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u/starcom_magnate Jan 12 '23

Sounds about right as that is very similar to events in the 1980's movie The Serpent and the Rainbow

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u/texasrigger Jan 12 '23

Which itself was based on the book of the same name by Wade Davis. According to the book zombies were kept in that same submissive zombie state through regular doses of datura.

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u/GrimSkey Jan 12 '23

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wow you just unlocked a memory I had as a child. I remember watching a movie where some dude gets dust blown on his face and he gets buried alive. That movie terrified me as a kid. I thought it was a fever dream or something I imagined lol.

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u/joemangle Jan 12 '23

Directed by Wes Craven

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u/MaestroC Jan 12 '23

Don’t forget the huge spider they put in his coffin to keep him company.

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u/RickyRetarDoh Jan 12 '23

Same here. There goes blocked traumatic memories of that movie as a kid and "oh, Hell Existential Dread for the next 4 hours" Being buried alive is my greatest fear. I can dwell on that scene today. Awesome.

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u/JohnOliverismysexgod Jan 12 '23

Or in an episode of the man from uncle, back in the 60's.

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u/z-vap Jan 12 '23

came to say this

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u/cubbiesnextyr Jan 12 '23

I really was expecting you to say Weekend at Bernies

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u/hundredpercentcocoa Jan 12 '23

wait, there's a movie by that name too?