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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Don Coscarelli

Writers (WGA):

Joe R. Lansdale (short story)
Don Coscarelli (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

27 February 2004 (Canada) more

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery more

Tagline:

The King vs. The King of the Dead more

Plot:

Elvis and JFK, both alive and in nursing homes, fight for the souls of their fellow residents as they battle an ancient Egyptian Mummy. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

6 wins & 6 nominations more

User Comments:

A Real Shock - It's Good! more (347 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Campbell ... Elvis

Ossie Davis ... Jack

Ella Joyce ... The Nurse

Heidi Marnhout ... Callie
Bob Ivy ... Bubba Ho-tep
Edith Jefferson ... Elderly Woman
Larry Pennell ... Kemosabe

Reggie Bannister ... Rest Home Administrator
Daniel Roebuck ... Hearse Driver

Daniel Schweiger ... Hearse Driver
Harrison Young ... Elvis' Roommate
Linda Flammer ... Room Nurse
Cean Okada ... Attending Nurse
Solange Morand ... Iron Lung Lady
Karen Placencia ... Baby
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Bubbahotep (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violent images.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

KNB Effects agreed to make the Bubba Ho-Tep make-up and costume for cost of materials as a favor to Don Coscarelli. more

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There are no mountains (as seen in the Nachadoches fair scene and Mud Creek)in East Texas. more

Quotes:

Elvis: Kemosabe was dead of a ruptured heart before he hit the floor. Gone down and out with both guns blazing. Soul intact. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in My Name Is Bruce (2007) more


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51 out of 57 people found the following comment useful.
A Real Shock - It's Good!, 15 November 2005
10/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I laughed when a friend suggested this movie. "Yeah, right," I answered, eyes rolled up.

"Well," he finally said a few weeks later, "Here, just look at it. Take my copy and bring it back."

"Okay, " I answered, "what do I have to lose? "

Obviously, I was shocked. This has to be one of the all-time surprises I've ever encountered in movie-watching. Who would have thought this film was this good? Talk about "original!" This is about as original and entertaining as they come, and, as I have stated in several other reviews, entertainment is the name of the game....so I have to rank this film right up there with my favorites.

I refuse to detail the story because the more you explain what it's about, the stupider is sounds and the less likely you will give it a shot.

I will say Bruce Campbell does a fabulous job of imitating Elvis Presley. In fact, he is the best I have ever heard, speaking-voice-wise. Ossie Davis is also a hoot as the old black man who thinks he's President John F. Kennedy. See? I can't say more, because it gets worse, story-wise, the more you explain.

Just trust me that if you appreciate dark humor with some horror thrown in, you'll love it. It's a bit sleazy and the language is very rough, so be ready for that. I guess you could say this "is not for all tastes." You have to be a little warped to enjoy this, but most of us are to some degree.

Be also be ready for one of the oddest films you've ever seen.

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