Bubba Ho-tep

Bubba Ho-tep is the title of a short story by Joe R. Lansdale which was adapted as a 2002 horror-black comedy film starring Bruce Campbell as a nursing home resident who claims that he is Elvis Presley.

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Joe R. Lansdale - 2002 - Horror - Black comedy - Film - Bruce Campbell - Elvis Presley

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The film version also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who believes he is John F. Kennedy. He says he was patched up after the assassination in Dallas, dyed black, and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson. The film was directed by Don Coscarelli.

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Ossie Davis - John F. Kennedy - Assassination in Dallas - Lyndon Johnson - Don Coscarelli

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While the short story and film is ostensibly about an Egyptian mummy (played by Bob Ivy) terrorizing a retirement home, 'Bubba Ho-tep' is really about aging and growing old in a culture that values only the young.

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Mummy - Bob Ivy - Retirement home

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The film features a cameo by Reggie Banister, the cult hero of director Don Coscarelli's Phantasm series.

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Reggie Banister - Phantasm

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