Bubba Ho Tep

Every once in a while something comes along that's so different that, even after just hearing a description, you know you have to see it! That's what you should feel when you hear the description for Bubba Ho Tep!



Here's the short story: An old Elvis and JFK, who live in a Texas retirement home, battle an Egyptian mummy for the souls of the people in the rest home. Now, if you're interest isn't peaked by that, then let me just say, it's set in the current day, Bruce Campbell (in a tour de force) plays the old Elvis and Ossie Davis is JFK...and yes, I know that Ossie's black...it's part of the charm of this movie!

Bubba Ho Tep is the first product of the bizarre union of Don Coscarelli and Joe R. Lansdale, and I hope that it's not the last. You really have to see Bubba Ho Tep to understand, it's part horror movie, part comedy and totally entertaining! It's a crime that Bruce Campbell wasn't nominated for any awards for his portrayal of Elvis with a walker, it just proves what we all already know, Bruce is a top shelf actor stuck with a b movie reputation.

The best news about Bubba Ho Tep is that there is a sequel in the planning, Bubba Nosferatu, and I've even heard that Paul Giamatti will play the role of Colonel Tom Parker because he's a big fan of both Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell! I, for one, can't wait!



Bubba Ho Tep deserves all four cigars that I've given it, if only for the line from Ossie Davis as JFK, when asked by Elvis why he's black, his reply is, "It's a conspiracy, they dyed me this color!", it just doesn't get better than that! So, until next time when I'll reveal my personal red-neck roots, and will begin calling myself Bubba Bad Movie Guy, remember that the best movies are bad movies!