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3.0 out of 5 stars
Sometimes They Should Leave Well Enough Alone, December 26, 2005
This review is from: Sometimes They Come Back / Sometimes They Come Back Again (DVD)
I suppose there is no harm in ordering this two-movie set, since it seems to be the same price as the first movie alone, but it might be better not to bother, as the second movie kind of spoils the tighter plot line of the first. If I could I would give the first movie 4 stars (5 if you love the genre) and the second one star (zero if you like Stephen King).
The first movie is based on a King short story in the compilation "Night Shift." It is a nicely done tale in the vein of the revenge drama, where those who have a grudge against someone return to wear down and destroy their antagonist. In that sense, "Sometimes They Come Back" has a dramatic core familiar from "Kiss of Death" or "Cape Fear," both movies where a resentful and psychotic gangster returns to destroy the person who they blame for their imprisonment. In "Sometimes" three kids who harassed the protagonist as a child and killed his brother return from the dead to avenge themselves for their own deaths, which occurred accidentally in the old incident.
The movie interprets the King story quite nicely. The changes made to the last third of the short story don't take too much away from the original ending, and in some ways add to it.
But "Sometimes They Come Back Again" comes from the "we made money from the first, let's see if we can squeeze out a few extra nickels" school of film writing. The story tries to borrow the same three characters (or ones that look like them) with a different plot line. It brings in Satanism, a boring mysterious priest, a little satanic cheesecake, and a plot that might have made a 30-minute TV show. At the end it uses part of the ending of the original King story out of context, where it should have been left well enough alone. The most frightening part of the movie is where they leave room open at the end for another sequel. I shuddered.
My teenaged daughter, who likes both horror stories and Stephen King, turned it off midway through. "Don't you even want to see how it turns out?" I asked. "No." Enough said.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Better off than watching this., June 14, 2008
This review is from: Sometimes They Come Back / Sometimes They Come Back Again (DVD)
I love Stephen King but this one was horrible. Would rather pluck my eye brows out than watch it again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Catch you later little man, January 22, 2012
This review is from: Sometimes They Come Back / Sometimes They Come Back Again (DVD)
The first movie is good and a classic piece with Tim Matheson but the second movie with Alexis Arquette and Hilary Swank is better in my opinion. Alexis is so creepy as the devil incarnate and the gory way people die is a plus for horror fans. Michael Gross is also at his top form as the Father of Hilary's character. Not too serious but highly entertaining and good at Halloween time.
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