Movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)
The best movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) are Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992) and Spirits (1990). If Sometimes They Come Back... Again hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)7.4/10 from 6,063 votes
- NewestWitchboard (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesSometimes They Come Back (1991)Sometimes They Come Back
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
When a tabloid reporter and his son travel to a quiet Midwestern town to investigate a gruesome massacre, they fall victim to a possessed orphan named Micah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)
A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpirits (1990)
A priest, trying to regain his standing in the church after "falling" and sleeping with a woman, teams with a group of ESP experts to investigate a haunted house. It doesn't help that one of the experts is a beautiful young woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered 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 had him killed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Cameron's Closet (1988)
A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Stigmata (1999)
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrince of Darkness (1987)
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPet Sematary II (1992)
The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSometimes 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.
Why it matches: Same series: Sometimes They Come Back · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPumpkinhead (1988)
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChildren of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Scarecrow (1995)
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmityville II: The Possession (1982)
Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on the children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse (2008)
Trying to recover from the nearly marriage-breaking stress following the death of their child, Jack and Stephanie spontaneously take off on a road trip. But when their car breaks down in a remote area, they find themselves in a horrific nightmare. Seeking shelter in a house, they soon realize that more danger lurks inside than outside in this spine-chiller based on Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's best-seller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGraveyard Shift (1990)
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilent Hill (2006)
Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUncle Sam (1996)
It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisClownhouse (1990)
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHellraiser (1987)
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChild's Play (1988)
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPoltergeist III (1988)
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHellbound (1994)
Two Chicago police officers are sent to investigate the brutal murder of a rabbi. As the investigation begins, Shatter and Jackson are summoned to Israel for questioning. Upon arrival they realize that they are, in fact, pursuing a supernatural being.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWitchboard (2025)
A cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession, deception, and supernatural terror in New Orleans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWitchboard (1986)
Playing around with a Ouija board, a trio of friends succeeds in contacting the spirit of a young boy. Trouble begins when the evil spirit, Malfeitor, takes over one of their bodies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gate (1987)
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHallowed Ground (2007)
After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher and that she is an integral part of his impending - and terrifying - rebirth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Kiss (1988)
After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisManiac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?
The closest matches to Sometimes They Come Back... Again are Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992) and Spirits (1990). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sometimes They Come Back... Again?
People who watched Sometimes They Come Back... Again most often go on to Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992) and Spirits (1990).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), rated 7.4/10 by 6,063 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?
Witchboard (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Sometimes They Come Back... Again part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Sometimes They Come Back, which includes Sometimes They Come Back (1991).
Are there English movies like Sometimes They Come Back... Again?
Yes: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992) and Spirits (1990).
How are movies similar to Sometimes They Come Back... Again chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sometimes They Come Back... Again, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.