Sometimes They Come Back
With "The Shining" and "Misery" Stephen King scared you to death. Now, he's going to scare you back to life.
1991 | 98m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Tom McLoughlin |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 07, 1991 |
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| Director: | Tom McLoughlin |
| Writer: | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
| Genres: | Horror, TV Movie |
| Keywords | loss of loved one, high school, bully, train, childhood, ghost, tunnel, suppressed memory |
| Production Companies | Dino de Laurentiis Communications |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tim Matheson | Jim Norman |
| Brooke Adams | Sally Norman |
| Robert Rusler | Lawson |
| Chris Demetral | Wayne Norman |
| Robert Hy Gorman | Scott Norman |
| William Sanderson | Mueller |
| Nicholas Sadler | Vinnie |
| Bentley Mitchum | North |
| Matt Nolan | Billy |
| Tasia Valenza | Kate |
| Chadd Nyerges | Chip |
| T. Max Graham | Chief Pappas |
| William Kuhlke | Principal Simmons |
| Duncan McLeod | Old Officer Nell |
| Nancy McLoughlin | Dr. Bernardi |
| Zachary Ball | Jimmy Norman |
| Dick Solowicz | Desk Sergeant |
| Rodney McKay | Police Officer |
| Don Ruffin | Young Mueller |
| Kimball Cummings | Young Officer Nell |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tom McLoughlin | Director |
| Rick Barker | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts |
| Stephen King | Short Story |
| Karen Patch | Costume Design |
| Bryan England | Director of Photography |
| Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay |
| Martin Bresin | Special Effects Coordinator, Stunts |
| Hope R. Goodwin | First Assistant Director |
| Philip Dean Foreman | Production Design |
| Larry Nicholas | Stunts |
| Cathy A. Roszell | Second Assistant Director |
| Raquel Caballes Maxwell | Post Production Supervisor |
| Elizabeth Porter | Script Supervisor |
| Jerry Lynn Reed | Set Dresser |
| Ian Dennis | Leadman |
| Guy Norman Bee | Camera Operator |
| Jalal Pashandi | Second Assistant Camera |
| Mark Bovos | Production Sound Mixer |
| David Hill | First Assistant Editor |
| Linda Carol Flake | Costumer |
| Patti Brand | Makeup Artist |
| Don Hastings | Special Effects Technician |
| Gale Salus | Casting Associate |
| Frank Ruttencutter | Additional Photography |
| Jeremy Hoenack | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Charles Bornstein | Editor |
| David Cohn | Casting |
| Terry Plumeri | Original Music Composer |
| David C. Thomas | Unit Production Manager, Second Unit Director |
| Jonathan Giles Zimmerman | First Assistant Director |
| Paula Jordan | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Diane Durant | Script Supervisor |
| Maggie Martin | Set Decoration |
| David Yonally | Set Dresser |
| Eric McHugh | Assistant Property Master |
| Roger R. Wong | Second Assistant Camera |
| Paige Jeffers-Burghardt | Still Photographer |
| Albert Coleman | First Assistant Editor |
| Wendy Champagne | Key Costumer |
| Daniel Marc | Makeup Artist |
| Gabriel Bartalos | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Scott Sand | Special Effects Technician |
| Tracy Sloat | Casting Associate |
| Joseph P. Mandacina | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| James Thornton | Sound Mixer |
| Michael Payne | Sound Editor |
| Ellen Wolff | Production Coordinator |
| Linda Arcari | Script Supervisor |
| Timothy R. Bauer | Art Direction |
| Ronald Megee | Set Dresser |
| Timaree McCormick | Property Master |
| Dale Myrand | First Assistant Camera |
| Roger Branit | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Scott Sherline | Boom Operator |
| Lucyna Wojciechowski | Assistant Editor |
| Steven Scott Ford | Costumer |
| Victor Hecht | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Dale Ettema | Special Effects Technician |
| Laura Nelson | Location Casting |
| Michael Carp | Camera Operator |
| Joseph Zappala | Sound Editor |
| Lawrence Konner | Screenplay |
| Don Ruffin | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David C. Thomas | Co-Producer |
| Michael S. Murphey | Producer |
| Milton Subotsky | Co-Producer |
| Dino De Laurentiis | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 773 | 773 |