Bubba Ho-tep tells the story of what really happened to Elvis Presley, that he's not dead but instead is a resident in an East Texas rest home for the elderly.
Why he's there and not dead as everyone seems to think is because he switched identities with an Elvis impersonator but unfortunately the impersonator died before the real Elvis had a chance to switch back. And now there's a evil Egyptian mummy that has come to the rest home to suck the souls out of the people there. So Elvis teams up with another resident named Jack who thinks he's President John F. Kennedy to together with Elvis destory the evil that surrounds them.
I guess a lot of Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead fans were really excited about Bubba Ho-tep and of course it's a must see if you like the man. Personally I think it's a great and original movie but if Campbell would've not been in it, then I wonder if it would've been recoginzed at all or if people would think half as high of it, the answear is probably not or I would even have guessed on a definite no.
So does Bruce Campbell actually add a lot to the movie? Of course he does, he's the whole movie and is fun to watch on screen. It's not similar to Evil Dead in any kind of way but still he gives a great performance as Elvis plus that we get a cool and original story too, which makes Bubba Ho-tep a great entertaining package.
 
It's a hell of a story to say the least and it's really funny to see Bruce Campbell as an old version of Elvis Presley. It's hard to place this movie in a certain genre since it's a movie of I guess many genres.
It's a horror, a comedy but first and most it's a drama. The movie is of course pretty humorous at times but it never goes over board and turns silly and it's actually quite sad at times if you think about it. The characters are well done and the movie presents itself so it makes you care for them.
The actors are all good but the best performance is given by Bruce Campbell and I'm not saying that because I'm a fan of Evil Dead or anything.
He actually delivers a great performance here and at times you can't help but to think that it's actually Elvis that you see on screen, that is Elvis if he were an old man.
You definitely don't need to be a Bruce Campbell or Evil Dead fan to see this movie, it's just a very good stand alone movie.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Bubbahotep
MOVIE YEAR: 2002
DIRECTOR: Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
WRITING CREDITS: Don Coscarelli
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
CAST: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 92 min
RATING: 8/10
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