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"This movie used to be among my absolute..."
...favorites when I was younger, and I remember seeing it first time with a friend of mine in his house late at night -and I found it both scary and facinating. I remember the car playing an effective supporting role to "the boys from hell", and I remember the look on those boys faces as frightning -and their behaviour as a good match to this bad-boy-style.

This movie being all in all a typicall work from the supposely horrormaster, Stephen King himself. Before I go on with "Sometimes They Come Back" I have to add that to my disappointment Stephen King is no longer on top of this genre. One; Probably because I'm older now -but also Two; Many of his book-adaptions (including his own, and not only for their time of production) are so amateurish and of the made-for-television-kind that I don't find him as "convinsing" anymore. The book behind "Pet Semetary", well, it still gives me the creeps -a masterpiece in the horror-genre, done with style and intellect, and the name "Zelda" sure brings back some unpleasant memories from that book (It's been a while since I saw the movie, but I remember it as rather creepy too). My point is; I remembered "Sometimes They Come Back" as one of the better adaptions, but times really have changed -to my big disappointment... This movie is average, nothing special to it at all. I had in mind, of course, that it could turn out be a little different than how I remembered it, but the B-movie-feel and the bad picture-quality and sound, and cheap effects not to mention, and the amateurish filming -yes, at first I thought I was looking at a movie from the middle of the 80's, and man was I surprised to read that this movie was produced for tv already back in 91. The quality sure makes it seem older than that, and as you can imagine it didn't exactly help it either.

On the plus side; The acting is good, the lead character (The teacher) and the bad boys are fit for their parts, and saves the movie this way from being a total disaster. Their laughter (the bad boys') indeed still sounds as wicked as I recalled it (another plus I guess) reminding me of hyenas. The car looks "bad" (as another plus), the story makes the movie entertaining enough to keep the viewer from turning the dvd off or shifting channel.

A better production (and adaption) of this King-story could have been a hit, I'm sure of that. I'd give "Sometimes They Come Back" 3 out of 6 stars actually, because of interesting story and good acting and good choise of cast for the movie. Other than that I find it outdated since long, and if you have no "relationship" to the movie I'd recommend you to do something else, maybe read the book instead -I know I will.

"Confronting The Past..."
Poor Jim Norman (Tim "Animal House" Matheson), he's just moved back to his hometown after a disastrous end to his teaching career in Chicago. In his new school, the principal hates him and his students are mostly hateful jocks. To make matters worse, Jim's memories of growing up in this town are dominated by the day his brother was killed 27 years earlier by four greasers in a black car. Jim wakes up nightly, deeply disturbed by realistic nightmares of the event. Soon, three of the kids in his class are murdered and replaced by the ghosts of three of the killers from Jim's past! You see, Jim's brother wasn't the only one who died that day. The punks who killed him were hit by a train! Now, Jim must face his past and deal with his fear in order to save himself and his family from certain death. Matheson is very good as Jim. His wife is played by Brooke Adams (Shock Waves, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers). The ghostly-greasers are certainly worthy of special mention, as they are truly menacing and funny in an evil sort of way. They seem like the kind of guys you might run into in some lonely alley. Guys who laugh and joke around while robbing and killing you! Just imagine these crazy types as seemingly indestructible undead who are after you and your loved ones! STCB is a nice little creeper to add to your next spook-a-thon...

"A masterpiece!!!!"
Wow!!! What a great movie. This is my favorite movie of all time. Sometimes they come back is so well thought out. The story is heartbreaking and startling on some scenes. Although, you can't help but to laugh at those killers at times. The laughs!!!! You'll never forget the hoods's laughs.
Jim Norman goes back to his hometown years after he and his family fled when he was just a kid. The horrible death of his older brother drove he and his parents to live elsewhere. Although, since this was the only teaching job open, Jim has returned once again. The horrible day when his brother was harassed by 4 gangsters that soon led to three of the hoods's deaths is played over and over again in Jim's mind, for Jim's brother lost his life too. Jim is constantly haunted in his dreams but soon he is haunted literally. The 3 departed gangsters return one by one to finish "unsettled business".
This is a must see film. Every actor was so good at their part. It seems like you're there and all through the movie, you're on edge for Jim and his family as he deals with the figures on his past.

"A perfect 10!"
This movie was extrememly fun and exciting. Although it's considered horror, to me it was just pure action and entertainment from start to finish! I love the way 3 cool greasers from the '60s come back in the '90s and are exactly the same as when they died in '63. How cool those greasers were and the way all the other kids marveled at their charisma in the classroom was cool! It was also cool how that kid Jimmy became a man and then stood up to them. Those greasers and their hotrod were so cool. This movie is an A plus! Rock on Stphen King!

"I love this thriller"
Sometimes They Come Back, a thriller tim matheson plays Jimmy Norman plays a teacher from Chicago , returns to his old town after 20 years ,where his brother Wayne was murdered by a gang of hooligans in a spooky train tunnel the hooligans get killed by the train in the car and they want revenge, now 27 years later Richard Lawson, North , and Vincent all come back one by one to his classroom after the murders of innocent Hs students. and then attack his house and go after his son with the ghostly black hotrod and want to replay the whole thing over again i liked this movie i bought it .really cool movie , highly recommended and really good.