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Bubba Ho-Tep Reviews

2002

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Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), when they both begin to suspect that their neighbours aren't .. Read more

Starring	Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout
Director	Don Coscarelli
Genres	Comedy, Horror

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- Amiable spoof, with Campbell giving a persuasive performance as an elderly, embittered Presley, a creation more interesting than the drearily antique horror hokum that follows..
- 34437
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 74
  - 10
  Elvis and JFK meet the Mummy
  
  Elvis is alive and not very well. After switching identities with an Elvis impersonater back in the 70's, he's now living in a nursing home in Texas ... read more »
  
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- 21998
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 16 Oct 2004 at 23:02
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  - 2
  will only appeal to certain audiences
  
  watchable film, but no real laugh out loud moments or scares. In the same vein as the big lebowski in the sense of comedy. Has a slow beginning, and you never ... read more »
  
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- 1066204
- - addsgrabs
  - 6 reviews
  - dudley
  - 23 Nov 2011 at 15:21
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  - 0
  Old King Creole is a merry old soul...
  
  Very silly indeed with second-rate special effects and an obviously low budget. But it's funny, engaging and sometimes poignant, with points to make about ... read more »
  
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- 1063653
- - NDG
  - 127 reviews
  - Oxfordshire
  - 17 Nov 2011 at 02:01
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  - 3
  bubba ho-tep
  
  wasnt sure what to expect when this film was recommended to me but i was pleasantly surprised... bruce campbell was very good...
  
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- 1003200
- - a customer
  - 10 Jun 2011 at 20:36
- - 0
  - 1
  A brilliant film
  
  I didn't know very much about this film before I watched it, but a great story unfolded. I loved the quirky style and the feeling that you didn't really... read more »
  
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- 969418
- - a customer
  - Bradford-on-Avon
  - 02 Mar 2011 at 17:30
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  - 1
  A Great little gem of a film
  
  This film was nothing short of amazing. An interesting, if not abstract, cast of characters. Excellently haunting soundtrack which is impossible to locate. I ... read more »
  
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- - TimClayton
  - 3 reviews
  - Weymouth
  - 16 Feb 2011 at 16:14
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  - 1
  This film is genius!
  
  Brilliant film!
  
  Tongue in cheek, Bruce Campbell is fantastic as Elvis.
  
  Saw this film once, then bought it and have watched it a few times... read more »
  
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  - Notts
  - 24 Nov 2010 at 20:40
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  - 3
  bubba ho - tep
  
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  the worst movie i have ever seen not worth buying or renting . filmed in a nursing home really bad movie in my opinion.
  
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- - a customer
  - glasgow
  - 05 Sep 2010 at 03:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Could of been SOOO much better........
  
  Elvis and JFK stuck in an old peoples home screams for knowing in-jokes, and an intelligent, well thought out aproach. Unfortunately you don't get it. Such ... read more »
  
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- - phyllisglass
  - 7 reviews
  - Essex
  - 24 Aug 2010 at 16:58
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  - 1
  ELVIS is alive!!!
  
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  just the idea that Elvis is alive and switched lives with an impersonator but nobody believes him is a great idea. Then throw in a mummy and you have a great ... read more »
  
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- - Bodster
  - 3 reviews
  - cambridge
  - 18 Jul 2010 at 16:47
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  - 1
  Must rent this
  
  I loved this film - my husband who is more of an 'interlectual type' couldn't see the magic but I'm just counting the days until 'Bubba 2&#... read more »
  
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- - hickers23
  - 5 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 03 May 2010 at 13:41
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- - 74
  - 10
  Elvis and JFK meet the Mummy
  
  Elvis is alive and not very well. After switching identities with an Elvis impersonater back in the 70's, he's now living in a nursing home in Texas ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 21998
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 16 Oct 2004 at 23:02
- - 19
  - 1
  B-Movie Genius
  
  Well what can I say about Bubba Ho-Tep apart from it's a work of genius.
  
  This film is just great. It's a trashy B-Movie with a daft plot ... read more »
  
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- - tommyd2
  - derbyshire
  - 08 Dec 2004 at 13:22
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  Great Idea But Loses Its Way
  
  Definitely something different to what I've seen before. The premise that Elvis is alive and living in a sanitorium and takes on an Egyptian demon who is ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 03 Feb 2005 at 10:50
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  - 8
  Hail to the king baby!
  
  This is a film you are either going to love or hate...personally I loved it!
  
  It's based on a concept where we have the real Elvis in a nursing ... read more »
  
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- 313860
- - mansoncat
  - birmingham
  - 12 Nov 2004 at 10:02
- - 18
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  No thank you very MUCH!
  
  Fantastic premise - Elvis and JFK vs. a Mummy in a nursing home. But unfortunately that's about as good as it gets.
  
  Don't get me wrong Bruce... read more »
  
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- - KH08
  - North Somerset
  - 03 Feb 2005 at 13:56
- - 14
  - 7
  Bubba Ho-Hum...
  
  I so wanted to love this film. Bruce 'Evil Dead' Campbell. Ossie Davis (may he Rest In Peace). Don Coscarelli. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? ... read more »
  
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- 118287
- - Mike Thomas
  - South Wales
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 16:16
- - 10
  - 1
  Instant Cult
  
  Bubba Ho-tep is a hilarious funny film with the premise that Elvis is living in a old age pensioners home and Kennedy is now a black man. Elvis and Kennedy try... read more »
  
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- 319123
- - KChawgo
  - London
  - 17 Jan 2005 at 13:08
- - 10
  - 1
  The King is Alive!
  
  Elvis isn’t dead. He’s actually fighting soul-eating Egyptian mummies in a Texas retirement home, aided and abetted by John F Kennedy. Or, at least, ... read more »
  
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- 330818
- - deehews
  - London
  - 13 Apr 2005 at 13:26
- - 8
  - 1
  Where did this film come from?
  
  This film was fourth in SFX magazine's top 10 films of 2004, (beating the third Lord of the Rings film!) yet nobody seems to have heared of it.
  
  I... read more »
  
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- - Hiredgun55
  - Shropshire, England
  - 17 Jan 2005 at 18:09
- - 8
  - 1
  Elvis, JFK, a mummy and an old people's home
  
  I'd love to have seen them pitch that one to MGM. And I'm very, very glad they did.
  
  An impotent Elvis (Bruce Campbell) lives in an old people... read more »
  
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- 324106
- - misterlogic
  - London
  - 22 Feb 2005 at 12:01

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Critics' reviews
- Amiable spoof, with Campbell giving a persuasive performance as an elderly, embittered Presley, a creation more interesting than the drearily antique horror hokum that follows..
- 34437
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- This is a comedy-horror movie featuring Elvis, JFK and a soul-sucking Egyptian mummy. It casts Bruce Campbell... read more on Time Out
- 47725
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- Absolute Genius
- 12925
- - SFX
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- Brilliant
- 12924
- - Nuts
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00

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  Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), when they both begin to suspect ...

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  Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), when they both begin to suspect ...