Bubba-Ho-Tep (2002)
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Coscarelli
Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli, Joe R. Lansdale
Bubba-Ho-Tep (2002)Rating:
- Ellis= 4 / 10;
- Rayn= 6 / 10;
Bubba-Ho-Tep (2002) Synopsis:
Two elderly, one Elvis Presley and one black President Kennedy, will team to defeat an ancient mummy that goes around killing the retirement home resident.
Bubba-Ho-Tep (2002) Review:
Even though it was made by Don Coscarelli, Bubba Ho-Tep is not so much a horror film, but a comedy instead. I guess the only horror elements is the villain, who is a mummy.
The concept of running the movie in an retirement hospice is pretty cool, and having two crazy elderlies as the heros is really interesting. A great duo of great antihero! A great work was done on the secondary characters too, all of them being really funny too.
The film follows the main character, elderly Elvis, step by step. You get to see him absolutely all the time, hear his reflection, etc. This could have been annoying but luckily for us horror fan, they choose the perfect actor: Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead series). Saying that he is really good would be weak; he is actually the highlight of the film.
This said, I personally didn’t like the movie. First it is too much of a comedy for me. Second, it is really slow paced, with long scenes of internal thinking and lengthy discussion. This pace works out quite well with the theme of the movie (elderly anti-hero), but kind of got on my nerve after an hour of it. Some scenes are really funny and the atmosphere interesting, the music is cool too, but I was expecting much more from Don Coscarelli, and from a film that has got great critics everywhere.
Bubba-Ho-Tep (2002) Cast:
 | Bruce Campbell | … | Elvis Presley / Sebastian Haff |
 | 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 |
| Bruce Rawitz | … | TV Announcer |
| Joseph Primero | … | Janitor |
 | Chuck Williams | … | Elvis’ Boy |
 | Timothy E. Goodwin | … | Elvis’ Boy (as Tim Goodwin) |
| James Maley | … | Elvis’ Boy |
| Blaine Tyler | … | Elvis’ Boy (as ‘Two-Gun’ Tyler) |
| Steve Kassel | … | Sebastian’s Band, Drums |
| Damon Carruesco | … | Sebastian’s Band, Guitar |
| Lief Frederick | … | Sebastian’s Band, Bass |
| Danny Crossen | … | Sebastian’s Band, Keyboards |
 | Gigi Bannister | … | Trailer Park Gal (as Gigi Fast Elk) |
| Emily Wengel | … | Trailer Park Gal |
| Naveed Mahboobian | … | Egyptian Guard |
| Omid Naimi | … | Egyptian Guard |
| Joseph C. Boulder | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Virginia Brown | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Celia Gill | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Harvey Flammer | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Sylvia Flammer | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Ruth Hansen | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Mary Rose Waken | … | Lunch Room Folks |
| Natasha Kurtz | … | Vintage Picture Model |
| Avery Taylor | … | Vintage Picture Model |
| Nadia Angelini | … | Vintage Picture Model |
