Bubba Ho-Tep

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1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

Horror

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79%

104 Reviews

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79%

50,000+ Ratings

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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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Gregory T

I wasn't prepared for how much I genuinely enjoyed this masterpiece of campy, low budget, horror comedy with dashes of rather insightful criticism of the culture of aging.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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TED O

My favorite Bruce Campbell movie outside of the Evil Dead series

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/19/23

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Jonathan O

Bubba Ho-Tep is one of the best Bruce Campbell performance since original evil dead as a impersonator old Elvis Presley who has cancer along with Ossie Davis as JFK against a mummy in a very well made comedy horror film and truly outstanding make-up effects by KNB effects.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/05/23

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 32 minutes that parodies JFK and Elvis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/23

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Elew

This movie is cornball pulp horror & I loved it. Lifetime watch: 3 times

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Robert d

This is perhaps the worst film, in the history of films. I love the actor who plays the main role, however, this was a film he didn't succeed in. Poor quality, poor story line and quite frankly time I have lost from my life I will never get back.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Don Coscarelli

Director

Bruce Campbell

Elvis Presley

Ossie Davis

Jack Kennedy

Bob Ivy

Bubba Ho-tep

Reggie Bannister

Rest Home Administrator

Larry Pennell

Kemosabe

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David Ansen

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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

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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

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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

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

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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
Executive Producer: Dac Coscarelli
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
Sound Mix: Surround

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