Bubba Ho-Tep

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Bubba Ho-Tep

R

2002

1h 32m

Comedy

Horror

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78%

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102 Reviews

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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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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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Austin Trunick

Under the Radar

This is a bizarre film that absolutely lives up to its insane premise ... Bruce Campbell turns in one of his most muted performances while playing Elvis Presley - it's a testament to his range.

Feb 28, 2017

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Steven L

Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley and Ossie Davis as President Kennedy, are living in a Texan retirement home haunted by an Egyptian mummy wearing cowboy boots. Special effects worthy of a high school play, acting on the same level. A 15 minute skit would have done Justice to what was an imaginative idea. Snail-like plot progress.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/25

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Veselka D

This flick is for "movie watchers" who have seen a lot, and they want to enjoy something different and entertaining. For B Campbell fans, it’s a "must see." For those who have family in a nursing home it might be a little sad, but it’ll make you laugh, which is sometimes needed. For healthcare workers in geriatrics, it triggers a normal day, but with a tinge of fantasy, horror and comedy. However, for "Top Critics" who like to leave a quippy, wordy and obtuse review, I guess it’s not for you. My suggestion to "Top Critics" is to watch two Hallmark holiday romances and call me in the morning. "Thank yu, thank yu verry much"

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/13/25

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marvin n

Bruce could have gone broad with the Elvis mannerisms. Instead he us very subdued, only doing the sneering lip once and an exhausted "thank you very much" as his last line at the end of the movie. Otherwise the movie is only so so

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/07/25

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M B

Brilliant, wacky, original and hilarious!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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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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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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