This entertaining supernatural thriller from director Joel Schumacher poses the question: is there life after death? Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon are among the medical students who are trying to find the answer by inducing their own temporary deaths in this gothic mix of old dark house and hi-tech laboratory. Schumacher puts more flash than flesh on the story, but still manages to deliver the expected chills with cool efficiency as the students' extracurricular experiments take a sinister turn. Trouble is, the afterlife stuff is rather too crudely clichéd.

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.