Sometimes They Come Back(1991)
With "The Shining" and "Misery" Stephen King scared you to death. Now, he's going to scare you back to life.
Synopsis
Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums.
Directed by Tom McLoughlin
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Cast
Tim Matheson
Jim Norman
Brooke Adams
Sally Norman
Robert Rusler
Lawson
Chris Demetral
Wayne Norman
Robert Hy Gorman
Scott Norman
William Sanderson
Mueller
Nicholas Sadler
Vinnie
Bentley Mitchum
North
Matt Nolan
Billy
Tasia Valenza
Kate
Chadd Nyerges
Chip
T. Max Graham
Chief Pappas
William Kuhlke
Principal Simmons
Duncan McLeod
Old Officer Nell
Nancy McLoughlin
Dr. Bernardi
Zachary Ball
Jimmy Norman
Dick Solowicz
Desk Sergeant
Rodney McKay
Police Officer
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When did Sometimes They Come Back come out?+
Sometimes They Come Back was released in 1991.
How long is Sometimes They Come Back?+
Sometimes They Come Back runs for 98 minutes (1 hour and 38 minutes).
Who directed Sometimes They Come Back?+
Sometimes They Come Back was directed by Tom McLoughlin.
Who stars in Sometimes They Come Back?+
Sometimes They Come Back stars Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral and Robert Hy Gorman.
Is Sometimes They Come Back worth watching?+
Sometimes They Come Back holds a 5.9/10 rating from 287 TMDB users, and is best suited to fans of horror, tv movie, thriller and drama.
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