Serpent and the Rainbow, The

The Serpent and the Rainbow is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It is inspired by the novel of the same name by author Wade Davis. The movie was directed by Wes Craven with a screenplay written by Richard Maxwell and A.R. Simoun. It was produced by Universal Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on February 5th, 1988. The movie stars Bill Pullman as Dennis Alan, Cathy Tyson as Marielle Duchamp, Zakes Mokae as Dargent Peytraud, Paul Winfield as Lucien Celine, and Brent Jennings as Louis Mozart.

Notes & Trivia

 * The Serpent and the Rainbow is inspired by the non-fiction anthropological study The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic by author Wade Davis, which was first published by Simon & Schuster in hardcover edition in 1985.


 * The Serpent and the Rainbow, Serpent and the Rainbow, Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) all redirect to this page.


 * Screenplay writer Adam Rodman is credited as A.R. Simoun in this film.


 * This is Wes Craven's ninth horror film as a director. He previously Deadly Friend in 1986. His next movie is 1989's Shocker.