Comedy isn't the only genre Nina Dobrev ventured into. The actress tried her hand at sci-fi-slash-horror with "Flatliners," dubbed as both a remake and sequel to the original 1990 film. The movie follows medical student Courtney (Elliot Page), who wants to better understand the afterlife. To do so, she recruits other medical students to help her conduct experiments by stopping each other's hearts for short periods of time and recording brain activity. However, things go wrong as they all see disturbing visions when their heart stops.
Nina Dobrev plays Marlo, a student who stumbles into what Courtney is doing. When participating in the experiment, Marlo sees one of her former patients, who died because Marlo used the wrong medication. While she keeps this secret through much of the movie, the other students convince her to come clean after they discover what really happened.
Despite a solid cast that included Dobrev, Page, Diego Luna, and Kiefer Sutherland, "Flatliners" didn't win over horror fans. While audiences were a bit more forgiving, it was dead on arrival with critics. Like many horror remakes, it missed the mark, with many reviews commenting it was too safe. For RogerEbert.com, Matt Zoller Seitz called it "a fabulous idea for a movie, but unfortunately 'Flatliners' represents the second failed attempt to do it justice."
