The Serpent and the Rainbow

Its alright. It holds up.

Could be one of the worst "horror" flicks I have seen in awhile. And this is supposedly based on a true story? Wow....

This is an excellent movie - great and engaging story, nicely carried out and translated into a movie. It's not a zombie movie in the typical sense, but offers much depth. Craven managed to keep the tension throughout the movie, not a moment of dullness. Overall, highly recommended (if I have to critize something, it'd be the cheesy-B-movie-looking cover!!)

Man, they soiled Wade Davis' biography of his search for the 'Zombie Powder" of Hatian voodo. Actually, the powder was just the toxin inside a Fugu fish but in this movie, it's real Zombie powder. Plus, seriously, leave Hati alone for like two seconds, it's just a religion taught there. I mean come on, look at it this way, I make a movie about a dude who goes on a search for L. Ron Hubbard's dentures and on the way he encounters John Travolta Zombies and Tom Cruise robots, now you see what I mean, does that sound even remotely good. There's so many things wrong with that so if you wouldn't watch a movie like that, don't buy a movie like this.

This one is great! Love the acting it's different and interesting. I found it scarry and most stuff doesn't scare me, just depends on what your posion is. A guy with a razor sharp hand that cuts kids up or a 4 foot walking skeleton in a wedding dress.

I first saw the trailer for this thing way back in late 1987 at the age of 13, and it got under my skin in ways I can't describe. The movie came out the day before my birthday in February 1988. But, I didn't actually see it until 3 years later. It's pretty well known that Wade Davis, who authored the book of the same name, violently hates the film. Obviously, it was Craven'd quite a bit and has little in common with the book. However, there's a level of creepiness here that makes it stand out among most horror films. Anthropologist Dennis Alan (played by Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti to investigate a drug said to be able to bring the dead back to life. In doing so, he manages to draw the ire of local authorities, who promptly turn his trip into a nightmare. I won't spoil anything else. I will say it goes way downhill once Dr. Allen enters the cave to confront Captain Peytraud of the Haitian paramilitary force. Up until then, I enjoyed it, and I can recommend this to anyone who enjoys horror without all the cheap scares.

This movie is worth your watch. Honestly, unless you hate horror movies. If you love them them you should love this one, or at least like it. It was scary, entertaining from the beginning, and had minor problems. Like near the end, not giving spoilers, just there these spirits and the effects were corny and it looked dumb and ruined the whole movie for a little bit, and the way he defeats the bad guy was corny too, and the ending in general, but everything b4 that was great!! Truly great.

I FIRST SEEN THIS MOVIE FIVE YEARS AGO AND I HAVE YET TO SEE A CREEPIER FILM THAN THIS.. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE FILM AND EVERYTHING IS JUST ABOUT REAL! IM A BIG HORROR FAN AND THIS MOVIE DOES THE GENRE JUSTICE, CHECK IT OUT AND YOU WON'T BE DISSAPOINTED.

Film mocks Voodoo, which is a seriously practiced religion; it has almost nothing to do with the original book; and it's just plain awful. Really, spend your time watching somethine else.

This movie is more a creepy and a spirtual fantasy movie more than anything. But it gets us a good look into the beliefs of voodoo, and it has Bill Pullman in it! The anthropolgist that wrote the orignal book only hated it because in the scientific community having any kind of spiritual beliefs is like heresy (the book was a scientific look at voodoo). You have to see it at least once. It provides a narrated and well drawn out story into the mysterous underworld of voodoo culture in Hati.