Movies Like Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)

Sometimes They Come Back... Again is a 1996 horror film from Adam Grossman with a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sometimes They Come Back and Sometimes They Come Back... for More.

Horror

Sometimes They Come Back

1991

Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums.

5.9

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Sometimes They Come Back... for More

1998

On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.

4.2

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The Wailing

2016

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

7.4

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Hereditary

2018

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

7.3

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The Exorcist

1973

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

7.7

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Belzebuth

2019

While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.

7.2

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Demon Witch Child

1975

After an old witch desecrates a church and abducts a baby, the police take her in for questioning, leading her to attempt suicide. To exact revenge, a fellow witch curses the police commissioner's daughter, and as the old witch dies, her spirit latches onto the young girl and causes her to wreak havoc.

4.8

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The Nun

2018

A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

5.9

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Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?

4.5

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#10

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017

Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.

5.9

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#11

Amityville Exorcism

2017

A family must put faith in a mysterious priest when an demonic force, connected to a decades-old murders in their home, possesses their daughter.

3.6

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#12

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.

7.0

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#13

Witchboard III: The Possession

1997

Brian, an out-of-work stockbroker, is introduced by his landlord Mr. Redman to a new source of insider information: the Ouija! The Ouija makes him rich, but when Mr. Redman kills himself and Brian suffers a freak accident, Brian's wife starts noticing changes in her husband...

4.3

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#14

The Divine Fury

2019

After waking up with mysterious wounds on his hands, a champion fighter finds himself in an otherworldly battle against evil forces that wreak havoc in the human world.

6.7

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#15

Evil Dead Burn

2026

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.

7.7

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#16

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

6.7

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#17

J.D.'s Revenge

1976

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.

5.7

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#18

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

6.6

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#19

The Exorcist III

1990

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.

6.3

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#20

The Crucifix: Blood of the Exorcist

2025

A gruesome discovery in the grounds of their new home plunges a young couple into a maelstrom of spiritual possession, pagan rituals, Viking battles, and violent revenge.

5.5

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?

The top films similar to Sometimes They Come Back... Again by MovieMagicScore are Sometimes They Come Back (5.9), Sometimes They Come Back... for More (4.2), The Wailing (7.4). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Sometimes They Come Back... Again worth watching?

Sometimes They Come Back... Again holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10 from 106 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Sometimes They Come Back... Again?

Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) is a horror film directed by Adam Grossman, starring Michael Gross, Alexis Arquette, Hilary Swank.

Where can I find more recommendations like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?

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About movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again

This ranked list pairs Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996), a horror film from Adam Grossman, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michael Gross take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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