up. Wayne can move on to Heaven and see his parents, and offers to have Jim come with him to the afterlife, but Jim refuses. Jim promises that they will be together again someday, and Wayne returns to the afterlife as Jim's family heads home. Cast Tim Matheson as Jim Norman Zachary Ball as Young Jim Norman Brooke Adams as Sally Norman Chris Demetral as Wayne Norman Robert Rusler as Richard Lawson Robert Hy Gorman as Scott Norman Nicholas Sadler as Vinnie Vincent Bentley Mitchum as David North William Sanderson as Carl Mueller Don Ruffin as Young Carl Mueller Chadd Nyerges as Chip Tasia Valenza as Kate Matt Nolan as Billy Sterns William Kuhlke as Principal Simmons Production notes The original short story, "Sometimes They Come Back", is set in Stratford High School in Stratford, Connecticut. The film adaptation was filmed in Kansas City, Kansas, and Liberty, Missouri. Director Tom McLoughlin previously directed the sixth Friday The 13th film: Jason Lives (1986). The car used by the greasers was a 1955 Chevrolet One-Fifty. The movie is based on a short story by Stephen King that was first published in the March 1974 issue of Cavalier, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. The steam locomotive used in the film was Southern Pacific 5021 using Norfolk and Western 1218's whistle. Reception The film received an approval rating on 67% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on twelve reviews, its consensus reads, "Tim Matheson's gripping performance and a strong mood make Sometimes They Come Back an effective, if not wholly revelatory, Stephen King adaptation." Ray Loynd of the Los Angeles Times called it "a tight, moody work". TV Guide rated it a two out of five stars and wrote, "The solid cast can't lift the material above the routine." Sequels The TV film was followed by two straight-to-video sequels in 1996 (Sometimes They Come Back... Again) and 1998 (Sometimes They Come Back... for More). Home media Sometimes They Come Back was originally released on VHS by Vidmark Entertainment, and later on DVD in 1999 by Trimark Home Video. On September 11, 2007, a new DVD edition of the movie was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment through the movie's current owner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. On October 27, 2015, Olive Films released the movie on Blu-Ray. References External links 1991 television films American supernatural horror films Films about child death Films directed