Bubba Ho-Tep is Don Coscarelli's 2002 cult horror-comedy about an aging Elvis Presley and a man who believes he is John F. Kennedy, both living in a Texas nursing home, who team up to stop an ancient Egyptian mummy feeding on the residents. Bruce Campbell plays Elvis and Ossie Davis plays Jack, and the film balances low-budget creature-feature thrills with a quiet, funny, melancholy look at old age. It is based on Joe R. Lansdale's novella. It suits cult-film fans and Campbell devotees more than viewers wanting a conventional horror movie; its rivals in the genre have bigger budgets, but few match its warmth or its oddball premise.
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Viewers rate it very highly, with 348 ratings averaging 5 out of 5. Fans single out Campbell and Davis and the film's mix of laughs and melancholy, while some note the modest budget and uneven pacing.
This Hawaiians item carries the name of Bubba Ho Tep, a cult classic film directed by Don Coscarelli.
The film centers on a retirement home where an aging Elvis and a man claiming to be John F. Kennedy fight a mummy. It is based on a novella by Joe R. Lansdale.
