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Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

Sometimes They Come Back poster
Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 278 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown with his family and confronts the ghosts of three bullies who died in a car accident decades ago. The bullies begin to reappear as adults, terrorizing his family and forcing him to face a traumatic past.

unsettlingtenseslow-burnatmosphericmelancholiccreepysupernatural

What happens

Sometimes They Come Back is a 1991 American made-for-television horror film based on the 1974 short story of the same name by Stephen King. Originally optioned as a segment of the 1985 feature film Stephen King's Cat's Eye, it was developed into a separate feature by producer Dino De Laurentiis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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