 | | |
| Sometimes They Come Back / Sometimes They Come Back Again | 
 enlarge | List Price: $14.98 (€11.83)
Buy New: $14.96 (€11.82)
You Save: $0.02 (€0.02) (0%)
Buy New/Used from $7.92 (€6.26)
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23365
Category: DVD
Actors: Michael Gross, Alexis Arquette, Hilary Swank, Bojesse Christopher, Glen Beaudin
Directors: Adam Grossman, Tom Mcloughlin
Publisher: Lions Gate
Studio: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Label: Lions Gate
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 195 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D6786D
ISBN: 1573623911
UPC: 031398678632
EAN: 9781573623919
ASIN: 1573623911
Release Date: July 8, 1998
Theatrical Release Date: May 7, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
And sometimes they come back... for the franchise! Aaaaaaaaargh! Though a TV movie franchise is a somewhat subliminal thing. This double-feature DVD contains one movie based on a story by Stephen King, and another movie based loosely on the first movie. More of a variations on a theme than a continuance. In Sometimes They Come Back, Tim Matheson is made to relive a boyhood tragedy that claimed the life of his brother when the group of bullies who waylaid him in a train tunnel way back when come back from the dead to settle an old score. Convincingly scary as this is, side B is even better, having upped the ante from the demonic bullies of the first movie to the satanic worshippers of the second. This time it's Michael Gross who needs to learn that you can't escape your past, having as a kid thwarted the satanists who claimed the life of his sister, and who lately have returned to kill his mother and are now after his daughter. The effects are great here, with a standout being the formation of a demon from a pool of blood. One of the Arquette clan, Alexis Arquette, as head of the satanic ritualists (Vinnie Barbarino meets Marilyn Manson), is a kind of special effect all by himself, grinning and mugging with uncontained glee at the most splatter-heavy moments. Followed by a sequel, Sometimes They Come Back... for More. --Jim Gay
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Better off than watching this. June 15, 2008
I love Stephen King but this one was horrible. Would rather pluck my eye brows out than watch it again.
False Advertisement September 6, 2007
I purchased this product thinking it was both movies on one DVD but when it arrived in the mail it was only "Sometimes They Come Back." I reordered the item thinking it was a mistake with shipping and received the same item again. This was the first time I've ever been through something like this with a Amazon purchase and I'm very DISAPPOINTED!
Sometimes they come back May 9, 2007
I bought the movie and it claims that there are two movies included. Sometimes they come back and Sometimes they come back again. When I received the movie it was only the movie Sometimes they come back. So don't be disappointed when you think you are getting 2 and only get 1.
***I wanted to let you all know that Amazon made good on the mistake and reimbursed me half of the price. I did not expect or want the refund I just wanted people to know that it was only 1 movie.
The first movie was the only good one anyway. Thanks again Amazon!
 Sometimes They Come Back January 16, 2007
Movie was in the quality expected, it was a gift for a family member, they have enjoyed watching. Shipping was great, I would purchase from here in the future.
Sometimes They Should Leave Well Enough Alone December 27, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
|
|
|
Soccer Toys, Gifts, DVD's, Videos and much more! | Shanganagh.com | Manchester United Superstore | Liverpool FC Superstore | Celtic FC Superstore | Football Legends Superstore | Casual Encounters Ireland | | |
