Tim Matheson stars as Jim Norman, a high school teacher who's having recurring nightmares about a boyhood trauma involving the neighborhood bullies that left most of the gang of hoodlums, as well as his brother dead. It doesn't help that the aforementioned deceased gang members are coming back one by one putting the lives of him and his loved ones in danger.
This is one of the better Made-for-TV films based on Stephen King's short stories. Matheson does a pretty good job, as do most of the others in the cast (with the only exception being the kid who played Jim as a young boy) and the film managed to keep me interested throughout. Its somewhat hampered with a sappy ending though. ever really cared for that myself, but it doesn't ruin the film, so I don't mind much. Followed by two sequels, of which the less said of the better.
My Grade: B-
This is one of the better Made-for-TV films based on Stephen King's short stories. Matheson does a pretty good job, as do most of the others in the cast (with the only exception being the kid who played Jim as a young boy) and the film managed to keep me interested throughout. Its somewhat hampered with a sappy ending though. ever really cared for that myself, but it doesn't ruin the film, so I don't mind much. Followed by two sequels, of which the less said of the better.
My Grade: B-