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Summary: ELVIS battling arachnids and mummies? Who'da thunk it?!?
Review: "Bubba Ho-tep" combines the unique comedy stylings of the "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" movies with the "insaneness" of the "National Lampoon" variety of films, and add to this the horrifics of "Night of the Living Dead" (on a small scale), and you have one colossal motion picture. This combination comedy/horror/drama is unlike the typical offering of 2003, in that it has an individual brand of humor, which makes "Bubba Ho-tep" stand head and shoulders above typical mainstream fare. Bruce Campbell's portrayal of "The King of Rock 'n Roll" is absolutely hilarious and off-the-wall, and Campbell's narration in the typical ELVIS vocal mode, takes the coveted Golden Award for sheer depth and machismo. Besides echoing "The King" nuance by nuance, Campbell also gets most of the best phrases and lines in the entire movie. Ossie Davis produces a spectacular performance as well, as "ex-president" John Kennedy (JFK), or so he thinks he's the REAL JFK. Both ELVIS and JFK team up as super sleuths when mysterious disappearances suddenly pop up at the Mud Creek Retirement Home in Texas. As further clues surface, not only does the situation become more perplexing with each disappearance, further hilarity ensues as well. But, ancient creatures aren't the only things ELVIS and JFK have to contend with, as a certain species of beetle wreaks havoc on the lives of the residents of Mud Creek, especially "The King". Yes, with all the doldrums suffered by many during this holiday season, it's worth a few precious bucks to see a facsimile of ELVIS go upside a mummy's head with a walker, and discover a new use for a hospital bedpan. Director Don Coscarelli breathes life into this picture, with his awesome display of special effects and use of various camera angles. My only complaint about this particular viewing, is that the English subtitles at the bottom of the screen were only half-visible, making them difficult to read. But that didn't detract from my enjoyment of this intelligently crafted movie. With a virtual banquet of goodies displayed in full-force, "Bubba Ho-tep" is certain to please even the most skeptical moviegoer - even die-hard ELVIS fans. So, take a two-step down to your local theater, and view "Bubba Ho-tep" this holiday season. The DVD and video are sure to make late, great stocking stuffers as well. Heck, even ELVIS himself would want to own a copy - and upon viewing, he'd most likely remark: "Bubba Ho-tep" is the king of all movies. Thank you, thank you very much!". Really, he would - trust me!
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Summary: Don't Mess With Texas Baby!
Review: Synopsis : Opening in a rest home in Texas, we come to learn the "true" story of what happened to Elvis Presley. During his stay he also meets up with John F. Kennedy and they join forces to battle an evil Egyptian Soul Sucker named Bubba Ho Tep who preys on the souls of the other residents of Mud Creek Rest Home. Plot : An absolutely hilarious and well thought out story. America's obsession on whether Elvis is dead, this movie should be shown everywhere!!! Great storytelling, well acted and just an overall good time with this movie! Cast/Characters : How can you go wrong with Bruce Campbell? You can't!!! He brings his style of humor to the screen once again and we get to see other familiar faces like Ozzie Davis and Reggie Banister. Campbell's presentation of Elvis was hilarious, this was definitely a role he was meant to play! F/X : Effects were mainly limited to just the presentation of "The Mummy" and it was a job well done. If this creature had appeared in a more haunting type horror movie it would definitely be spooky-goodness! F/X team did a wonderful job. Jekyll's Final Thoughts : Hail to the King baby! What a truly amazing and fun movie. Humor was top notch and Campbell was in the zone! This is a must see for any fan of his and just a good ole campy type horror movie. Run, don't walk...find this movie to watch! You won't regret it. 5 star rating!! www.horror-web.com
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Summary: special features
Review: well, the other reviews said enough about the movie but no one has put up the special features yet.... and that's where i come in. the limited edition will have 12 page color booklet with pictures of bruce and the cast and crew
3 commentaries including one of bruce campbell AS elvis
behind the scenes stuff and numerous documentaries
and also a never before seen BHT documentary
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Summary: Classic Bruce
Review: About two-and-a-half, three years ago I went to a special "Bruce Campbell Event" at the original downtown Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX. This was ostensibly a book signing for "If Chins Could Kill", but it was a bit more than that: there was a screening of "Evil Dead 2", preceded by a viewing of the then-unreleased "Fanalysis" documentary and a unique Q&A session, during the latter of which a drunk redneck stumbled onstage and attempted to duplicate Bruce's famous "grab hair and flip" move from the scene in Evil Dead 2 where his hand gets possessed (the redneck made it through the flip, but the landing must have shaken up some Chinaman's bowl of rice as hard as it was). This was the first I'd heard anything of "Bubba Ho-Tep", but it sounded right up my alley. Fast forward to late last year, when "Bubba Ho-Tep" was finally released to select theaters. On at last getting a chance to see this flick, it turned out to be at last something both meeting my expectations and far exceeding them. The plot is probably well known to all Bruce fans by now, but here's the short version: Bruce is Elvis - the REAL Elvis - who switched places with an impersonator back in his heyday when he got tired of the limelight. The impersonator OD'ed, as we all know, and the real Elvis/fake impersonator broke his hip falling off stage and ended up in a nursing home. There he meets Ossie Davis, a black man who insists he's JFK, and together they fight off an Egyptian Soulsucker before he has the chance to rip the souls from their a**holes (couldn't make this up if I tried). The plot is as silly as it sounds, but there is a certain pathos to the movie, a wistful longing for youth and the rueful woes an elderly man forced to rely on others must handle on a day-to-day basis, that elevates this film above it's b-movie aspirations. I certainly didn't anticipate walking into this movie expecting any actual insight into the plight of the geriatric set, but "Bubba Ho-Tep" (largely due to the quality of the source material by Joe R. Lansdale) transcends it's genre trappings and comes out a winner. I especially liked the attention to detail concerning the past lives of Elvis and JFK; there are discreet references to peanut butter and banana sandwiches, as well as less discreet displays of martial arts (Elvis did achieve a black belt in real life, and was so into karate at one point that he insisted most of his entourage join him in lessons as well). The characters act as though you'd expect people with the pasts of Elvis and JFK to behave themselves, and it's this playing it straight when most films of this type would have gone for over-the-top gore and humor that makes "Bubba Ho-Tep" an instant cult classic.
