Poison...........ethnobotanists from Harvard U.................puffer fish off the Haitian coasts.........spooky things galore........

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The Serpent and the Rainbow
 1988 ‧ Thriller/Horror ‧ 1h 38m
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6.5/10IMDb60%Rotten Tomatoes3/4Roger Ebert
In a time of social and political unrest in Haiti, anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) travels to the torn country to study a Voodoo drug used in religious practices to turn victims into living zombies. With the help of a witch doctor (Brent Jennings) and a fellow researcher (Cathy Tyson), Den… More
Release date: February 5, 1988 (USA)
Director: Wes Craven
Box office: 19.6 million USD
Initial DVD release: December 8, 1998
Budget: 7 million USD