Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

• Directed by Don Coscarelli
• Written by Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
• Stars Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXGP07vrab8

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

This is a crazy premise and a whole lot of fun. It’s certainly still a horror movie, and there’s some grim aspects to it, but there’s laughs too. The makeup, effects, acting, and script are great. Check this one out for sure.

Synopsis

We begin with an old-time newsreel of a group of archaeologists discovering the tomb of King Amon Ho-Tep in Egypt. The mummified remains then went on tour to museums around the world.

In present-day Mud Creek, Texas, there is a nursing home named Shady Creek. An old man who looks a little like Elvis wakes up in a nasty bedroom with a nastier roommate. No, he really is Elvis, and he’s not happy to be there. The roommate then dies.

That evening, an old woman steals the eyeglasses off another old woman in an iron lung. Then she steals a box of chocolates from a tray. She goes back to her room and pigs out. She ends up fighting with a giant cockroach- no, it’s a scarab. Suddenly, a mummy appears! Two deaths in two…