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Stephen Kingâ??s scariest short story is now a terrifying movie classic! Jim Norman (Tim Matheson) is haunted by a nightmarish recollection. He is unable to cope with the horrific memory of the murder of his nine-year-old brotherâ??s murder three decades earlier by teen-age hoodlums, even though the guilty thugs perished in a gory accident. Seeking closure, Norman takes a teaching job at his home-town high school. But his homecoming becomes a supernatural nightmare when the deceased assassins also returnâ?¦seeking vengeance for their demise! Suddenly, Jim Norman has to fight for his lifeâ?¦against a gruesome cadre of g
Stephen Kingâ??s scariest short story is now a terrifying movie classic! Jim Norman (Tim Matheson) is haunted by a nightmarish recollection. He is unable to cope with the horrific memory of the murder of his nine-year-old brotherâ??s murder three decades earlier by teen-age hoodlums, even though the guilty thugs perished in a gory accident. Seeking closure, Norman takes a teaching job at his home-town high school. But his homecoming becomes a supernatural nightmare when the deceased assassins also returnâ?¦seeking vengeance for their demise! Suddenly, Jim Norman has to fight for his lifeâ?¦against a gruesome cadre of ghoulish enemies who cannot die!
Desperate for work, troubled high school teacher Jim Norman (Tim Matheson) relocates his family to his rural hometown after procuring a much-needed job there. Once home he must relive and confront a childhood nightmare: the high school hoodlums who murdered his older brother in a tunnel ambush, and were killed themselves by an oncoming train, are slowly rising from the grave to finish the job by killing Norman. The ghostly hooligans, who appear as flesh and blood to students, start "transferring" into school when some of Norman's students mysteriously perish; however their phantom, fire-spitting car is invisible to all but their victims. Suspicion for the inexplicably rising student-body count soon falls squarely on Norman, who must find a way to protect his wife and son from danger, vanquish the supernatural hoods, and cast off the shackles of his past. It's a fairly straightforward plot with some obvious elements, but Matheson and his supporting cast (including wife Brooke Adams) create a suspenseful, fear-inducing atmosphere under the able direction of Tom McLoughlin from a screenplay adaptation by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. --Bryan Reesman
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 11 September 2007
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0027616085658 UPC: 027616085658
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