The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man talks about his scrotum being torn.
  • During a sex scene in a cave, you briefly see a woman's breasts. For most of this scene, you can only see the side of her breast. Scene is sensual and lasts about a minute. Several wide shots of the woman riding the man, closeups of her face "in ecstasy." Music over the entire scene, no voices/noises. Nudity also includes man's bare chest.

Violence & Gore

  • Super tame today. 9 year and up can watch.
  • Dennis Alan is tied to a chair and has a nail driven through his scrotum (unseen). He screams and in another shot he is bleeding heavily.
  • A guy's head is cut off. You only see the blade swing down. Later, a person is seen drinking his blood.
  • Many decomposing corpses are seen.
  • The head of a decomposed corpse is crushed.
  • A man gets burned, and his badly burned face is seen later.
  • Some people are buried alive.
  • A decomposed corpse pulls its mouth open
  • A possessed man rips his head off and throws it at a character. The slight amount of visible blood is green.
  • Various scenes involving blood in no violent context whatsoever.
  • A snake leaps out and grabs onto a mans face.

Profanity

  • Occasional profanities are used throughout the film.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some alcohol consumption.
  • The plot of the film revolves around a powder that turns people into 'zombies'.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Ok for 13/14 years and up, depending on how mature the viewer is. This is a scary movie.
  • Some horror scenes.
  • Lots of fantastical scary hallucinations. Several corpse zombies., some jump scares.
  • The scenes involving characters being buried alive are intense.
  • This movie has a tense and creepy tone to it.

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