Holiday Flix: Sometimes They Come Back...For More

I mean, I kind of wish they didn't though.  Today's Film is Sometimes They Come Back...For More, the 1998 Film that is the end of the Sometimes They Come Back Trilogy.  I say it is a Trilogy, but Tiger Claws is more of a Trilogy than this.  The original Film started life as a possible segment in Cat's Eye, but was made into a full-feature.  It was about Demon Greasers coming back (I get it!) to get revenge on a now-adult that accidentally killed them.  The 2nd Film was basically the same thing, but with sillier effects and not as good.  It did feature the 2nd appearance of Alexis Arquette in a Stephen King Film Sequel that didn't relate to the Original Film (or Book) though.  Said Film also ended with Sequel Bait, but this has nothing to do with that.  Throw it on the pile of Unresolved Stephen King Film Sequel Bait, I guess.  Remember the possible infection of Germany from Children of the Corn III or the He Who Walks Behind the Rows Baby tease from Children of the Corn IV?  Nope.  This Film is its own thing- for better or for worse.  It also might be a different Film altogether, as my bare minimum research has found.  The summary: the Film is listed TWICE on IMDB- once as Frozen and once as the Title above.  Both Films are from 1998 and its all the same.  Compounding things is the fact that Title Card says 'Frozen' on the official copy, BUT credits the King Book (for Characters).  Is the Film worth sorting this all out?  No.  To find out the odd way that this 'Series' ends, read on...

At a mysterious Antarctic Facility, two MPs are flown in to see what is going on.

This is based on a real thing that was tried involving burying nukes under the ice in Greenland, apparently.  That story is also more interesting than this.

So, let's get the obvious out of the way- is this related to the last Film?

No.  Not one bit.

Well, unless you count them casting a lady that looked just like Hillary Swank in that Film...

Most of the people in the base are dead and strange things start to happen. 

The bodies start disappearing and people see movement outside, despite it being around -70 degrees!

Things continue to get worse after Not Hillary Swank goes missing. 
Can this MP hold things together? 
Is there a reason why he seems to be more calm about this?

The dead start to reappear and have pentagrams on their foreheads.  Man, remember when this Film came out and everyone started doing that?

Good times.

I won't SPOIL it all for you- since it is so weird and silly- but it all relates to someone trying to bring Satan back to Earth.  Why and how I'll leave for you to see.

The Film is free on Tubi and VUDU (with Ads), so stream away if you're curious.

A decent enough Film, but nothing more.  Right off the bat, should this have the Title it does?  It does feature people 'coming back.'  All 3 Films involve some sort of occult element to said 'coming back' moments, so I guess fair is fair.  I still don't see why they credit King for this, unless his Book is WAY different than the first Film.  Are Characters really shared between the 2 works?  On the plus side, this Film isn't a complete rehash of the Original.  On the negative side, all of the crazy visuals and interesting stuff is mostly stripped out.  At the end, you get *some* of that, but it is otherwise very dry and basic.  It takes them ages to get to what the meat of the Film is.  Before that, it is just a bit like watching The Thing (the 1982 version), just with less interesting people and sets.  The bare bones cast should lead to some deeper, more fleshed out Characters.  Sadly, it doesn't really.  Our Lead gets the most, but that is almost all flashback-related and not *that* interesting.  Poor Faith Ford is just there to look sad, be in danger and be rescued.  She literally can't even run to safety on her own by the end!  The first Film struck the right balance of being weird when it needed to be, but not being silly and gimmicky like the 2nd one.  This one tries to go too far in the other direction, sadly.  It is not a *bad* Film.  At worst, it is a missed opportunity for a more interesting Film.  Is it Frozen before Disney?  Yes.  Is it a Sometimes They Come Back Film?  Apparently yes.  It is also...

Next time, I go back to my stack of un-watched Films to review.  This one features Ghosts and a Rig, so that's something.  Stay tuned...