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Bill Pullman (Actor), Cathy Tyson (Actor), Wes Craven (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings
  • Directors: Wes Craven
  • Format: Dolby, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Fabulous Films
  • DVD Release Date: 4 May 2015
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00TTYAHOW
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Wes Craven (Scream) directs this terrifying story of one man's nightmarish journey into the eerie and deadly world of voodoo.

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to revive a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring humans beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen nether world 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 supernatural.

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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic absorbing voodoo horror from the director of Nightmare on Elm Street
By Benminx on 5 Aug. 2010
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
This is a serious-minded horror. Supposedly based on a series of semi-factual articles, Craven reigns in almost all of his more 'fantasy' horror leanings until a brief daft moment near the climax, managing to make this a unsettling horror with a gradually building sense that Bill Pullman's well played lead character is unknowingly getting in over his head. Pullman is stellar as the corporate guy looking to exploit a voodoo 'zombie' drug without believing in its power, and it's via a series of straight faced and very seriously handled events that Craven makes it clear to the audience that he's making a terrible mistake. This is one of the only films I've seen in which voodoo is made to seem properly creepy, eerie, and troubling. The violence is gruesome and horrifying, the bad guys cruel and powerful, and the direction excellent. By the time Pullman realises he's in deep trouble, you get the impression that only God can save him, and that he's got better things to do.
It's a great horror suspense film with wonderfully played characters, an inventive plot, and great mythology. An all time classic from Wes Craven, eschewing his camper Freddy-style films to create a wonderfully creepy masterpiece.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Serpent and The Rainbow
By Mr. S. A. Johnson on 25 Feb. 2012
Format: DVD
Well, this really came out of the left field! I had literally never heard of it before, but thought that it looked rather interesting. I have never seen any other Wes Craven films before (even the famous ones like Scream) but if this is indicative of his other stuff, I certainly shall be.

The film charts the adventures of Dr. Dennis Alan as he travels to Haiti in order to retrieve a mystical "Zombification Powder" for a Boston medical company to use as an anaesthetic. Once there however, he runs up against a Voodoo cult, led by Haiti's evil chief of police Captain Dargent Peytraud.

The biggest star of the film is Haiti itself, with the action taking place in several beautiful and exotic locales. This gives it a real sense of authenticity, as many of the actors and extras are actual Haitian natives. I also very much enjoyed Dr. Alan's dreams and hallucinations, which were disturbing and lended the film an even more sinister edge.

A small niggle for me was the romance between Dennis and local doctor Marielle Duchamp. It did make sense within the movie's context, but it felt sort of rushed and just faintly unnecessary. However, this is just a tiny gripe which does nothing to effect the films overall brilliance.

All in all, this film comes highly recommended, although a word of warning for those with arachnophobia, there is one scene in this picture that you may find extremely uncomfortable.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbout the closest Hollywood ever got to real Voodoo
By Wildfire on 14 Mar. 2004
Format: DVD
A remarkable film set (mostly) in Haiti, adapted from Wade Davies' semi-autobiographical novel. Hollywood does not usually come up with stories about real Voodoo - strange, then, that this film deals with its darker side, the making of zombies. Perhaps that makes it sensational enough for Hollywood! Believe me, zombies are not the shuffling, shambling creatures of Lenzi and Fulci films - they are real enough, drugged close to death and buried for between 24 and 72 hours (depending on various things). Subsisting on very little oxygen, victims' brains are damaged and they spend the rest of their lives robbed of will and purpose, the slaves of those who commissioned their creation. The ceremony is serious and dark Voodoo (Vodou to the congnescenti), embracing the Voodoo world-view of death and power to the priests who appear to "bring the dead back to life." Let is be said that this is a "last resort" punishment in Voodoo, akin to the death sentence elsewhere.)
This film captures the essence all right. It is brilliantly photographed, atmospheric and well acted.
Bill Pullman is charged with obtaining the zombification formula for a pharmaceutical corporation. Revealing it violates Voodoo secrets and the miscreant is punished. The entire cast is convincing but Zakes Mokae plays a brilliant Chief of Police with a degree of irony and ruthlessness so very in character with Papa Doc's ton-ton macoute (secret police) - not the people you want dealings with after a night on the town!
Aside from being a first class horror/thriller, it is laden with Voodoo symbology and sentiment. It probably goes near the knuckle violating Voodoo secrets but thankfully stops short! Bear in mind the film is fiction but based on life.
I rarely rate a film full marks but this one deserves it.
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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat horror film, so-so release
By Kurly on 15 May 2015
Format: Blu-ray
Love this voodoo-themed horror movie and it does look great on Blu-Ray, but why no extras of any real value, huh? This is one of the genre's classics and one of Wes Craven's Top 3 films, so it really, REALLY deserves something more than what we get here. No, I don't want my money back and I WILL be re-watching this often, sure - but as soon as there is an extras-stuffed Blu-Ray release, I'm replacing this one with it.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeautifully-crafted suspense movie
By NB on 7 Nov. 2015
Format: Blu-ray
‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’ was, for me, Craven’s finest hour. On first reflection a Wes Craven movie about zombies does not appeal and I remember preconceived notions about Hammer-run-mad when I first put the disc into the player. I was flabbergasted. Why this director never put more energy into this sort of film is absolutely beyond my comprehension as ‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’ proves that lurking inside the slasher king was an award-winning director waiting to emerge. The portrayal of the corrupt policing of Haiti was masterly and the unease and chills increase until the tension is almost unbearable. The zombie angle was well told and believable and the buried alive scene has never been equaled since Poe wrote ‘The Premature Burial’. The incessant percussion kept the mood going and throughout the movie I was engrossed in the storyline, only marred near the end when Craven could no longer rein in his B-movie horror penchant. This is a beautifully-crafted suspense movie and it is tragic that more in the same vein did not follow.
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