The Serpent and the Rainbow

A favorite movie from my younger days, that still is impressive and well done. GREAT MOVIE, QUALITY ACTING AND BELIEVABLE STORY (Based on a true story: Recomend Reading the Book by professor Wade Davis too!)

This is a very good movie

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Good God this movie traumatized me when I was young. I remembered channel surfing one day and I got to one of those Starz channels. What did I see...Bill Pullman getting buried alive, a man violently choking to death and a scorpion crawling out of his mouth, and that same man tearing his own head off and throwing it at Mr. Pullman. What the hell? That was some of the scariest things I've ever seen. Some time later I tried watching the whole movie from the beginning and it still scared the hell out of me. Now, after years of blocking it from my mind, I decided to watch it again out of curiosity and to finally conquer my fears. And well...its pretty disturbing and scary, but not so much as I remembered. This is probably one of Wes Craven's most underrated but definitely one of his most ambitious movies of his career, since from what I read some of the movie was shot in Haiti ( you know since its where the story was set in) but had to be finished shooting in the Dominican Republic due to political strife that was going on at the time making it too dangerous to continue. The set designs and locations are very impressive and help build a tense and creepy atmosphere. The acting was really good, although some of the accents made it hard for me to understand what people were saying from time to time. Maybe I should've turned on the subtitles, but I've said before that reading subtitles distracts me from what's going on. Aside from Bill Pullman, I was surprised to see Alfred from the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies and the maid from Billy Madison in this movie, which knowing this helped me power through. The effects ranged from pretty good, with the puppeteering for the short corpse woman being one the best, to pretty mediocre. I felt really bad for Bill Pullman, not his character but Bill Pullman himself for having to go through a lot of physical stuff like falling down a hill, being strapped naked onto a torture chair, having to be in close contact with very dangerous animals, and being in a lot of closed spaces...that would've been a total nightmare for me. And while the whole movie had been very consistent with its tone, the finale kind of felt rushed and goofy compared to the tense psychological horror that was predominant throughout and sort of devolved into something that would've happened in an Elm Street movie, but it did have a satisfying conclusion to it in my opinion. Also the main musical score playing during the love scene felt really out of place, I don't think two people having sex is supposed to be a creepy jungle adventure. Overall this movie is an underrated horror gem and continued proof that Wes Craven was a master horror director. It scared me when I was young, but I was able to brave through it after so many years. Will I ever watch it again? Maybe...in a couple more years.

I'm an ER who loves reading non fiction about almost anything. I didn't know much about voodoo until I went to New Orleans last year. They recommended this book in the voodoo museum. Not going to lie, it's a wild story of superstition and scientific discovery rolled into one. Modern medicine has learned a lot from so called "primitives" and I can honestly say they have much to teach us

This film takes a deep dive in Haiti's Voodoo culture and practices. Based on a true story, it is sure to keep you up at night.

Good

Great movie

Ce dvd ma première réaction c'était de le renvoyer, sans le visionner ? étrange mais c'est insupportable de ne pas recevoir le visuel du descriptif, enfin passons, le contenu étant le même, tiens j'aurais peut être pu ne mettre que 2 sur la note, soigner le mal par le mal n'est pas toujours efficace, quelquefois c'est le remède. Passons au film, excellent, encore plus d'étoiles, sous la forme du reportage mais à acheter les yeux fermés, superbe film de zombies, tourné je ne sais ou, l'atmosphère est incroyable, le mal est palpable, haiti comme si vous y étiez. Aucun regret quand à l'achat. ou pas crève l'écran et les macoutes font peur. Aucun regret quand à cet achat.

Great to see this film again after so many years. Except for some cheesy scenes and effects during the last ten minutes, this movie holds up really well. This restored version is mostly clean – there are some minor glitches throughout, but nothing that will affect your enjoyment of the film. For me, the real joy of watching this again was to see the beautiful scenes of the vodoun religion of Haiti. The extras and commentary are a little on the light side, but they do provide some interesting facts on the making of the film. For example, I wasn't aware of how much Wade Davis was involved in the production, specifically with connecting the filmmakers with some of his contacts in Haiti for the dancing and ceremonial scenes, and how the pilgrimage sequence was recreated with thousands of extras. The cinematographer also provides some insight, and Bill Pullman recorded an audio track of his recollections that unfortunately doesn't last for the duration of the movie. It would've been nice, of course, to have Wes Craven's input, but the cast and crew assembled for this release do a fine job of relating some facts about how this film was made, and how the studio interfered with the director's original vision and insisted that more horror elements be added to the final cut. After watching "The Serpent & The Rainbow" again after all these years, I still thoroughly enjoyed myself. But I can't help but wonder what the film would've been like had Wes Craven's vision been unaltered. It still would've differed greatly from the book, but I guess we'll never know for sure (there are no deleted scenes to suggest what could've been). In the end, this isn't as comprehensive as some of Shout! Factory's other bluray releases, but I'm still incredibly happy to add "The Serpent & The Rainbow" to my collection.

...unbedingt mal reinschauen, richtig gut gemacht. Kann ich nur weiterempfehlen. Eine amerikanische Pharmaindustrie schickt ihren Angestellten in den Dschungel, ein neues Heilmittel ausfindig zu machen. Dieser findet es dann auch, in Form eines Pulvers welches einem zu Zombi's werden lässt. Natürlich erlebt der Prodagonist am eigenen Leib die Wirkung des Pulvers. Aber keine Sorge, hier wird nicht das übliche billige Zombieglischee bediehnt, der Film is echt gut gemacht. Unbedingt mal anschauen, auch vor dem Hintergrund das die Existenz solchen Pulvers inzwischen nachgewiesen wurde.

Buenas película del género de zombies y vudú....aunque baje la calificación porque no incluye idioma en español latino como yo esperaba, si no en castellano....que en realidad no es un mal doblaje, pero hubiera querido ver la película como cuando la transmitían en canal 5 de México.

Kultfilm, spännande & kuslig. Har sett den förut, ej sett denna utgåva ännu då filmen omslag på baksidan va trasigt :(