The Serpent and the Rainbow
Turkish title: Yılan ve Gökkuşağı
“Don't Bury Me...I'm Not Dead!”
1988 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by 
Wes Craven
Wes CravenCast
Bill Pullman 
Cathy Tyson Zakes Mokae
Credits
Written by: Wade Davis
Plot
An American anthropologist goes to Haiti to look into a drug said to create zombies, and faces a vengeful voodoo priest.
Sinekatalog’s take
Wes Craven's Haiti horror mixes anthropology, voodoo and nightmare imagery. Bill Pullman is decent and the live-burial sequence is chilling, though the film is uneven and sometimes silly.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (28,906 votes)
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