# Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

> A grieving teacher confronts the ghostly bullies whose return revives the childhood tragedy that shaped his life.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/16817

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Horror, TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Tom McLoughlin
- Cast: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral, Robert Hy Gorman, William Sanderson, Nicholas Sadler, Bentley Mitchum
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102960/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, moody, foreboding, late night horror, stephen king marathon

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- [Forget Me Not (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/16657)
- [We Are Still Here (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/176116)
- [Ghost Story (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/14566)
- [Right to Die (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/200128)
- [Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/25304)
- [Desperation (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/5125)
- [Lady in White (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/33189)
- [Riding the Bullet (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/7129)
- [We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/133619)
- [Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/19256)

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