Bubba Ho-Tep – 20th Anniversary Screening – at the Guild Cinema
ONE NIGHT ONLY Saturday, February 19 – 10:30 pm only
Directed by Don Coscarelli – 2002 – 92m.
Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 53!
From the director of Phantasm, Beastmaster and John Dies at the End! And based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by acclaimed author Joe R. Lansdale!
Bubba Ho-tep tells the “true” story of what really did become of Elvis. We find the King (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death”, then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds!
“Mind-blowing in its originality, Bubba Ho-tep transcends the “late-night cult” genre by virtue of captivating performances by Campbell and Davis, and the assured direction of Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli handles the bizarre material with such precision that you actually believe that Elvis and JFK are alive and not quite well. He treats the characters, and old age for that matter, with such respect that no matter how absurd things become, you are completely with him. Bubba Ho-tep, with its cinematic flash and terrifically offbeat humor, is a fantastic story of redemption, courage and friendship.” – CineVegas International Film Festival
“BUBBA HO-TEP is a masterpiece in its own right” – Guido Henkel, DVD Review
“A significant piece of American cinema” – Nick Digilio, WGN Chicago (MP3 AUDIO)
“Don Coscarelli’s delightful independent feature” – Dave Kehr, New York Times
“Bruce Campbell in a performance for the ages” – David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter
Website: GuildCinema.com