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Bubba Ho-Tep

Bubba Ho-Tep

2002
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominated short story by acclaimed author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis. (Silver Sphere Corporation)
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Bubba Ho-Tep

2002
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
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Rated 23 Aug 2018
75
80th
I too play Mad Libs.
Rated 11 Jan 2020
77
78th
Coscarelli, Campbell, and company take this schlocky B-movie premise about a geriatric Elvis secretly living in some run down nursing home in East Texas, who alongside a black "JFK", fight off an ancient soul-sucking Egyptian mummy, and instead made this oddly poignant and beautifully charming little fantasy/comedy/drama about the elderly. The movie makes me really think I should probably visit my grandpa more often...and at the very least make sure he's safe at the VA from butt-sucking mummies.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
78th
Great performances by Campbell and Davis. Amusing film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
65th
Weirdly original, and fun. Not the knock-down climax you'd expect, but just fine. See it just to see how well they pull off a bizarre idea. Just like many of his other films, only Bruce could do it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
25th
Funny, clever and interesting premise. Problem is, there's not much to the movie besides the premise. Kinda leaves you empty. Loses momentum for long stretches of time, pausing any forward development of the story to tack on additional quirks to the situation. Fun and amusing, but doesn't really stick with you. Bonus points for superior originality, though.
Rated 19 May 2008
90
97th
The humor in this story is fantastic and Bruce Campbell is always a treat. A b-movie that has fun with itself to the full extent, and all the actors, and Coscarelli himself do great jobs making this a fun and entertaining movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
39th
Bubba Ho-Tep scores points for having an absolutely outrageous but not too ridiculous premise, but it fails to live up to its own potential.
Rated 14 Jul 2008
80
85th
Surprisingly good. Ossie Davis is great and Bruce Campbell is, well, Bruce Campbell. A few too many penis jokes, but whatever. The scarab beetle is cheese, but what else would expect from a Bruce Campbell movie?
Rated 14 Apr 2019
79
77th
This was nothing like I feared it would be. Brilliantly shlocky premise done strange kind of justice by the genuinely heartfelt touch of Coscarelli. Driven by the immense underlining sadness of the wacky idea of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, president of the USA & a 3000-year-old pharaoh ending up in a rundown East Texas retirement home, discarded with extreme indignity by a society enamoured with myth & disgusted by mortality. Sold by wonderful performances & a lovely score.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
85
87th
Bruce Campbell starring as an aging Elvis who teams up with a black JFK to fight off an ancient Egyptian soul sucking mummy in a nursing home. Got to be a camp, slapstick comedy right? Wrong. What you actually get is a quirky mystery/horror/comedy that plays it pretty straight and what must be the greatest performance of Campbell's career. This is as much a study of a man's regrets when faced with his own mortality and a comment on how modern society treats the elderly as it is anything else.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
90th
Bruce Campbell is gold as usual as Sebastian/Elvis, and Ossie Davis truly saves one of his funniest performances for last as JFK, Sr. It's funny and original. If you can find a copy, pick it up and watch it. You'll be glad you did.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
93rd
Bruce Campbell is a god
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
72nd
Bruce Campbell is outstanding as Elvis, here trying to wipe out an ancient mummy with the aid of a black JFK. Unbelievably dumb, but oh so cool at the same time
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
85th
Bruce Campbel is Elvis. Ossie Davis is JFK. This movie is so freaking great! You must see this film. (The world will miss Ossie Davis) It's a very funny and original concept. You must see this film. You should own this film.
Rated 11 Sep 2007
92
90th
Don't &*@! with the king.
Rated 08 Sep 2008
93
93rd
If you think of this as a horror movie, a magical realist biopic, a comedy, or a bromance drama, you'll be wrong on all counts (and you won't enjoy it as much). It may just be the best film about our treatment of the elderly, and about minor - but nonetheless significant - redemption.
Rated 11 Apr 2011
70
48th
B-movie greatness. I had no idea JFK was black and still alive in a nursing home with an aging Elvis. My only regret was watching this alone, as with all B-movies, especially those of the Campbell variety, it should be watched with a group to enjoy it properly.
Rated 19 Dec 2011
60
48th
Very slow paced and not too funny. The ending plus the beetle scenes were pretty great though, should've been more of that coolness
Rated 18 Jul 2012
81
37th
It's a funny tribute to Elvis, sure the story line is ridiculous but Bruce Campbell performance makes Bubba Ho-Tep a fun Fantasy film for the ages.
