

Sometimes They Come Back
1991-05-07 · 98 min · ★ 5.9
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.
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- Directors
- Tom McLoughlin
- Production companies
- Dino de Laurentiis Communications
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Tim MathesonJim Norman
Brooke AdamsSally Norman
Robert RuslerLawson
Chris DemetralWayne Norman
Robert Hy GormanScott Norman
William SandersonMueller
Nicholas SadlerVinnie
Bentley MitchumNorth
Matt NolanBilly
Tasia ValenzaKate
Nancy McLoughlinDr. Bernardi
Don RuffinYoung MuellerTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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