You know the legends… now learn the truth.
Getting back to the kind of escapist cinema
that not only brings the creeps,
but brings the feels…
I give you this pitch:
Octogenarian Elvis and an old black man claiming to be President Kennedy versus a soul-sucking Egyptian mummy in a retirement home in East Texas.
‘Nuff said?
Thought so.
Based on Joe R. Lansdale’s brilliant novella of the same name, BUBBA HO-TEP, Bruce Campbell seemlessly takes on the role of the King, who swapped with one of his impersonators months before said impersonator died in his place on the toilet in Graceland.
A hip infection and subsequent coma explains his current state.
The late Ossie Davis is excellent as Jack, the man who may or may not be JFK.
Meanwile the ancient Egyptian mummy that was lost in a nearby river during a storm begins parading around in a cowboy outfit—sucking the souls of the old folks through their buttholes. Outraged by said butthole sucking, Elvis Aaron Presley vows to destroy said mummy or die trying!
TCB, baby.
And that is more than you need to know.
Here’s a peek at the magic behind the curtain…
