| | Bubba Ho-Tep DVD (8 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Horror Movies, Thriller Videos, Supernatural, Black Comedy, Elvis Presley, Mummies, Seniors | | Starring | Ossie Davis, Bruce Campbell, Reggie Bannister, Daniel Roebuck, Bob Ivy, Larry Pennell, Ella Joyce | | Director | Don Coscarelli | | Director of Photography | Adam Janiero | | Music | Brian Tyler | | Producer | Don Coscarelli | | Screenwriter | Don Coscarelli | | Source Writer | Joe R. Lansdale |
Mud Creek, Texas is about to get all shook up. When mysterious deaths plague the Shady Rest retirement home, it's up to its most sequined senior citizen and a curmudgeon-in-chief to defeat a 3,000-year-old mummy with a penchant for sucking the souls from the barely living! Can the King show the world that he can still take care of business? Stars Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis. Special DVD features include deleted scenes & moments, audio commentary by Campbell, Smith and Bob Ivy, audio commentary by the director, producer and writer, lots more. 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. Theatrical Release: September 26, 2003 Bubba Ho-Tep Reviews: "Don Coscarelli's horror comedy is more tender than tacky..."
-- Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly "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."
-- Peter Relic, Rolling Stone "[A]n instant cult classic worthy of a ROCKY HORROR-style following."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "[With] a slow, bittersweet, almost elegiac current....Campbell, whose meditative, muttering, weary-boned narration cushions the film, is a revelation."
-- Damien Love, Uncut "Typical of the writer, but also the mind behind PHANTASM, is the juxtaposition of wildly disparate elements that somehow gel..."
-- Kim Newman, Sight and Sound "...It has the damnedest ingratiating way of making us sit there and grin at its harebrained audacity, laugh at its outhouse humor, and be somewhat moved at the poignancy of these two old men and their situation..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Bubba Ho-Tep | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.43) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 2003 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1381  | | CD Universe Part number | 6708360 | | Catalog number | 1006462 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 25, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | language, some sexual content, and brief violent images | | Running Time | 92 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Special Edition; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Special Edition; Subtitled |
Bubba Ho-Tep Movie Review Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Strangely Entertaining and enjoyable!
It's difficult to classify this movie as Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, or just plain fun. It is well worth the watch several times over. I laughhed so hard my sides hurt!
Submitted by mrdales (Eaton Rapids, Michigan, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No If you like Elvis movies...
It was funny, and it was entertaining the idea that Elvis is not dead, and there is a great explanantion for it. He does almost die in the movie, fighting off a zombie like mummy trying to kill him, but that was actually funny. Weird ending, good movie.
Submitted by wgreville (Chicago, IL)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  "don't make me use my stuff on you,baby"
Bubba ho-tep rocked the house.If you're a fan of bruce campbell don't miss out on this one.this is one of the coolest ideas ever.....elvis,kicking mummy butt!
worth every penny.
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Submitted by DALE (AUSTRALIA)
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bruce campell is the king!!!
the laugh factor justifies the cost in itself. very entertaining and some great extras too!
Submitted by mwashil (pittsburgh, pa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Creative Indie filmmaking
With all the rehashes, remakes, cookie-cutter films coming out of Hollywood that ignores the elderly and stresses youth, youth, youth; racial stereotypes, stupidity or plain banality, it is great to see than Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis and director (Phantasm), Don Coscarelli has made a minor-masterpiece.
What is it about? a 70-year old Elvis in an old folks home fight a mummy? The King vs. the King of the Undead? Yep! I am not an Elvis fan, but Bruce Campbell plays Elvis legit and with honor. He is also funny as all heck.
The movie is creepy, hilarious, vulgar, smart and original... and made 2 million dollars in only 40 theaters in the US... Not bad. See this, it is a well-made low-budget fun film that will make to laugh and sigh at the same time.. Wonderful.
Submitted by lgaskins (NJ, USA)
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Bubba Ho-Tep DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Creating the Music of Elvis with Brian Tyler (Composer) and Don Coscarelli
Deleted Scenes and Moments
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. "Behind-the-Scenes"
2. "How to Make a Mummy"
Audio Commentary:
1. Bruce Campbell - Star, Ossie Davis - Star, Bob Ivy - Star
2. Don Coscarelli - Director/Screenwriter, Joe R. Lansdale - Story Writer, Dac Coscarelli - Executive Producer
3. Bruce Campbell as "Elvis"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Animated Photo Gallery
Additional Products:
8-Page Scrapbook/Behind-the-Scenes Photos with Personal Comments From Bruce Campbell and Don Coscarelli
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