Director: Don Coscarelli
Reviewed by: Rom Servo
Bubba Ho-Tep is set in present day east Texas at a rest home in a town called Muddy Creek. Actually, on this one...ive got to just cut to the chase because its so hillarious to say it all at once. Undercover Elvis and Black JFK battle it out with an egytian mummy who has been nocturnally invading the rest home to suck peoples souls out of their ass holes. Yes. Sebastian Haff (Bruce Campbell), as senile elvis impersonator, and Black Jack Kennedy vs. Bubba Ho-Tep!
This writing from this film is full of great quotes but i'll only list a few:
-"They dyed me this color...all over!! Can you think of a better way to hide the truth?"
-"Now this top line translates into, "Pharoah gobbles donkey goobers," and the bottom line, "Cleopatra does the nasty."
-"Look, man, do I look like an ichthyologist to you? Big damn bugs, all right The size of my fist. The size of a peanut butter and banana sandwich."
An interesting aspect of this film is that the way its written and delivered, one half of the viewers beliefs is that our main character is a senile elvis impersonator with a rediculous claim to be "the king". The other half desires, out of love of Campbells character, to subscribe to his convincing flashbacks of his life forfitted to the intensity of fame.
The editing is great with flash-montages somewhat remenicent of "Hot Fuzz" or "Snatch". The acting and cast is great what with Bruce Campbell in the mix. Pretty much no gore here, but the makeup turned Bruce into a senile Elvis... so mad props there. And the writing was well done in that i feel as though it was written specifically for the actors playing the actuall parts. The comedy of the film found itself in a new realm with these characters and i thought it was acurately played and ginuinely silly. I give Bubba Ho-Tep three blood drops.
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