Sometimes They Come Back

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"Sometimes They Come Back" is a 1974 short story by Stephen King. It appears in King's anthology, Night Shift.

[edit] Plot

Two brothers are walking to the library when they are attacked by a gang of punks. One boy is killed while the other gets away. Many years later, Jim, the survivor of the attack, takes a job as an English teacher at a high school. Students from his class are murdered and are replaced by punks that resemble those that attacked him years before.

As it turns out, the punks were killed in a car accident months after they attacked the boys. They have been brought back to life to finish their business with Jim. Jim uses a ritual to summon a demon to kill the punks. Because he deals with the powers of darkness, things turn out less well than he had hoped. The ending implies the thugs will always exist, if even if they are only in his mind.

[edit] Adaptations

A TV movie adaptation aired in 1991, starring Tim Matheson and was followed by two sequels in 1996 and 1999.

[edit] External links

• Sometimes They Come Back at the Internet Movie Database
• Sometimes They Come Back… Again at the Internet Movie Database
• Sometimes They Come Back… for More at the Internet Movie Database