Sometimes They Come Back

Sometimes They Come Back is a 1991 made-for-TV horror film based on the short story by the same title by Stephen King. It was filmed partially in Liberty, Missouri. The short story itself was going to be part of the stories featured in Stephen King's Cat's Eye , but producer Dino De Laurentiis felt that the story would make it on its own. Jim Norman, a high school history teacher, moves back to his old hometown to teach after being offered a job ... more

Sometimes They Come Back is a 1991 made-for-TV horror film based on the short story by the same title by Stephen King. It was filmed partially in Liberty, Missouri. The short story itself was going to be part of the stories featured in Stephen King's Cat's Eye , but producer Dino De Laurentiis felt that the story would make it on its own. Jim Norman, a high school history teacher, moves back to his old hometown to teach after being offered a job there. He moved from the town after he witnessed his brother, Wayne, murdered by a group of thugs. The murderers themselves were killed shortly afterward by an oncoming train, having parked on the tracks. He has nightmares about his brother's murder as he starts teaching in the town. Students close to him start to be involved in various accidents that look like suicides. One student is run off a bridge by a Chevrolet Belair that only Jim sees. Another is found hanged in a barn after Jim has nightmares about her being hounded by a group of... less