Never been to medical school but I can imagine this is very removed from reality. This is more a style piece. It's a very dark movie and I mean that literally. It's so dark it doesn't make much sense like the ultra grainy camera that would be unusable and the poorly lit medical area that looks like it's a church, but I guess it's faithful to the style. There are religious and supernatural elements thrown in to increase the overall horror in a cheap way. One day even lands on Halloween.
I think the idea alone makes the movie interesting enough to keep bringing you back from the brink of cinematic deathfor the first half. The second half is chasing some mediocre demons. Keifer was always a great choice for dark twisted characters. Bacon is OK but the rest are forgettable. I don't understand the competitive bidding times for the next death experience. I know it's to make the movie more intense but it made the medical students seems even more stupid. The idea that you get haunted by the past if you die is also stupid as it's presented in a way that you'd reason nobody has ever experienced this before but this wouldn't be the case as people have died and come back before. This movie wears it's cheapness proud which helps in overcoming it. This movie can be enjoyable at times if you experience it rather than analyse it. Yes it's stupid but it's style over substance in a way that isn't pretentious but dream like.