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Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

R · 1991-05-07 · 1h 38m · EN
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With "The Shining" and "Misery" Stephen King scared you to death. Now, he's going to scare you back to life.

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.

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Tim MathesonTim MathesonJim NormanBrooke AdamsBrooke AdamsSally NormanRobert RuslerRobert RuslerLawsonChris DemetralChris DemetralWayne NormanRobert Hy GormanRobert Hy GormanScott NormanWilliam SandersonWilliam SandersonMuellerNicholas SadlerNicholas SadlerVinnieBentley MitchumBentley MitchumNorthMatt NolanMatt NolanBillyTasia ValenzaTasia ValenzaKateChadd NyergesChadd NyergesChipT. Max GrahamT. Max GrahamChief Pappas

Keywords

Loss of loved oneGhostHigh schoolCarTunnelBullyTrainChildhoodSuppressed memory

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Genre affinityHorror · Tv MovieTheme affinityLoss Of Loved One · Ghost · High SchoolEmotional intensityLoss Of Loved OneDirector preference111271Actor preference22356 · 76723 · 114996Country preferenceUs

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What is Sometimes They Come Back about?

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.

How long is Sometimes They Come Back?

Sometimes They Come Back has a runtime of 98 minutes.

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