Sometimes They Come Back

1991

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 13457 13.5K

Director

Top cast

Tim Matheson as Jim Norman
Duncan McLeod as Old Officer Neil
Robert Hy Gorman as Scott Norman
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901.72 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
R
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 7
1.63 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 7 / 10

Ghosts, Nostalgia, and Small-Town Terror: Stephen King's Haunting Tale That's Scary and Satisfyingly Sweet!

Sometimes They Come Back is a ghost story with scares, nostalgia, and heart-a rare Stephen King adaptation that strikes a perfect balance between chills and emotional depth. Tim Matheson delivers a standout performance as Jim Norman, a teacher haunted by a gang of greaser ghosts from his past. These spectral delinquents are a wonderfully menacing mix of leather jackets, pomade, and bad intentions.Director Tom McLoughlin crafts a visually striking film, with eerie lighting and perfectly staged scenes that keep the tension simmering. While the special effects are solid for the era, one clunky train sequence-featuring a model train in a brick tunnel-sticks out like a ghost at a family reunion.The ending, with its touch of schmaltz, might not please every horror fan, but it's hard to deny the satisfaction of a story where redemption takes center stage. It's a heartfelt conclusion in a genre that often leans into despair.For fans of Stephen King or anyone seeking a ghost story with soul, Sometimes They Come Back is a nostalgic, spooky delight that lingers long after the credits roll.
Reviewed by EJBaggaley 7 / 10

They've just come up from Milford

This film is a classic 'Stephen King' film. The scenes from this film I mostly enjoyed was Jimmy Normans flashbacks from his childhood memories 27 years before as well as very cool and brutal Nick Sadler (Vinnie 'Vincent' Corey) and Richard Lawson(Robert Rusler) while slaying Jimmys students until they got they're own personal revenge on Jimmy for when they were killed 27 years before. A performance well done! What I liked about this film was the grimness/ darkness of the movie, which brings a shiver in my skin every time I watch it. This feeling brings upon me a sense of realism as though what happened to Jimmy Norman as a child when his brother was murdered by the 4 gangsters and when they came back to haunt him years later has actually happened in real life. Which is amazing because all this would never happen in real life, other than the part when Jimmys brother was murdered.

I found this film both scary and humorous (in one) for there were scenes that I didn't know whether to laugh at or scream at (ie. when the 3 gangsters turned into burnt corpses in their car just before they killed one of Jimmys students and the way Jimmys other students body was positioned and the way his face looked when he fell off his bike and landed in the ditch under the bridge. If you haven't seen this film, I suggest you should as you'll be laughing and screaming all the way through it.

There was a bit of a vagueness in this film as to what Vinnie Vincents actual and full name was. Was his first name Vincent or was his last name Vincent. This was very unclear to the viewers. In the scene when he first revealed himself in Mr. Normans classroom he didn't tell Jimmy his name - nor did the schools principal before hand like he did with Richard Lawson. Just that he was a transfer from Milford. However he knew what Richard Lawsons name was as the principal told it to him before they met in his classroom. Also the part when Jimmy Norman visited the three gangsters graves at Milford cemetery as Vinnie Vincents was the only grave that wasn't shown properly as it was darkened out. Though Richard Lawsons and David Norths graves were readable. For anybody who has seen this film who is interested in knowing his actually name - I now know what it is. I have researched his name via various sources on the internet and his full and actual name is Vincent Corey. Vinnie Vincent was obviously his nickname.

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