‘Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley. Ossie Davis as President Kennedy. Yep, these are the only reasons you need to watch Bubba Ho-Tep. But then Phantasm director, Don Coscarelli directs a story of Bruce Campbell playing a retired Elvis while also trying to fight off the ancient forces of a soul-sucking Mummy. Did I mention that said Mummy sucks elderly folks’ souls through their buttholes? Yea. Everyone needs to own this movie.
The synopsis for Bubba Ho-Tep goes like this:
When mysterious deaths plague a Texas retirement home, it’s up to its most sequined senior citizen to take on a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy with a penchant for cowboy boots, bathroom graffiti and sucking the souls from the barely living.
Bubba Ho-Tep stars Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness, Ash vs. Evil Dead) as “Elvis”, the late, great Ossie Davis (Grumpy Old Men, Do The Right Thing) as John “Jack” Kennedy, Ella Joyce (Set It Off, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot), Heidi Marnhout (Phantasm IV: Oblivion) and Bob Ivy (John Dies At the End, Near Dark).
The special features for Bubba Ho-Tep goes like this:
Bubba Ho-Tep 4KUHD+ Blu-ray Collector’s Edition Bonus Features
4K UHD:
· NEW 4K scan from the original camera negative
· Audio Commentary with writer/director Don Coscarelli and actor Bruce Campbell
· Audio Commentary with author Joe R. Lansdale
· Audio Commentary with “The King”
AUDIO:
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 2.0
BLU-RAY
· NEW 4K scan from the original camera negative
· Previously unreleased featurette: Bubba Ho-Tep Filming Locations Then and Now
· Previously unreleased featurette: Bubba Ho-Tep Egyptian Theatre Premiere
· Previously unreleased featurette: Bubba Ho-Tep at the Toronto Film Festival
· Audio Commentary with director Don Coscarelli and actor Bruce Campbell
· Audio Commentary with author Joe R. Lansdale
· Audio Commentary with “The King”
· The King Lives – an interview with Bruce Campbell
· All is Well – an interview with Don Coscarelli
· Mummies and Makeup – an interview with makeup effects artist Robert Kurtzman
· The Making of BUBBA HO-TEP
· To Make A Mummy – Makeup and Effects
· Fit for A King – Elvis Costuming
· Rock Like An Egyptian – How celebrated composer Brian Tyler created the stunning score
· Bubba Ho-tep – the music video
· Joe R. Lansdale reads Bubba Ho-Tep
· Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary with Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell
· Footage from the Temple Room Floor
· Archival Bruce Campbell interviews
· Music Video
· Theatrical Trailer
· TV Spot
· Photo Gallery
Bubba Ho-Tep arrives from Scream Factory on February 7.