Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy

Director: Don Coscarelli

Summary: Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy, residents of a nursing home, battle to save their fellow residents against an evil Egyptian entity.

Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), when they both begin to suspect that their neighbours aren't dying of natural causes. Their investigation leads to the discovery of an evil mummy with a fondness for cowboy gear and an appetite for the souls of senior citizens. Armed with little more than a walker and a wheelchair, the King and JFK must take on this ancient evil. Based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale, BUBBA HO-TEP mixes comedy, drama, and horror to create a remarkably quirky film. As the aged and ailing Elvis, Campbell gives an outstandingly funny and poignant performance, while Davis exudes intelligence and warmth as JFK. Although horror is a key element of the story, much of the movie focuses on the life of Elvis and his new friendship with the former president, leading to many oddly comical scenes and even a few genuinely touching moments. Of course, their embalmed foe and his creepy minions must be confronted, making this the first movie about Elvis and JFK to appeal to horror enthusiasts, or, conversely, the first horror movie to appeal to Elvis and JFK enthusiasts. Either way, it's a highly unconventional tale that no adventurous filmgoer should miss.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on May 4, 2006 1:56 PM

This is one helluva movie , and I was never a fan of the King either ,
but anyhoo , Bruce Campbell gives his greatest and most entertaining performance to date as an aging and cantankerous
'' Elvis '' in this '' zinger - filled crowd pleaser '' from writer - director
Don Coscarelli ! When mysterious deaths plague a Texas retirement home , it's up to its most sequined senior citizen to take on 3,000 - year - old Egyptian mimmy with a penchant for cowboy boots , bathroom graffiti and sucking the souls from the barely living!
Ossie Davis plays a geriatric JFK . What the heck ! Give it a go .

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Don Coscarelli directs and Bruce Campbell stars as the King of Camp in this intentionally over-the-top schlockfest. Bubba Ho-Tep is partially about Elvis Presley and partially about the title character, an Egyptian cowboy zombie, but mostly it is about camp. The movie is equal parts story and back story. We learn through narration and flashback how Elvis didn't really die, ending up instead in a rest home in East Texas with JFK (played by Ossie Davis), who was dyed black and had his brain removed, presumably for reasons of national security. Campbell and Davis realize that something strange is going on when their rest-home compatriots start dropping off suspiciously. The whole movie leads up to a final showdown to the death with the Egyptian cowboy zombie who has been sucking the souls of their fellow residents because he thought no one would notice. The movie unfolds a bit slowly; it is, after all, a geriatrics-fight-Egyptian-cowboy-zombie movie. However, one wishes this self-conscious movie's pacing took its cue from the atypically fast-moving zombie instead of from the senior-citizen Elvis and JFK. In the end, though, Campbell is flawless as the aged King; his accent, intonations, glasses, and trademark karate are at the same time sincere and over the top. --Brian Saltzman

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary By Don Coscarelli And Bruce Campbell, Audio Commentary By The King, Bruce Campbell Intro, Joe R Reads From Bubba Ho Tep, Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Don Coscarelli And Bruce Campbell, The Making Of, To Make A Mummy Make Up And Ef
Year:	2002
Release Date:	March 21, 2005
Runtime:	89 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A B D 4376
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Horror, Occult, Ho, Sci, Fi, Bubba, Tep
Genre:	Horror/Occult