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Summary: classic bruce
Review: The plot is as silly as it sounds, but there is a certain pathos to the movie, a wistful longing for youth and the rueful woes an elderly man forced to rely on others must handle on a day-to-day basis, that elevates this film above it's b-movie aspirations. I certainly didn't anticipate walking into this movie expecting any actual insight into the plight of the geriatric set, but "Bubba Ho-Tep" (largely due to the quality of the source material by Joe R. Lansdale) transcends it's genre trappings and comes out a winner. I especially liked the attention to detail concerning the past lives of Elvis and JFK; there are discreet references to peanut butter and banana sandwiches, as well as less discreet displays of martial arts (..). The characters act as though you'd expect people with the pasts of Elvis and JFK to behave themselves, and it's this playing it straight when most films of this type would have gone for over-the-top gore and humor that makes "Bubba Ho-Tep" an instant cult classic.
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Summary: Bruce Campbell at his best
Review: I saw this movie at the theater. People were falling out of their seats from laughing so hard. It starts off with a bang and keeps it going. Yes, it is over the top and campy, but it is funny as hell. It is a cult classic along the lines of the Evil Dead movies. As with most Bruce Campbell movies, you either love it or hate it. Everyone I know who saw it loved it.
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Summary: It's out there
Review: This is one hell of a kooky movie. It pretty much rides along on the strength of its premise, but the lighting and set design are also impressive, as are the performances of both Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. The Premise is as follows: Elvis is not dead. He traded places with an impersonater so as to escape the empty life he lived. One night while doing his impersonation of himself, he broke his hip and it got infected and now he resides in a shoddy rest home in East Texas. Elvis spends much of the movie complaining about a pus-oozing growth on his penis and his complete lack of labido. He is really having problems with old age and with the prospect of impending death. The only person in the rest home that believes him is a man named Jack who believes that he is JFK. Of course, this character is played by Ossie Davis who does not look, sound, or in anyway resemble Kennedy. The two of them discover that there is a mummy who is sucking the souls from the residents of the rest home, by way of any bodily orifice available. The two men join forces to battle this foe, and together, they save the souls of their neighbors. It is definately worth your time. I would rent it before you buy it. I really did enjoy Campbells turn as Elvis. There are some really good laughs and some really good lines for Campbell.
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Summary: Wonderful movie
Review: Great movie. Not horror, as you might think. Instead it explores the way we pass off our eldest without thought, though it doesn't go "deep" with that. You're treated with Campbell's career best acting role and a good turn in by Davis. The quirky humor and the realistic nature of the movie made me both sad and happy with the movie.
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Summary: No, No, No, No, NO!
Review: I agree with the comparison with the Troma films. Although BHT looks bigger budget, and isn't as funny. The plot is absurd, but not compellingly so. The Mummy sequences are low-rez FX. Ossie Davis acts like a pudding (a very dense, flavorless pudding). The action/development of the plot is achingly slow, and has little or no dramatic payoff. The only good(?) thing is Campbell's interpretation of Elvis, which is truly excellent. But then, I'm not a big Elvis fan, so... Campbell should have waited for, or wrote his own script for, a really good, new Elvis biography movie (it could have been released posthumously!) and it would have been a huge smash. But he wasted it on this ridiculous Coen brothers imitation.
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Summary: Walker And All, He's Still The King!
Review: BUBBA HO-TEP is one of those quirky works of brilliance (like Spider Baby, Evil Dead 2, Donnie Darko, etc.) that make you scratch your head, while making you laugh and want to see it again. Bruce Campbell IS Elvis Aaron Presley! He's got the voice, the moves, and the attitude of the aging KING. Bored with his life as an aging rock icon, Elvis trades places (back in the 1970s) with one of his impersonators, Elvis tours as an imitation of himself, only to throw his hip out, sending him off the stage, into the crowd, into a coma; and eventually to the Shady Rest old age home in Mud Creek Texas. Now, instead of wowing audiences of screaming fans, Elvis finds himself bedridden and nearly fossilized. Then, a 3000 year old mummy shows up and starts thinning out the geriatric herd as it were. Joined by John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Ossie Davis), Elvis begins piecing together clues to unravel this Egyptian / Texan mystery. Can Elvis and JFK stop this shambling, musty horror in time? Can they keep it from sucking out the souls of everyone at the Shady Rest? Can they stay awake long enough to defeat this evil?? Watch and see! Highly recommended...
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