Movie

Sometimes They Come Back

1991 · 98 min

A slow-burning, eerie TV horror that leans on atmosphere and buried trauma more than shocks, with a melancholic undertow.

Tagline: With "The Shining" and "Misery" Stephen King scared you to death. Now, he's going to scare you back to life.
Overview: 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 it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, revenge, trauma, family
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
revenge
trauma
family
memory
Places: small town
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none