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Bubba Ho-tep Movie Review

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis
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Review Summary
In the 1970s Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) becomes bored of his life as a famous singer and he seeks out an impersonator with whom he can "temporarily" switch places. He chooses Sebastian Haff (also Campbell). Elvis embraces his new life as an impersonator and never goes back to his real life. One day he falls from the stage during his show and ends up in a small town hospital. There he stays for decades until he eventually bores of his new life as Sebastian and admits that he is really Elvis. By then no one is willing to believe his story and Elvis may have to spend the end of his life in a dirty nursing room.

Elvis befriends another long-term hospital patient who believes that Elvis really is Elvis. This new friend (Ossie Davis)thinks that he is JFK; even though he's black. (It's all part of a cover up). Together Elvis and JFK experience some mysterious events: other patients are mysteriously dying, giant insects are attacking the patients, and the power surges on and off without explanation.

The pair learn that an Egyptian mummy was accidentally left in a nearby pond; it is killing the hospital patients in its quest for food. Elvis and JFK decide to battle the mummy to save their lives.

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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - the mummy/alien Egyptian chased me!

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - musician
Age: - 60's-90's
Hair color? - white/grey
Body type - fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - white/grey
Body type - fat (man)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black

Main Adversary
Identity: - An "It".
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - super strength
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Physical condition - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Misc settings - mental hospital
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - depressed/sad
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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