors, Wes Craven was widely credited with reinventing the teen horror movie. Initially gaining fame and notoriety for his Nightmare on Elm Street series in the 1980s, Craven enjoyed a second wave of popularity in the 1990s with his phenomenally successful Scream series, which spoofed the teen horror genre even as they revived it. The films kicked off a trend in teen horror films, inspiring any number of imitators that, for the most part, failed to live up to Craven's own work. Read less
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