Rated 13 Feb 2014
75
60th
Way more deep and thought provoking than a movie about Elvis fighting an asshole-sucking mummy should be.
Rated 11 Nov 2014
75
84th
There are some tonal and budgetary problems that impact somewhat negatively on the end result, but there is no denying the originality of this quirky little film that takes the Elvis legend and creates a whole new mythos around it. Bruce Campbell's portrayal of the King is superb, locating the right mix of humour and pathos, while Davies' straight take on a black JFK is delighfully absurd. It's also an oddly moving film with something meaningful to say about society's treatment of the elderly.
Rated 02 Mar 2015
85
80th
Thought it got off to a bit of a slow start but after a while, everything started clicking hard. It's wildly original, funny at times, and strangely emotional (not that it's something that will make you cry). Of course, Campell is great as Elvis and Ossie Davis is great as the black JFK, who got dyed to become black. It's just a fun, original comedy.
Rated 20 Jan 2021
60
51st
Bruce Campbell is great and the idea is fantastic. The execution of that idea isn't perfect, but it's still funny at times.
Rated 10 Dec 2022
50
45th
Fun enough watching Bruce Campbell playing Elvis and Ossie Davis play JFK. The mummy took awhile to develop and the bugs weren't too convincing. Fav scene: Elvis flashbacks.
Rated 18 Dec 2006
5
44th
My expectations were way too high. Gotta rewatch soon.
Rated 07 Jan 2007
100
99th
My favorite movie. Weird, funny, dramatic, scary and ultimately beyond clever. Bruce Campbell's ultimate performance. A brilliant genre hybrid.
Rated 28 Mar 2007
80
55th
Very good. I miss Ossie Davis.
Rated 02 May 2007
78
89th
pretty funny
Rated 06 Jul 2007
78
69th
My view is possibly biased because of how much I love Bruce Campbell, but this is a really original story, well executed, and generally very likebale.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
90
66th
Remarkably well-done and funny.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
11th
I usually love Bruce Campbell, but this was borderline retarded. A promising idea that is completely flushed away in a sea of drab, boring scenes with very little action and even fewer laughs. A rare misfire from Campbell.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
64th
You haven't lived until you've seen Bruce Campbell talk about his pussing pecker.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
49th
A decent comedy with some great laughs. Sadly I was hoping for more comedy than what was delivered which left me moderately disappointed.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
92nd
A perfect cult film. It's a B-movie with a ridiculous plot, but it's exactly what it's supposed to be.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
56th
totally crazy and totally brilliant!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
58th
Pretty amusing trash.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
92nd
You can never go wrong with Bruce Campbell in a comedic role.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
82nd
Different and funny.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
61st
Runs out of steam, but is buoyed by a spirited, lightfooted narrative and great lead performances from Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Strikes the right balance of pathos and absurdity.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
73rd
Bruce Campbell does it again with this original and hilarious movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
An original in the horror genre (or horror-comedy to be totally fair).
Rated 16 Sep 2007
80
89th
Very original and well acted horror/comedy. Campbell is brilliant.
Rated 26 Sep 2007
9
62nd
This is a fabulous send-up of horror movies. See it. You won't regret it.
Rated 08 Nov 2007
82
76th
History will eventually give this movie the credit it deserves.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
90
90th
Phantasm's Don Coscarelli directing Bruce Campbell as Elvis...almost a cult overload! Fortunately they pull it off well and create a hilarious film.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
80
71st
Heartwarming and fascinatingly weird once you get past the numerous penis jokes.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
60
52nd
How strange can a movie get?
Rated 27 Apr 2008
100
94th
bruce campbell in his prime sorta fun origanal story must see
Rated 21 Jun 2008
89
59th
Elvis isn't really dead... he lives in a nursing home. With JFK. Who is black. And they have to fight a mummy that comes to suck the souls out of their fellow nursing home patients. Bruce Campbell gives a flippin SWEET performance as the hobbling, wobbling, washed-up Elvis, who actually swapped places with an Elvis impersonator right before he died. Ossie Davis is JFK (or at least he thinks he is) and is a laugh riot! This movie is great beyond words!
Rated 28 Sep 2008
76
60th
Original and ridiculous.
Rated 25 Oct 2008
6
55th
An enjoyable treat.
Rated 27 Oct 2008
75
59th
Goofy fun....really fucking goofy fun.
Rated 03 Nov 2008
70
61st
Totally weird and bizarre. But this is what draws the attention and can be curious, but funny.
