Bubba Ho-tep is a 2002 horror-black comedy film starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley - now a resident in a nursing home. The film version also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy (explaining that he was patched up after the assassination in Dallas, dyed black, and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson.) The film was directed by Don Coscarelli. The title comes from a novella by Joe R. Lansdale which originally appeare...
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Bubba Ho-tep is a 2002 horror-black comedy film starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley - now a resident in a nursing home. The film version also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy (explaining that he was patched up after the assassination in Dallas, dyed black, and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson.) The film was directed by Don Coscarelli. The title comes from a novella by Joe R. Lansdale which originally appeared in the anthology The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem.
The movie was originally "road showed" by the director across the country. Only 32 prints were made and circulated around various film festivals garnering critical success, and was only given limited release on the big screen. By the time it was released on DVD it had already achieved cult status due to positive reviews, lack of access, and inclusion of (and similar on-the-road hard work by) Bruce Campbell.
While the novella and film revolve around an Ancient Egyptian mummy ...
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