Taking Care Of Business
Elvis survived. Of course we all knew that. What we didn't know is, that he ended up in a resthome in Mudcreek, Texas. Incidentially JFK also lives there. They coloured him black after the (more or less failed) assassination attempt in Dallas and ultimately hid him in the rest home. When an old egyptian mummy in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat (nicknamed Bubba Ho-Tep by Elvis) starts haunting the resthome and sucking the souls from geriatric geezers, The King and The President have to kick some serious ass.
Sounds strange? It is. It's also quite slow, Elvis and JFK move with the speed of 70 year olds and the mummy isn't much faster. What makes this great is the interaction between the two main characters, played by Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Campbell absolutely nails The King, Davis plays JFK with a good dose of irony. Everytime those two are on screen together, you can see how much fun they had doing this. Elvis' monologues about fame and old age are great, too.
The movie was shot on a shoe string budget of $ 1.25 million. This shows in the special effects which consist of a few scarab models and a latex mummy costume. But that doesn't really matter, the movie is more about the interaction between JFK and Elvis, the whole mummy thing is just a framing device for that. If you get the chance, watch this. Hollywood got nothing on movies like Bubba Ho-Tep, this is where the real love is.
The DVD collection is a beautiful thing to behold, in addition to a commentary track by director Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell we get a commentary track done by The King, commenting the movie as he sees it the first time. Damn funny stuff. Many extra features on the second DVD, too.
Sounds strange? It is. It's also quite slow, Elvis and JFK move with the speed of 70 year olds and the mummy isn't much faster. What makes this great is the interaction between the two main characters, played by Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Campbell absolutely nails The King, Davis plays JFK with a good dose of irony. Everytime those two are on screen together, you can see how much fun they had doing this. Elvis' monologues about fame and old age are great, too.
The movie was shot on a shoe string budget of $ 1.25 million. This shows in the special effects which consist of a few scarab models and a latex mummy costume. But that doesn't really matter, the movie is more about the interaction between JFK and Elvis, the whole mummy thing is just a framing device for that. If you get the chance, watch this. Hollywood got nothing on movies like Bubba Ho-Tep, this is where the real love is.
The DVD collection is a beautiful thing to behold, in addition to a commentary track by director Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell we get a commentary track done by The King, commenting the movie as he sees it the first time. Damn funny stuff. Many extra features on the second DVD, too.
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