The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · 98 min · Director: Wes Craven
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In 1985, after a successful research in Amazonas, Dr. Dennis Alan from Harvard is invited by the president of a Boston pharmaceutics industry, Andrew Cassedy, to travel to Haiti to investigate the case of a man named Christophe that died in 1978 and has apparently returned to life. Andrew wants samples of the voodoo drug that was used in Christophe to be tested with the intention of producing a powerful anesthetic. Dr. Alan travels to meet Dr. Marielle Duchamp that is treating Christophe and arrives in Haiti in a period of revolution. Soon Alan is threatened by the chief of the feared Tonton Macuse Dargent Peytraud, who is a torturer and powerful witch. Alan learns that death is not the end in the beginning of his journey to hell.
Emotional fingerprint
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear35%
- Disturbing25%
- Anxiety20%
- Surprise10%
- Curiosity10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Anxiety. Genres: Fantasy, Horror. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Disturbing and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Fear
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Fear
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Fear | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 62 % | 57 % | 53 % | 37 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Fear | 66 % | 59 % | 55 % | 43 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Curiosity | 65 % | 55 % | 46 % | 44 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Curiosity | 64 % | 56 % | 41 % | 43 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Curiosity | 65 % | 57 % | 40 % | 46 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Curiosity | 61 % | 50 % | 33 % | 49 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 41 % | 24 % | 37 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 44 % | 30 % | 33 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Tension | 66 % | 60 % | 50 % | 50 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 73 % | 71 % | 57 % | 65 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Tension | 74 % | 73 % | 57 % | 70 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 74 % | 65 % | 73 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Tension | 73 % | 69 % | 60 % | 63 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 63 % | 50 % | 51 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Tension | 75 % | 71 % | 64 % | 60 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Fear | 86 % | 83 % | 83 % | 75 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Fear | 89 % | 85 % | 86 % | 79 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Tension | 86 % | 84 % | 81 % | 75 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Relief | 85 % | 82 % | 77 % | 72 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Celestine
Julio
Old Shaman
Margrite
Priest
Mulatto Nurse
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Details
- Directed by
- Wes Craven
- Written by
- Wade Davis, Richard Maxwell, Adam Rodman
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1988
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
Where to watch
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