Dennis Allan is een onderzoeker die naar Haiti gaat om een bepaald soort drugs te onderzoeken. Met deze drugs kun je mensen dood laten lijken terwijl ze leven. Dennis moet een keuze maken tussen de wetenschap en bijgeloof in een door de dictator Papa Doc geregeerd Haiti.
Nee, helaas is The Serpent and the Rainbow nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Wes Craven | Director |
| Writing | Richard Maxwell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Adam Rodman | Screenplay |
| Production | Keith Barish | Executive Producer |
| Production | Doug Claybourne | Producer |
| Production | Rob Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Ladd | Producer |
| Sound | Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John Lindley | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Glenn Farr | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeffrey S. Farley | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Kagel | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | David LeRoy Anderson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim McPherson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lance Anderson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Shawn McCracken | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michelle Bühler | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Hallowell II | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Michael Bennett | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Curtis Burch | Production Executive |
| Production | Juanita Diane Feeney | Production Manager |
| Production | Jaime Pina Gautier | Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert Engelman | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Peter Chesney | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Writing | Wade Davis | Book |
| Art | David Brisbin | Art Direction |
| Art | Rosemary Brandenburg | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Mitchell | Costume Design |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | David Nichols | Production Design |
| Production | Robert Engelman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Victoria Kluge | Associate Producer |
| Production | David B. Pauker | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Irving E. Lewis | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Chambers | Stunts |
| Crew | Perry Nichols | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Orrison | Stunts |
| Crew | Al Lee | Stunts |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Mansker | Stunts |
| Crew | Ray Woodfork | Stunts |
| Crew | Marvin Walters | Stunts |
