Wes Craven: Every Movie Ranked Worst To Best

6. The Serpent And The Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow
Universal Pictures

Channeling voodoo horror straight into this creepy title, The Serpent and the Rainbow is based on the real-life explorations of Wade Davis, a Harvard Scientist who looked into the drugs used to create Haitian zombies. Craven's interpretation is a dark, deep dive into the world of voodoo and its culture - as interesting as it is scary to watch open up throughout the movie.

The clash between the government regime alongside the dark magic of Haiti is a great juxtaposition to see, with Craven adeptly weaving between two different types of horror as the film goes on.

It's camp, and unavoidably smeared with Craven's fingerprints all over - but it works well as a film that has a streak of reality running through the middle of it, bringing a unique take on terrifying concepts to the big screen.

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