Line #12 Literature/SometimesTheyComeBack


1	"Sometimes They Come Back" is a story by Creator/StephenKing, published in ''Cavalier'' magazine in 1974 and later part of his ''Literature/NightShift'' collection of short stories. The story was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted]] into a TVMovie in 1991, and two DirectToVideo sequels were released later.
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3	!!Some tropes associated with the story include:
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5	* BackFromTheDead: The antagonists of the story, much to Jim's horror.
6	* BewareTheNiceOnes: While not quite a BadassTeacher, Jim overcomes his difficulties with both his past victimhood and the school bullies by [[spoiler: raising a demon to drag them to Hell.]]
7	* BreakTheCutie: Poor Sally.
8	* BullyBrutality: Doesn't gets more brutal for a bunch of bullies than killing a kid and then coming BackFromTheDead [[ForTheEvulz for no reason other]] than wanting to bully and kill the ''other'' kid.
9	* CoolCar: The hot rod with "Snake Eyes" written on it. Also something of a ChekhovsGun.
10	* DarkAndTroubledPast: And how. Jim's brother Wayne was murdered in front of him when Jim was nine years old, his fiancée was hurt in a hit and run [[spoiler: and they come back to murder her in the present]], he had a nervous breakdown at his first teaching job, and it's implied that his mother died somewhere along the way. Now he's being stalked by delinquent ghosts.
11	* DealWithTheDevil: In this case, Jim [[spoiler:cuts off both index fingers as a sacrifice to a demon]].
12	* {{Delinquents}}: Most of the kids in Jim's "Living With Lit" class, mixed in with a few JerkJock types. The antagonists are of the old-school "greaser" type.
13	* EerieArcticResearchStation: In ''Sometimes They Come Back... for More'', an Antarctic base engaged in illegal mining activities unearths an immortal Satanist who begins killing and resurrecting everyone as zombies while he works to summon the Devil.
14	* FauxAffablyEvil: The greasers in the first film and original short story and the satanists in the sequel, are initially charming bad boys with goofy LaughablyEvil and EvilIsHammy quirks; however, this shows how sadistic they can be in tormenting their prey.
15	* {{Fingore}}: When Jim chops off two fingers with a pocketknife, the reader is spared no details.
16	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Chip Conway, the JerkJock who was at odds with Jim in his class, but then tries to warn him and eventually relents to go to the police with Jim to inform them of the demonic greasers rather than pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere, gets kidnapped and dismembered by the greasers.
17	* HolyBurnsEvil: One of the demonic hoodlums tries to follow Jim's family into a church where they've taken refuge, but is forced to withdraw immediately when his foot catches fire the moment it passes the threshold.
18	* InnerCitySchool: Jim's first teaching placement, described as a "garden spot of the city." A good chunk of the students in his "Living with Lit" class are delinquents who couldn't care less about anything but making trouble.
19	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chip Conway initially appeared to be a JerkJock who carried a vendetta against his teacher Jim for flunking him, but he eventually reveals to have cared for his classmates, realized the greasers who appeared to be new students [[EveryoneHasStandards are much worse than him]] and tries to warn Jim about them.
20	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the 1991 movie, Mueller, the surviving gang member who undergone a HeelFaceTurn over the years following the horrific deaths of his ex-friends and playing a part in Wayne's death that wrecked him with guilt, sacrificed himself to bring Wayne back for a BigDamnHeroes moment, send the greasers back to Hell and save Jim and his family.
21	* TheSeventies: Some descriptions of the fashions and cars hint at this, although the story has stood up well over time and was given a SettingUpdate in the television film adaptation in TheNineties.

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