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 |
| Camera | John Lindley | Director of Photography |
| Production | David Ladd | Producer |
| Production | Rob Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Keith Barish | Executive Producer |
| Production | Doug Claybourne | Producer |
| Writing | Adam Rodman | Screenplay |
| Editing | Glenn Farr | Editor |
| Sound | Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim McPherson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeffrey S. Farley | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | David LeRoy Anderson | 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 | James Kagel | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michelle Bühler | Key Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Peter Chesney | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Robert Engelman | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Hallowell II | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Jaime Pina Gautier | Production Manager |
| Production | Michael Bennett | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Juanita Diane Feeney | Production Manager |
| Production | Curtis Burch | Production Executive |
| Art | David Nichols | Production Design |
| Production | Robert Engelman | Co-Producer |
| Art | Rosemary Brandenburg | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Mitchell | Costume Design |
| Art | David Brisbin | Art Direction |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Production | Victoria Kluge | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Wade Davis | Book |
| 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 |
