samhane
Being a fan of Stephen King, and loving most of the 80's and 90's film adaptions, including Sometimes They Come Back. I only came across this sequel by accident a few days back and have only just watched it. What can I say other than it is utter dross. Its 90 minutes I will not get back, it has a weak cast and a weaker plot. I really would not bother with this at all, sometimes sequels should never comeback..
Michael O'Keefe
Jon Porter(Michael Gross)returns to his old hometown for his mother's funeral and is haunted by evil teenagers that were responsible for his sister's death 30 years earlier. He must get rid of the ghostly demons to protect his teenage daughter Michelle(Hilary Swank). Based on the conjuring of Stephen King and directed by Adam Grossman. My favorite scene is when Jon must cut off his own thumb in ritual to bringing a halt to the haunting. F/X are better than average in this hackneyed story.I found Alexis Arquette totally annoying. Also in the cast: Jennifer Aspen, Glen Beaudin and Jennifer Elise Cox. You may find this better than expected; although not out of the ordinary.
willywants
Jon Porter returns to his hometown after the sudden and bizarre death of his mother. He hopes to leave as soon as the funeral is over but it's too late. The sinister forces that caused his sister's brutal murder 30 years ago are back. Jon knows the nightmare can't continue. He must stand up to his fear and exorcise the demons who have risen again to take posession of his beautiful teenage daughter - body and soul. "Sometimes they come back again" features a pretty routine plot, though there are some good special F/X and an excellent cast (especially for a low-budget genre picture) to back it up. There are also a few tense or frightening scenes, lots of (Very impressive) gore but there is some bad writing but over all it's much better than it could have been. My rating for "Sometimes they come back...again"-6.5/10.
machine-13
Sometimes They Come Back...Again is better than the original in some parts, but it is also worse. The flashbacks that appear throughout the movie are interesting and leak out information about the main character's past bit by bit. There are some good characters. My two favorites are the main villain, Tony (Alexis Arquette) who is very creepy, and Father Archer Roberts, a mysterious priest who the main character seeks help from. (Father Roberts is played by William Morgan Sheppard, who also had a similar role in Zork Nemesis, a cinematic computer game that also has a very somber, creepy mood. Check it out) The story is similar to the first movie, Jon Porter (Michael Gross) moves back to his hometown with his daughter after his mother dies. When he gets back, three demons from his past come back to terrorize him and his daughter. I smiled when several references were made to the original movie. Stephen King had put a demon raising ritual, in which you must cut off a finger, in his short story and it didn't make it for the first film, but this part of the story ...came back.. for the sequel. With all that the movie had a great, creepy mood to it, but unfortunately it begins to feel like a slasher movie, with a few characters dying miserably. That's the only element of this movie I don't like. Two characters died horribly on-screen, crying and screaming. In my opinion, that was a little inapropriate but, oh well. This movie is still good for any fan of the original movie.
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