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The Serpent and the Rainbow
Summary: An anthropologist goes to Haiti to research a drug that makes someone appear dead by suspending all vital signs.
Release Date: February 05, 1988
Director:
Wes Craven
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: R
Production: Universal Pictures
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 7,000,000
Domestic: $ 19,595,031
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