Rated 01 Dec 2008
81
73rd
The idea is just golden and Coscarelli takes good use of it. Campbell is great in a non-B-movie way for a change.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
78
79th
A little slow, but it was still pretty good.
Rated 02 Feb 2009
85
67th
If you like Bruce Campbell in ridiculous movies, check it out
Rated 20 Nov 2009
29
1st
Cool concept, but boring results.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
68
65th
Well,you can't fault it for lack of originality. You can fault it for lack of focus. Still there was enough humor and bizarre situations to keep me entertained.
Rated 22 Nov 2010
20
17th
yeah, umm... what the fu#K was that? not scary, not funny, at times frightfully boring, and then a hokey boss fight at the end. wow, now i know what a movie made by a 10-year-old might look like if he was given a decent budget.
Rated 11 Dec 2010
46
27th
The concept here is great, so why am I so meh about the actual movie? The thing is, it's a movie about old Elvis and black JFK fighting a mummy in an East Texas rest home... that's played extremely low-key for half its running time. Combine that with a couple of unfunny running jokes and a few moments that seem like they're leading up to something but never do. I certainly don't mind getting into Old Elvis's head, but it felt far too much like actually *being* in a house of slow decrepitude.
Rated 12 Feb 2011
40
12th
I love Bruce Campbell. I love Ossie Davis. And both of them give good performances here. But I doubt there is an actor alive who could have made me care about what was going on in this film. Yes, the premise is creative but it feels like writers and/or director didn't quite know what to do with it. The crude humor does not help. At all. I basically spent the second half thinking of other things that I should be doing with my time.
Rated 16 Sep 2012
85
76th
Amazingly underrated B-movie with an incredible premise(Elvis and black JFK vs. a mummy) and the best performance of Bruce Campbell's career.
Rated 14 Nov 2012
85
76th
action, adventure, true love, fights, chivalry, honor...nah just kidding. Elvis and a cowboy mummy, best time to be had watching a vhs I found at the flea market. Bruce is at his best.
Rated 09 Feb 2015
80
91st
If you don't find this funny, then you are a person who doesn't find Bubba Ho-Tep funny.
Rated 24 Oct 2015
74
40th
Hey, a horror comedy that's actually at least somewhat amusing. It also has a premise that is pretty novel and it works on levels beyond the comedy and horror. The pacing matches the geriatric leads, though, which diminishes the experience a bit.
Rated 13 Dec 2015
50
29th
This seems like an unpopular opinion, but you should only watch this for Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. The two leads are absolutely fantastic and I will stand behind that; it's just that the rest of the movie feels lackluster. Behind an amazing premise is a lot of jokes that aren't as funny as they hoped to be, and some mediocre storytelling. Really, only come for the fun practical effects and the cast. The rest can easily be thrown away, unfortunately.
Rated 24 May 2017
60
36th
The premise really peaked my interest and even when I read the summary below I still wonder why I didn't like this movie more.
Rated 02 Apr 2018
52
13th
Bruce Campbell's elderly Elvis is great. The whole plot is one totally batshit crazy notion. So, one has to give credit to the screenwriter-director for such a loco & entertaining idea. The execution is, however, far from flawless & at times the resultant film drags. Glad to have seen it - Yes. Plan to see it again - No. Saw it totally sober; Ur preferred intoxicant would probably greatly enhance enjoyment of the bizarrely humorous concept & increase ur tolerance of the flaws & slower sections
Rated 10 Sep 2021
7
94th
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there, with emptiness all around/And if you won't come back to me, then they can bring the curtain down/We're lost in a cloud, with too much rain/We're trapped in a world, that's troubled with pain/But as long as a man has the strength to dream, he can redeem his soul and fly | no appearance of the wife or daughter, no reconciliation with the carer he proudly, cruelly dismisses, no confirmation of his identity... only death, and decisions on how to face it.
Rated 05 Nov 2022
77
53rd
A case where the sum of its parts doesn’t equal the whole – Coscarelli seems uncertain as to which side of his wacky premise he wants to develop, delivering a not particularly scary horror movie (though the cockroaches are things of nightmares) and satiric jabs at the personas of Elvis and JFK that don’t land because little is done to utilise them; if you can merely accept this as Campbell and Davis (both excellent) in “GRUMPY OLD MEN” with zombies, then it’s a more than passable diversion.
