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Bubba Ho-Tep

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Bubba Ho-Tep

R

Released Jun 9, 2002

1h 32m

Comedy

Horror

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After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack (Ossie Davis), an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep (Bob Ivy), an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

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Critics Consensus

The best movie to star both the King and JFK.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Hilarious, a little scary and strangely poignant. Campbell's cranky, valiant, sad-sack King is a soulfully funny creation.

Mar 12, 2018

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

A mismatched marriage of offbeat character study and unimaginative horror riffs.

Sep 24, 2007

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Writer-director Don Coscarelli piles on unpleasant details and cynical asides as if they were the stuff of wisdom, though they seem intended to produce guffaws rather than thoughts

Sep 24, 2007

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Don Coscarelli’s weirdly inspired, unclassifiable horror comedy... wraps JFK conspiracies and Elvis sightings around a mummy movie set in a drab Texas retirement home.

Oct 20, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

The most surprising element of this picture isn’t its outrageousness but rather its occasionally wistful, even poignant, approach.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 29, 2023

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

For as insane as the premise is, this off-kilter horror flick spotlights some great performances and a shockingly insightful story.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 11, 2023

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Nick O

Bruce Campbell as an elderly Elvis Presley doing battle with an ancient mummy who sucks souls out of asses in a Texas nursing home. If you can’t get with that, I don’t know what to tell ya.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Landon J

I think this is a sweet, sentimental, fun little supernatural B movie. Fans of Campbell will enjoy, despite it's sometimes weak antics.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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PaulW N

I love Bruce but man, what a stinker. Slow, bad writing, bad editing, visual effects were definitely B quality but not enough of them. Storyline was weaker than a zombies math skills and the quirky fun parts weren't quirky or fun. Just dumb. Bad bad bad. Don't watch. Sorry Bruce. You phoned it in.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Raymond S

Hjula løsner og ramler av etterhvert, men det er aldri snakk om å avbryte.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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This Old G

Funny, cynical, poignant, artfully campy schlock. Memorable performances by Ozzie and Bruce.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Gideon L

Ossie is the GOAT. Bruce is OK too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Synopsis

After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack (Ossie Davis), an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep (Bob Ivy), an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

Director: Don Coscarelli
Producer: Don Coscarelli, Jason R. Savage
Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli
Distributor: Vitagraph Films, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Silver Sphere Corp.
Production Co: Silver Sphere Corporation
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Brief Violent Images)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $891.9K
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround

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