While looking at the literary resume of Stephen King, one might find some similarities. Reason being King would seem to be honing skills in short story form before embarking on bigger books later on in his career. This all pertains to Sometimes They Come Back, a story originally published in Cavalier Magazine right before Carrie was released, and then re-released in the Night Shift, the book whose film adaptations we are reviewing now.

In 1985, our good buddy Dino DeLaurentiis decided that Sometimes They Come Back would work better in a full feature film as opposed to the anthology format his then in production Cat’s Eye was being made. But in the time between 1986 and 1991, Dino’s production company had gone into bankruptcy. However, King’s name was still bankable as the films Pet Semetary and the Oscar winning Misery, as well as the 1990 tv movie adaptation It were certified successes. So why not add Tim Matheson and King veteran Brooke Adams to the Sometimes They Come Back adaptation, and bring in Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives director Tom McLaughlin to helm it, and then bring it to CBS tv. How did it turn out?

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam to have that question answered, and be sure to come back (see what we did there?) the next couple weeks as we will review all three (yes, three) entries in the Sometimes They Come Back series.