You know the legends... Now learn the truth.
Okay, it's a film about the King vs the king of the Dead. It stars Bruce Campbell as Elvis himself. How can you go wrong. If you like bruce, cult movies, Elvis, Mummies and Special feature packed DVDs, you'll love this film. Do youself a favour and listen to the audio commentary with the King afterwards.. pure Bruce Campbell genius.
Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
Funny Facts: Only 32 prints of the film were originally made as part of a limited platform release. The Soul of Southern Film Festival, in Memphis, Tennessee, paid for a thirty-third print, so that they wouldn't have to wait any longer to show the film. Several other festivals and theaters paid advances in order to secure prints.
This film reminded me of a cross between Grumpy Old Men vs the Mummy Returns. Funny stuff.
Artoo Rating: 6 Elvises out of 10.
5/01/2006
Mini-DVD Review: Bubba Ho-Tep
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This is...by far...an awe-inspiring movie. When I went in, all I knew about it was that it was a story about Elvis in a nursing home battling some demon.
The description never lies folks. That's what it was about! I was amazed at how well that translated to film.
You know...the hype behind Bubba-Hotep reminds me of the hype for SNAKES ON A PLANE!
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