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A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Theatrical
Feb 5, 1988
Box Office
$19.6M
Budget
$11.0M
Return
1.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 8, 1998
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →B
Bill Pullman
Dennis Alan
C
Cathy Tyson
Marielle Duchamp
Z
Zakes Mokae
Dargent Peytraud
P
Paul Winfield
Lucien Celine
B
Brent Jennings
Louis Mozart
C
Conrad Roberts
Christophe
B
Badja Djola
Gaston
T
Theresa Merritt
Simone
M
Michael Gough
Schoonbacher
P
Paul Guilfoyle
Andrew Cassedy
D
Dey Young
Mrs. Cassedy
A
Aleta Mitchell
Celestine
W
William Newman
French Missionary Doctor
F
Francis Guinan
American Doctor
D
Diamanda Galás
Voices of the Dead
M
Michael Jackson
Newscaster
