Sometimes They Come Back

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Sometimes They Come Back
Author Stephen King
Country Flag of United States USA
Language English
Genre(s) Horror
Released in Night Shift
Media Type Anthology
Released 1974

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

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Two brothers are walking to the library when they are attacked by a gang of local greasers. One brother 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 students that resemble the greasers that attacked him years before.

As it turns out, the greasers were killed in a car accident 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 greasers. Because he deals with the powers of darkness, things turn out less well than he had hoped. The ending implies the greasers will always exist, even if they are only in his mind.

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

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