Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) ***1/2

In Don Coscarelli's Bubba Ho-Tep (2002), Bruce Campbell delivers one of his best performances as an aging Elvis who, along with fellow nursing home resident JFK (Ossie Davis), does battle with an ancient Egyptian mummy. For a film with as whacky a premise as that, Coscarelli's cult hit is surprisingly poignant and low key. There are plenty of laughs, amusingly crude dialogue, and elements of horror, to be sure. But there is also a melancholic and reflective quality to BHT, in which Campbell gives the right amount of TLC to TCB.

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