Sometimes They Come Back (1991 TV Movie)
7/10
Adequate rendition from a Stephen King short tale about a teacher returning to his hometown
31 January 2021
Jim Norton : Tim Matheson , is a High School teacher who along with his wife : Brooke Adams and son go back to his hometown. There he is mistreated, harassed and chased by three students and High School schoolmates : Robert Rustler, Nicholas Sadler, Bentley Mitchum , who deceaded when he was a little boy .They should know you can never go home again since they are both soon threatened by ritualistic and ghastly killers . With "The Shining" and "Misery" Stephen King scared you to death . Now, he is going to scare you back to life .

Yet another Stephen King retelling based on a short tale of horror . An appropriate version containing thrills , chills , frightening scenes , grisly killings and blood flow . It is an acceptable and decent attempt to translate the terror universe of a Stephen King novel to movie .Gruesome appearance of the trío of sinister murderous students and scary special effects are the highlights . Tim Matheson gives a top-notch acting as a man haunted by the tragedy of his past , as he was a witness to his brother's death and he also witnesses the fiery train crash of his brother's murderers . Brooke Adams is also pretty well , but in a minor role . Along with the violent and creepy teens who have returned from the dead to to take revenge on the teacher while causing terror and wreak havoc are well played by Robert Rustler , Nicholas Sadler and Bentley Mitchum. Adding other fine secondaries as Chris Demetral and William Sanderson . Including a colorful cinematography and suspenseful musical score . The motion picture was well directed by terror expert Tom McLoughin (Murder in Greenwich, The Unsaid, Journey, The Yam Princess , The Fire Next Time , Date With an Angel, Friday the 13th Jason lives, One Dark Night) .

It was followed by two sequels as : "Sometimes they come back again" 1996 by Adam Grossman with Alexis Arquette , Hilary Swan , Michael Gross . "Sometimes They come back for more" 1999 by Daniel Berk with Clayton Rohner , Max Perlich , Damian Chapa , Faith Ford.
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