The Serpent and the Rainbow

Movie • 1988 • Horror  

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A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
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Does the dog die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
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People are drugged against their will. No one willingly uses drugs.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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Does an animal die?
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BlackDahlia42
A man feeds a little goat "zombie" powder, which is poison, and the goat dies on screen. This was extremely sad to watch and I don't understand why no one had a warning about this scene.
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Are animals abused?
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BlackDahlia42
There is definitely animal abuse in this movie. There is rooster fighting. A sea worm is dropped into a jar with a poisonous toad to frighten the toad into becoming more toxic before being used as potion ingredients. A man intentionally poisons a goat. Even though it is not meant to be cruel, a dove is held by its feet and waved around as good luck.
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There is rooster fighting, though.
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BlackDahlia42
A bloody dead pig is seen strung up on a cross.
A goat is poisoned and it's death is shown. There is a dried puffer fish and some other hanging dried fish and a bat.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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A character is buried alive and we see it through their eyes during and after.
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Someone's jaw breaks during a dream sequence.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Tideoftrash
During the scene where Alan is tied to a chair he gets a nail hammered into his scrotum
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Cryptid_Crow
Roughly 4 minutes in a doctor shoves a needle into a man's lower eye to see if he is alive or dead.
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Children
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there copaganda?
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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A baby does cry roughly 2 minutes into the movie.
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Is there shakey cam?
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During the first leopard scene and the big zombie scene toward the end.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
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Are there nude scenes?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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