Sometimes They Come Back

Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (10,316 ratings)

This adaptation of Stephen King's thriller is about a man who returns to his hometown after 27 years. Soon he is tormented by ghosts of the dead teens who killed his brother years before. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Tom McLoughlin
Genres
Horror, Cult Movies
In Theaters
May 7, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Oct 1, 1999
MGM

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  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Sometimes movies suck.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Melvin W


    Vinnie Vincent: You always wanted to be like your brother didn't you Jimmy? Richard Lawson: Dead.  David North: VERY dead.  If PBS attempted to make a horror film, it would come out a lot like Sometimes They Come Back. This movie was pretty much torture to watch. Okay it is a… More

  • Al S


    An instant classic. One of the greatest horror movies ever made and the greatest Stephen King adaptation ever. A terifying, riveting and mind-blwoing rollar-coaster ride of a thrill-machine.

  • Cassandra M


    This film is a classic 'Stephen King' film. The scenes from this film I mostly enjoyed was Jimmy Normans flashbacks from his childhood memories 27 years before as well as very cool and brutal Nick Sadler (Vinnie Vincent) and Richard Lawson(Robert Rusler) while slaying Jimmys… More

  • Dean M


    Chilling thriller gets good mileage from Stephen King's book. Tim Matheson is superb as the high school teacher who returns to his hometown 30 years after his brother died in a freak accident. The bullies responsible, who also died in the accident, come back one by one to seek… More

  • Dr Blood  


    A thoroughly entertaining ghost story with enough horror to please even the most bloodthirsty.

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