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Bubba Ho-Tep

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Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 100

Fresh: 78

Rotten:22

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Consensus: The best movie to star both the King and JFK.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some sexual content and brief violent images

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: 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... 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 who thinks he's John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis) when they both begin to suspect that their neighbors 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. [More]

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Larry Pennell

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Larry Pennell, Bob Ivy, Daniel Roebuck, Reggie Bannister

Director: Don Coscarelli

Director: Don Coscarelli
Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli
Producer: Don Coscarelli
Studio: Vitagraph Films

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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

A mismatched marriage of offbeat character study and unimaginative horror riffs.

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09/24/07
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Writer-director Don Coscarelli piles on unpleasant details and cynical asides as if they were the stuff of wisdom, though they seem intended to produce guffaws rather than thoughts

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
09/24/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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This absurdly clever caper is elevated by Bruce Campbell's pensive Elvis into a moving meditation on the diminutions of age and the vagaries of fame.

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08/14/07
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Don Coscarelli still doesn't know how to make cookie-cutter genre films. Let's hope he never learns how.

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08/11/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but there's enough here to entertain even those for whom 'cult' is a four-letter word.

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine

There’s plenty of scatological humour and knockabout fun to get one through the slower passages.

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02/09/06
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

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12/06/05
Film Threat

It’s outrageous and full of novel ideas that will tickle the fancy of anyone who is stimulated by the absurd.

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02/18/05
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Urban Cinefile

There may be some deeper meaning to all this madness about living beyond your prime and regret, but it just barely escapes me how it all fits in

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12/27/04
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

the true horror here, far from being some middle-eastern revenant in a cowboy hat, is the indignity of disease, the anonymity of old age, and the inevitability of death

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
10/30/04
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

A sharply written, surprisingly moving little film with a terrific performance by Bruce Campbell.

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10/19/04
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

A fiendishly funny comedy horror.

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10/06/04
Jamie Russell
BBC

Bubba Ho-Tep tries ineffectually to be both a lyrical character study and a darkly satirical horror flick.

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09/30/04
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative

About halfway through this offbeat horror comedy you realise you're watching a cult classic.

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09/19/04
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Simply too cool.

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07/08/04
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Actually pretty quiet and could be considered seriously pensive if it wasn't for its inherent goofiness.

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06/02/04
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Hey, Bruce Campbell - thank you. Thank you very much.

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04/19/04
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Fry up a peanut butter and 'nana sandwich, hop in your Cadillac and take one last ride with the King.

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04/08/04
Michael Senft
Arizona Republic
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