Review of The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) by Kevin Thomas for Los Angeles Times — 01 Feb 2009
The Serpent and the Rainbow does for the old Caribbean zombie movie what Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" did for the serials. It preserves all the spooky fun of a movie like "White Zombie" while drawing upon all the sophisticated resources of big-budget modern film making: richly photographed authentic locales, wondrous special effects and amazingly acute sound recording.
..The result is an ambitious, entertaining--though not flawless--feat of the imagination, a highly visual and skillful blending of supernatural and political terror, high adventure and anthropology.
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This review of The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) was written by Kevin Thomas and published by Los Angeles Times on 01 Feb 2009.
The Serpent and the Rainbow has generally received positive reviews.
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