The trailer for the Flatliners reboot reminds me why I loved the silly, stylish original
Some people get upset about the Star Wars special editions. Others take umbrage at remakes of classic horror films. Me? As I discovered this morning, I get upset over reboots of 1990’s Joel Schumacher thrillers. Like Flatliners.
The trailer for the film, which features a pretty impressive cast led by Ellen Page and Rogue One‘s Diego Luna, was released this morning. And it features everything you’d expect from a movie about medical students that decide to kill themselves in the name of science only to discover that they can bring their sins back with them in physical form. There’s creepy scare beats. Cacophonous, orchestral music cues. It has blandly attractive actors like James Norton saying things like, “I didn’t know the side effects…
