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Bubba Ho-Tep - Bruce Campbell's best acting performance and I'd argue Don Coscarelli's best movie (or at least the one that makes the most sense... the Phantasm movies are good-to-great but they're completely nonsensical).
A man who may or may not be Elvis Presley and a black man who thinks he's JFK fight to save their rest home froom a soul-sucking mummy in cowboy boots and a pimp hat. It's every bit as ridiculous and weird as the premise sounds but it's also strangely thoughtful in how it addresses regret and how we treat the elderly. Made on a shoestring after the pitch was rejected by every studio for production as well as distribution, everyone involved was warned not to do this movie (Bruce by his agent/manager, Ossie Davis by his agent, Don Coscarelli by pretty much anyone he asked) but went on to become a beloved cult movie.
A man who may or may not be Elvis Presley and a black man who thinks he's JFK fight to save their rest home froom a soul-sucking mummy in cowboy boots and a pimp hat. It's every bit as ridiculous and weird as the premise sounds but it's also strangely thoughtful in how it addresses regret and how we treat the elderly. Made on a shoestring after the pitch was rejected by every studio for production as well as distribution, everyone involved was warned not to do this movie (Bruce by his agent/manager, Ossie Davis by his agent, Don Coscarelli by pretty much anyone he asked) but went on to become a beloved cult movie.