Serpent and the Rainbow

Serpent and the Rainbow

Eight years before he scored a phenomenal hit with Scream, horror master Wes Craven made a worthy effort to "legitimize" horror with this chilling supernatural thriller, based on the best-selling book by Wade Davis. More ambitious than most horror films, this one allowed Craven to generate compelling plausibility with the fact-based story of a Harvard researcher (Bill Pullman) who travels to Haiti to procure a secret voodoo powder that places people into a state of simulated death. His investigation into the hidden world of black magic grows increasingly dangerous until he's caught in a living nightmare--a potentially deadly predicament that inspired the film's advertising tag line: "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" Craven pays particular attention to authentic details of Haitian society and the role voodoo plays in Haitian culture, and the film gains additional atmosphere from location shooting in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Craven would, of course, continue to thrive by making more "conventional" horror films including Scream, but this remains a fascinating departure for one of the genre's most celebrated directors. - -Jeff Shannon

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R (Restricted)
Year:
1988
98
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Dennis Alan:
I'm a U.S. citizen! Think about that!

Dargent Peytraud:
I don't see the Ambassador here, do you?

Dargent Peytraud:
Ahh, Doctor Allen! Why are you in Haiti, Doctor Allen?

Dennis Alan:
It says there on the passport I'm a tourist. I came to see the sights.

Dargent Peytraud:
Yes, happy happy happy island people! Then why visit an insane asylum?

Dennis Alan:
I'm an anthropologist, it's a tax write off. Hope you're not with the IRS.

Dennis Alan:
Don't let them bury me! I'm not dead!

Dargent Peytraud:
I want to hear you scream!

Dargent Peytraud:
By the way, Doctor Allen. What did you dream about this afternoon? A woman in your arms? The sea at your doorstep? Nooooo! You dreamt of me and of the grave. I know because I was there. And I can be there every time you close your eyes. The pain I cause you, in the room upstairs, is nothing to the pain I can cause in your own mind. Remember that... Doctor Allen.

Dargent Peytraud:
No, no, noooo! No rest! You'll see it all! You'll feel it! The cold... in the coffin. It is worse. Much, much worse!

Dargent Peytraud:
When you wake up scream, Doctor Allen. Scream all you want. There is no escape from the grave.

Marielle Duchamp:
The way Dr. Schoonbacher spoke of you, it was as though you could walk on water! Now I know why. Sh*t floats!

Louis Mozart:
You are still alive.

Dennis Alan:
Yeah, I noticed.

Dennis Alan:
Christophe, I need you to remember what happened before you died.

Lucien Celine:
Whatever happens, death is not the end.

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