Sometimes They Come Back
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Sometimes They Come Back is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man haunted by the murderous delinquents who killed his brother and mysteriously return from the dead.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sometimes They Come Back canonical | 3 |
| Sometimes They Come Back (short story) | 1 |
| Sometimes They Come Back... Again | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Tom McLoughlin ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter |
Lawrence Konner
ⓘ
Mark Rosenthal ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Sometimes They Come Back (1991 film) ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOnBy | Sometimes They Come Back (1991 film) ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
revenge from beyond the grave ⓘ supernatural revenge ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Cavalier ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jim Norman ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
murder of protagonist's brother
ⓘ
return of dead delinquents ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | schoolteacher ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingLocation | small American town ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sometimes They Come Back (short story)
this entity surface form:
Sometimes They Come Back... Again