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A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%, Metacritic 57/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 79% of the 2,356 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis 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. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
724 audience votes
Key crew
- Don CoscarelliScreenplay
- Brian TylerOriginal Music Composer
- Don CoscarelliDirector
Cast
- Bruce CampbellElvis Presley / Sebastian Haff
- Ossie DavisJohn F. "Jack" Kennedy
- Ella JoyceThe Nurse
- Heidi MarnhoutCallie Thomas
- Bob IvyBubba Ho-tep
- Edith JeffersonElderly Woman
- Larry PennellKemosabe
- Reggie BannisterRest Home Administrator
- Daniel RoebuckHearse Driver
- Daniel SchweigerHearse Driver
- Harrison YoungElvis' Roommate
- Linda FlammerRoom Nurse
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Themes
mummyjohn f. kennedyseries of murdersretirement homevengeful spiritold-age homeegyptian curseold ageabsurddramaticelvis impersonatoramused