Buba Ho-Tep

As a fan of both Bruce Campbell and B-Movies, I was highly anticipating something great out of Buba Ho-Tep. Not to forget that Mr. Campbell also plays Elvis Presley in a nursing home. Oh, and that JFK, dyed brown to hide his true identity, is also in on this Southern-Zomby/Egyptian-Mummy caper.

Things just never get going, really. A large chunk of the movie is devoted to Elvis, concerned about a puss-spurtin' growth on his manhood. Another chunk explains how Elvis went from the King to a worn-down old man in a nursing home under a false name.

The Buba Ho-Tep action doesn't kick in for a while, and when it does, it all seems so anti-climactic. There are some funny bits, no scary bits, and several B-Movie moments. Maybe I had built it up too much in my mind. Or maybe it just wasn't that good.

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