About the movie: year - 1988 / 1 hour 38 min / thriller / horror / Plot of the movie "The Serpent and the Rainbow" : The main character is a scientist from Harvard University, Dennis Alan, who researches voodoo magic. Alan learns that the followers of this cult use a certain powder in their rituals that turns people into zombies. In an attempt to obtain a sample of this powder, the scientist goes to Haiti, the birthplace of voodoo magic. But getting a recipe for a magic cure for an alien is almost impossible. "The Snake and the Rainbow" is a horror film based on the book of the same name by Australian ethnobotanist Wade Davis..