Product Description

Nothing should stop you see this film! The GateMud Creek Texas is about to get all shook up. When mysterious deaths plague the Shady Rest retirement home it s up to an aging cantankerous Elvis (Bruce Campbell) and a decrepit and black JFK (Ossie Davis) to defeat a 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy with a penchant for sucking human souls! Can the King show the world that he can still take care of business?Special Features:Audio Commentary by Director Don Coscarelli and Bruce CampbellAudio Commentary by The King Joe R. Lansdale Reads From Bubba Ho-TepDeleted Scenes With Optional Commentary by Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell The Making of Bubba Ho-Tep Featurette To Make a Mummy (Makeup and Effects Featurette) Fit for a King (Elvis Costuming Featurette) Rock Like an Egyptian (Featurette About the Music of Bubba Ho-Tep)Music VideoPhoto GalleryOriginal Theatrical TrailerTV SpotSystem Requirements:Running Time 92 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 027616906533 Manufacturer No: 1006462

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5247 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2004-05-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 95 minutes

Amazon.com
Don Coscarelli directs and Bruce Campbell stars as the King of Camp in this intentionally over-the-top schlockfest. Bubba Ho-Tep is partially about Elvis Presley and partially about the title character, an Egyptian cowboy zombie, but mostly it is about camp. The movie is equal parts story and back story. We learn through narration and flashback how Elvis didn't really die, ending up instead in a rest home in East Texas with JFK (played by Ossie Davis), who was dyed black and had his brain removed, presumably for reasons of national security. Campbell and Davis realize that something strange is going on when their rest-home compatriots start dropping off suspiciously. The whole movie leads up to a final showdown to the death with the Egyptian cowboy zombie who has been sucking the souls of their fellow residents because he thought no one would notice. The movie unfolds a bit slowly; it is, after all, a geriatrics-fight-Egyptian-cowboy-zombie movie. However, one wishes this self-conscious movie's pacing took its cue from the atypically fast-moving zombie instead of from the senior-citizen Elvis and JFK. In the end, though, Campbell is flawless as the aged King; his accent, intonations, glasses, and trademark karate are at the same time sincere and over the top. --Brian Saltzman

DVD features
Bubba Ho-Tep may have the most substantial and most worthwhile bonus features of any single-disc DVD release. "The Making of Bubba Ho-Tep" focuses on effects, make-up, and the musical score (which includes Don Coscarelli interviewing the composer, Brian Taylor). While the focus isn't on the filmmaking itself, the 45-minute, four-part documentary (which can be viewed in segments or in its entirety) is an insightful exposé with lots of screen time for Bruce Campbell and Don Coscarelli discussing the success of the film on the festival circuit and the financial and industry challenges of making an "Elvis and JFK aren't dead Egyptian zombie" movie that is set in Texas. The making-of is the heart of the bonus features, but there are also a couple of deleted scenes, a photo gallery, TV and theatrical trailers, and two commentary tracks, one by Campbell and Coscarelli and one by Campbell playing Elvis ("the King"). The limited edition also includes a small scrapbook liner note insert with photos and a brief letter from Bruce Campbell. --Brian Saltzman

Customer Reviews

Derivative entertainment
Yes, it's a funny premise: Elvis is living in a nursing home with a resident who thinks he's JFK and another who fancies himself the Lone Ranger. In the meantime, an ancient Egyptian demon wants to suck the souls out of the old and sickly folks, so it's up to Elvis and Jack to stop the demon.
Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are great. But somehow, the story lacks the sense of urgency that a horror tale should have, and although there are many funny lines, it could have been stronger comedically. The writer/director also seems to borrow heavily from the works of the Raimi brothers and their friends the Coen Brothers instead of being more original.
Okay for a few laughs, but not as good as it might have been.

Bruce Campbell Can Act!
First off, I'm a fan of Bruce and have been since I was a horror-lovin', geeky teen. Still, I always understood that the man had his limitations and would always be the snarky, B-movie king.

In comes Bubba Ho-Tep, a bizarre cult movie (Bruce is used to that), but with real heart. I mean, who knew I would watch an Elvis VS a mummy movie and get a bit choked up?! He's very endearing in this uber-camp masterpiece.

I highly recommend this film to anyone with a taste for the strange and amusing. Good stuff!

Odd premise but fantastic movie!
I really love this movie. You wouldn't think that a movie about Elvis with cancer on his weiner and a black JFK trying to defeat an evil mummy would be profound, but there are many times throughout when Bruce Campbell addresses the purpose of life and horror of languishing in a nursing home. It's really a movie about choosing one's destiny in life and the immutability of one's character, even when faced with obscurity, physical and mental degradation, and the evitable march of death. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes good flicks that are a little off the beaten path. Bruce Campbell fans will relish his performance as Elvis and the noir humor of his narration.