1990 · drama · sci-fi · horror
Flatliners
Directed by Joel Schumacher1h 55m1990
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Our read: Flatliners (1990) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal drama · sci-fi · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- surreal
- cold
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“You want glossy nineties guilt-and-mortality thrills with a charismatic med-school ensemble.”
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