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- That's not the case with Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, which is tragically grounded in reality. Though not necessarily based on a true story, the circumstances in Rainbow are easily believable. Instead of horrendous, inhuman monsters, it's humanity's own darkest, most base desires that take a toll on characters such as Mario and Noboru.
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Feb 18, 2024 · 'The Serpent and the Rainbow' seemed too far-fetched to be true, but Wes Craven was inspired by scientific and academic studies.
May 22, 2014 · On May 31, Hallmark Movie Channel presents The Color of Rain, inspired by the true story of Gina Kell and Michael Spehn and their New York Times bestselling memoir.
- The “Real” Zombies of Haiti
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- Wes Craven’s Voodoo Masterpiece
- Haitian Vodou in ‘The Serpent and The Rainbow’
The impetus for the action in The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) is the story of a man in Haiti who appears to be dead. The man, Christophe Durand (Conrad Roberts), is checked by a doctor and declared dead. He is then buried, but years later Dr. Dennis Alan is sent to Haiti to track down Christophe who was recently discovered to be alive. As far-fe...
Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow begins, as many movies do, with a book. Published in 1985 was a book titled, in full, The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey in the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic.The book is a personal account from anthropologist Wade Davis about his true experiences t...
Wes Craven fell in love with Wade Davis’s book and signed on to adapt it into a movie without even seeing a script. That was a bold move for the director whose well-documented lack of luck with studio interference had adversely affected his vision for his previous film, Deadly Friend (1986). Regardless, Craven was inspired by the idea of The Serpen...
One of the most interesting things about The Serpent and the Rainbow is that it shows real Haitian Vodou ceremonies as they are taking place. Of course a lot of the people who practice the religion are quite secretive and not everythingin the movie is real, but some of it is. Early in the movie there is a scene where Bill Pullman’s character Dennis...
- Chris Catt
Feb 5, 1988 · The movie is based on a true story by a scientist (Pullman) who went to Haiti, a country were such practices were rife, in order to get his hands on this substance and provide it to his employer, a pharmaceutical company, in order to analyze it and use it as an anaesthetic.
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- Fantasy, Horror
- Wes Craven
- 1988-02-05
May 27, 2023 · Though not necessarily based on a true story, the circumstances in Rainbow are easily believable. Instead of horrendous, inhuman monsters, it's humanity's own darkest, most base desires that take a toll on characters such as Mario and Noboru.
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Jan 3, 2019 · 'The Serpent and the Rainbow,” was “inspired by a true story,” but in reality, very little of the movie was actually derived from the book of the same name.
Feb 16, 2018 · It’s bittersweet now to watch The Serpent and the Rainbow, whose entire premise hinges on a zombification drug and cheating death, and think of Craven. A true master of horror with a long...
