The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 Watch Free in HD

The movie follows Dennis Alan, a Harvard researcher sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company to investigate the zombie legend and any possible connection it might have to a rumor about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses.

Genre:

Horror

Actors:

Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings, Conrad Roberts, Badja Djola, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gough, Paul Guilfoyle, Dey Young, ...»

Director:

Wes Craven

Country:

United States

Release:

1988

IMDb:

6.4

Quality:

Duration:

98 min

Time Out

Unfortunately, the political parallel between the ideological repression of Baby Doc's regime and the stultifying effects of the zombifying fluid is only sketchily developed, leaving us with a series of striking but isolated set pieces.

February 09, 2006

Resource

Projection Booth

Despite the strongly emphasized exoticness its Haitian scenery, The Serpent and the Rainbow may be Wes Craven's most pedestrian film.

October 26, 2007

Resource

Under the Radar

An admirable effort to put the voodoo back in zombie mythology ... anyone interested in a different take on a zombie tale should certainly give it a look-over.

February 28, 2016

Resource

Chicago Reader

Genuinely frightening.

September 25, 2007

Resource

CinePassion

Flavorful Grand Guignol

April 01, 2010

Resource

Washington Post

[Craven] seems wiser and more story-conscious -- but thankfully still full of the same surprises.

January 01, 2000

Resource

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A solid supernatural voodoo chiller that finely mixes fantasy with real terror to provide the required horror pic scares.

February 28, 2015

Resource

New York Times

The Serpent and the Rainbow has a screenplay that often breaks its spell.

August 30, 2004

Washington Post

Take a powerful, revealing nonfiction book, sift through it for its most cliche'd elements and turn it into a terror film and you've got The Serpent and the Rainbow.

January 01, 2000

Resource

TV Guide

Craven combines the terrifying dream sequences of A Nightmare on Elm Street with the subtle and evocative atmospherics of Val Lewton.

September 25, 2007

Resource

Creative Loafing

Better (certainly classier) than most films directed by the late Wes Craven, this zombie flick still registers as an also-ran in the horror sweepstakes.

February 27, 2016

Resource

Variety

Offers a few good scares but gets bogged down in special effects.

September 25, 2007

Resource

Watch The Serpent and the Rainbow

Oops...

Something went wrong.

Try again later.

Feedback about this page?