Rated 02 Jan 2007
85
74th
Superb horror movie with a wonderful turn from Bruce Campbell as the one and only King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley
Rated 05 Mar 2007
68
50th
The two central performances are superb and were pretty much the only things I liked about the film. It's perfectly watchable, but I don't rate it as highly as most and don't believe it merits the cult following that Bubba Ho-Tep has achieved.
Rated 23 Apr 2007
80
61st
My affection for this film is complicated; on the one hand, it's a rollicking horror-adventure with memorable characters and a great concept, but it's so unexpectedly touching and sad in places that it's not the kind of thing you just feel like popping in the DVD player.
Rated 26 May 2007
45
24th
Dissapointing.
Rated 04 Jun 2007
85
76th
Not an Oscar winner by any means, but a fantastic movie that combines drama, comedy, and horror without missing a beat. Big thumbs up on the music (not a single Elvis song).
Rated 07 Jul 2007
70
30th
The cool premise beats out the execution by miles. Still funny and quirky, but it tries a bit too hard.
Rated 25 Jul 2007
80
47th
piss poor special effects but a brilliant job on the part of the actors, a hilarious must-see.
Rated 05 Aug 2007
40
12th
Well, I liked the idea...
Rated 07 Aug 2007
89
80th
A great flick, a brilliant performance by Bruce Campbell.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
96th
Holy shit, this movie was awesome.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
15th
The answer is yes, you CAN go wrong with Bruce Campbell in the lead.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
80th
Great story for any Elvis fan!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
58th
Okay...I've owned this one for a while now, had it stolen from me, and went and bought another copy (I'm stubborn like that). I wouldn't say it's THAT good, but it's very original, I'm a big fan of Bruce Cambell, and if you liked the Evil Dead Trilogy this is almost as entertaining.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
60th
Crammed with all sorts of genres. Unlike any other film I've seen.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
83rd
a great concept, funny and slap stick, surprising character development with a great screenplay and bruce cambell!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
72nd
A little slow, but worthy of a solid A.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
63
44th
If you look through your video collection and notice that you own a great many films that others think you an odd person for enjoying, there's no question that Bubba Ho-Tep will most likely be a cherished part of it soon after your first viewing.
Rated 17 Aug 2007
28
6th
Interesting premise, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Bruce Campbell's presence lifts this from grade-F to grade-D.
Rated 19 Aug 2007
40
3rd
Only worth watching drunk, or if you are a BIG Bruce Campbell fan.
Rated 24 Aug 2007
24
5th
I am the only person in the world who dislikes this movie. It's poorly paced, dry and not in the least bit funny. Kudos to Bruce Campbell for trying, but he didn't pull this one off.
Rated 19 Sep 2007
73
64th
It's certainly original. And considering that it's basically meant to be a ridiculous and quirky comedy with mild horror elements, a lot of it is suprisingly moving and heartfelt. I'm not as in love with it as a lot of people, but it's definitely a good movie that's worth a look.
Rated 23 Oct 2007
70
22nd
Could be so much better, but even so is an enjoyable genre movie. Bruce Campbell as Elvis alone deserves 10 points.
Rated 04 Dec 2007
10
3rd
Huge Disaapointment with this movie.
Rated 12 Jan 2008
85
94th
A cracking slice of absurd, horror nonsense with hilarious performances from Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. If you know nothing about this before you see it I urge you to avoid even reading the DVD sleeve. The less you know the better...
Rated 04 Mar 2008
90
67th
Hilarious.
Rated 10 Mar 2008
90
76th
Very original!!!
Rated 19 Apr 2008
82
79th
Campbell is old-man Elvis. Davis is JFK as we all knew him: old, black, and in a wheelchair ("They dyed me this colour! Can you think of a better way to hide the truth?"). Together, they are all that lies between a soul-sucking mummy and the lives of the elderly. It sounds bizarre. It sounds absurd. It sounds like it could be stupid. It's not. This is one of the most original and inspired movies to hit screens in years. It's funny, it's wild and it's god damn cool. Hail to the King, baby.
Rated 20 Apr 2008
75
67th
The genius here is in how straight the drama is played, and Bruce is absolutely terrific and completely convincing as a geriatric Elvis, stumbling behind his walker. Beneath the campy trappings there's this genuinely heartfelt story about aging and leaving a legacy behind, although it's somewhat obscured by meandering direction and a dissatisfying conclusion.
Rated 15 May 2008
85
72nd
Big fun. Tell me again why Sam Raimi didn't direct this?
Rated 14 Jun 2008
20
3rd
This isn't the Bruce Campell we all love. Where's the chainsaw?

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