Flatliners was shot on the campus of University of Maryland.
 The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences
"Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "D" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "What isn't in evidence is the sort of overheated lunacy that made the William Hurt speed-freak trip movie Altered States (1980) such delectable trash

