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5.7
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Critic William Thomas
rated 6

King’s tight short story is neatly expanded to feature-length with intriguing ground rules for the haunting, and Matheson and Brooke Addams are perfect as the representatives of persecuted normality.

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Cast & Crew

Tom McLoughlin
Director
Tim Matheson
As Jim Norman
William Sanderson
As Mueller
Brooke Adams
As Sally Norman
Robert Rusler
As Lawson
Bentley Mitchum
As North
Don Ruffin
As Young Mueller
Matt Nolan
As Billy

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Sometimes They Come Back is a horror film directed by Tom McLoughlin, based on a novella by Stephen King. The movie follows Jim Norman, a high school teacher who returns to his hometown of Liberty, Missouri, where he witnessed his older brother's murder by a gang of greasers when he was a child. After his return, Jim's students start to die mysteriously, and he discovers that the ghosts of his brother's killers have come back to haunt him and his family. As the ghosts become more violent, Jim must confront his past and find a way to stop them before it's too late. The film stars Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, and Robert Rusler.

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