5.7 | / 10 |
Users | 3.5 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.6 |
Young Jim Norman fled his home town in terror when his brother Wayne was killed by delinquents. He returns to teach high school thirty years later and finds the same ghouls who killed his brother are in his class. Based on a Stephen King story.
Starring: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral, Robert Hy GormanHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 2% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 2.5 | |
Audio | 2.5 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
History doesn't exactly repeat itself in Sometimes They Come Back. Instead, it recreates itself. From the mind and pen of renowned Author Stephen King and Director Tom McLoughlin (Friday the 13th Part VI), the film, based on King's short story of the same name, tells the tale of a man who must literally confront his horrific past when he and his family move to his old hometown, for him a place of personal pain and tragedy. The movie sees the intersection of deeply held inner pain and outwardly manifested horrors in a balanced blend of strong narrative storytelling and tension-filled scares. The movie thrives on outer simplicity and deep, insightful characterization, all made possible by the King storytelling flair and penchant for intermixing the real and the fantastical, none of which get lost in translation from page to screen.
Make more. Teach. And get a class full of kids that want your head!
Sometimes They Come Back arrives on Blu-ray with a passable 1080p transfer. Grain tends to waver from spiky and heavy to practically nonexistent. At many points in the movie there's a smoothed over, noise reduced look that's not debilitating, but that's certainly not organic. Details never rise above "average." Clothing, such as varsity jackets, sports coats, and sweaters reveal only basic fabric textures. Faces only rarely find any level of sustained complexity. Old paint, bricks, grass, and other details in and around the family's new home showcase enough raw texturing to please, but not enough to impress. Boosted overall clarity thanks to the 1080p resolution is the only major benefit here. Colors are largely neutral, with grassy and leafy greens, colors around the school, and various pieces of attire all managing to present well enough. Flesh tones don't struggle, but black levels waver between crush and brightness. "Serviceable" is the first word that comes to mind to define this middling presentation from Olive Films.
Sometimes They Come Back features a straightforward and rather bland DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack. Noting about the track stands apart as in any way impressive, but generally the track satisfies base requirements. Dialogue can be a little flat but it enjoys a good "phantom center" placement. Music plays with a fair sense of space, but the stage never feels lengthened across the front. Clarity is very basic, and there's little sense of dynamic range and pinpoint definition throughout. Action elements fail to elicit much detail, whether a crude explosion in chapter three or a few gunshots in the third act that fall dull and are absent punch. Minor nighttime exterior ambience lingers around the stage during a police search midway through the movie, but it certainly never envelops the listener or shapes the place. The track gets listeners through the movie, no more and no less.
Olive Films' Blu-ray release of Sometimes They Come Back contains only the film's theatrical trailer (1080p, 2:28).
Sometimes They Come Back is a very good movie that deals in the worlds of the wounded psyche meeting the supernatural manifestations of pain and fear. The movie never loses that Stephen King flair for outwardly simple yet inwardly complex characterization and storytelling. The movie is well acted and assembled. It's both entertaining and thought-provoking beyond the cruder plot points. Olive Films' Blu-ray release lacks substantive bonus features. Video and audio qualities are passable, nothing more. Recommended on the strength of the film only.
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