Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

A man and his family return to his hometown, where he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writers:

Stephen King (short story), Lawrence Konner (teleplay)

Stars:

Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Matheson	...	Jim Norman
Brooke Adams	...	Sally Norman
Robert Rusler	...	Richard Lawson
Chris Demetral	...	Wayne Norman
Robert Hy Gorman	...	Scott Norman
William Sanderson	...	Carl Mueller (age 44)
Nicholas Sadler	...	Vinnie Vincent
Bentley Mitchum	...	David North
Matt Nolan	...	Billy Sterns
Tasia Valenza	...	Kate
Chadd Nyerges	...	Chip
T. Max Graham	...	Chief Pappas
William Kuhlke	...	Principal Simmons
Duncan McLeod	...	Old Officer Neil
Nancy McLoughlin	...	Dr. Bernardi

Storyline

Taken from the Stephen King short story about a school teacher's return to his home town where his brother was killed by hoods, the hoods died in the freak train wreck along with his brother. Now they have "come back" to haunt him. One by one 'til they're all back!

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Plot Keywords:

evil | cigarette smoking | teacher | teenager | train | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for terror violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's 'Sometimes They Come Back'

Filming Locations:

Kansas CIty, Kansas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Come Back Productions,Dino de Laurentiis Communications,Paradise Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Scotty is walking with his 2 friends, before the greasers chase him with their car, he says see yas later to his friends. You hear kids talking in the background. You can hear 'where is he.' That small sample is in the first 6 seconds of the Ozzy Osbourne song 'Mr. Tinkertrsin' off of his 'no more tears' album.

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Goofs

The train accident that killed the greasers happened in 1963. The train that hit their 1955 Chevy, killing them, was the Southern Pacific 5021. The Southern Pacific 5021 was retired in 1955 and was the only train of its kind preserved and donated to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society on March 8, 1956. It's not possible for that train to have killed the gang in 1963.

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Quotes

Vinnie Vincent: [to Chip] Still not scared?
David North: No, you're as cool as a corpse, right Chip?

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Connections

Referenced in Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks: The Monster Club (2015)

User Reviews

Revenge of the Ghosts

An interesting ghost story about Jim Norman and his older brother Wayne. Both of the young boys were touted by a group of older boys, greasers if you will. These greasers ended up stabbing Wayne in a train track tunnel one day, a train came and during the madness all were killed except Jim and one of the greasers - both got away safely. Years later Jim ended up married with a young boy of his own and became a school teacher. They moved back to Jim's hometown where his older brother and the greasers were killed. Now the the vengeful greaser ghosts are wanting Jim dead - they will stop at nothing.

Not a bad film. These are a gang of evil vengeful spirits, just as nasty and no good as they were when they were alive. They can manifest themselves, materialize, into solid matter. They seem to be seen by others only when they want to be seen and they seem to have the ability to chose who sees them.

6/10