Sometimes They Come Back... for More

1998 "Where Hell freezes over.."
3.4| 1h30m| R| en
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On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
callanvass (Credit IMDb) On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.How is that a barely above average television movie spawned two STV sequels? I can't understand it for the life of me. Sometimes They Come Back Again, is not very good either, but I have a soft spot for it in my heart, simply because it was one of the first horror movies I ever saw. This is complete crud in every sense of the word. The arctic setting had plenty of potential, but it fails to capitalize on it. This movie has virtually, nothing to do with the Stephen King story. Faith Ford can't do much with the material either. If you choose to watch one of the three movies, choose the first one. DUD
vincentga Even if "Faith Ford" is beautiful this TV/Movie is very boring.How it's possible to spend one cent for this kind of "thing". I think Hollywood producer think everybody are idiot.The "story" of this film have no sense. And like 99% of time, director don't know what is winter and what is cold.When human talk at -30C they are steam outside of mouth. And in this movie it's suppose to be -70C but we know we are in Hollywood studio at 24C.Music is like this TV/movie. Boring. Actor/Actress are middle but it's not possible to be good when the story is so idiot.I don't know for what Hollywood think they are just Stephen King who write book. It's a shame cause they are so good writer who are never "show".If you want lose your time watch this "movie". Else do any other thing.
Paul Andrews Sometimes They Come Back... for More has two M.P.'s Captain Sam Cage (Clayton Rohner) & Major Callie O'Grady (Chase Masterson) dispatched to a military base in the Antartic named Arebus, officially a research facility but in reality an illegal mining base. Their brief is that Arebus has a crew of six & one of them has gone 'postal', it's their job to sort things out. A helicopter drops them in & they quickly find Major Frank Whittaker (Stephen Hart) frozen solid in the snow outside the base, upon entering the base they find medical officer Dr. Jennifer Wills (Faith Ford) & technician Lieutenant Brian Shebanski (Max Perlich) who show them the frozen body of Lieutenant Baines (Douglas Stoup) & say that the remaining two members of the crew, Captain Robert Reynolds (Michael Stadvec) & Dr. Carl Schilling (Damian Chapa) are somewhere outside in the tunnels they have mined. The mystery deepens as Baines body disappears & the radio is trashed, could the puzzling events be connected to something Dr. Schilling discovered in the icy tunnels below the Antartic surface...Directed by Daniel Zelik Berk I thought Sometimes They Come Back... for More was an OK way to pass the time but ultimately disappointed. The script by Adam Grossman & Darryl Sollerh starts off really well as everything is kept as mysterious as possible, the film gradually unravels into a weak climax involving Brothers who are 1000's of years old & the resurrection of Satan which is all rather silly & doesn't sit that well with what has gone before. The character's are pretty good, the dialogue is fine, it moves along at a fair pace & the basic story manages to do a decent job of both gripping & engaging the viewer. The film obviously reminds of The Thing (1982) although that's where the comparisons stop. It kept me watching throughout but I couldn't help but think that the climax isn't worth watching the first 90 minutes for which is a shame as I thought the set-up was well executed & deserved better. One more thing, I don't think the U.S. military would send just two soldiers (no medic either?) out for a rescue mission in horrendous weather & just leave them there with no radio contact except what was available at Arebus (what if it was broken?), I don't think so...Director Berk does an OK job here & there is some decent atmosphere & tension. The Antartic is a great place to set a horror film & makes for a harsh, cold, desolate, unforgiving & isolated location. I don't know why more horror films aren't set in either Pole, perhaps it's the technical problems associated with filming in the conditions. Forget about any blood or gore as there isn't any but the film relies more on atmosphere & story for it's effectiveness.With a budget of about $2,000,000 Sometimes They Come Back... for More is technically a very solid film, it's far from spectacular but since it was actually shot in Antartica, according to the IMDb, it has a definite chilly feel throughout. The acting was pretty good although I wasn't to impressed with leading man Rohner.Sometimes They Come Back... for More started well & showed promise but it's almost as if the filmmakers didn't know where to go with the set-up & it all ends rather lamely with a weak climax. Worth a watch but don't expect a masterpiece. The third in the Sometimes They Come Back... series of films this has no connection with the previous two & in fact is also known as Frozen & Ice Station Erebus & I wonder whether this was even conceived as a sequel or a stand alone film?
Jack the Ripper1888 **If you don't want the movie to be ruined for you, I would skip my review**Now, this is a messed up movie if I ever did see one. And if a movie was ever confused, this was the movie! This film can never seem to decide what it wants to be.The whole things starts out good as an action adventure turned horror movie. There are actually some genuine chills that may surprise several people who are interested enough in it. I was into it enough that I was hoping not to be let down a movie for once. But, no. It didn't happen. After about 45 minutes, the whole thing turns into crap. After that, it becomes somewhat of a killer zombie movie where the dead people have come back to life and stuff. So, we are with that scenario for about fifteen minutes, and then we enter the scenario of "raising the devil and trying to stop the satanists" plot. The whole thing was fine with the scary action adventure and I was even okay with the whole zombie thing, but after it switched themes for a third time, that was it. And then it got all stupid with the love story and the Devil guy and then somebody turns out to have hidden secrets and the whole thing just turns itself into a mess.Don't get me wrong, there were some good parts to this film, like the good beginning, and the half hour or so that followed it, but after that I was just begging for this crap to end! I would start watching it and then shut it off as soon as you start to get disappointed and then use your imagination to finish the movie. Oh, and if you're thinking about seeing this because it has the great name of Stephen King on the cover, don't bother. There's nothing here to even do with king other than the name in the title of "Sometimes they come back...". Skip this one if you don't want to be more utterly disappointed than you ever have been in your life.SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK...FOR MORE gets 1/5.