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C I a ss of 2004
AGGlEUfj
THE BATTalu
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Bubba Ho-tep
Directed by Don
Coscarelli
Starring Bruce Campbell
and Ossie Davis
Don Coscarelli, of Phantasm
fame, has teamed with Bruce
Campbell (Evil Dead trilogy) to
create the amazing indie film
Bubba Ho-tep.
As typical of Campbell films,
the plot is decidedly unique.
Campbell stars as an elderly
Elvis Presley who switches
places with an Elvis imperson
ator during the declining years of
Presley’s popularity. The imper
sonator suffers the infamous
bathroom demise, and the real
Elvis ends up as a resident in the
Muddy Creek Rest Home in sce
nic East Texas. Suffering from
genital cancer, Elvis spends
his days with the only man
who believes the truth about
his past, another elderly gent
(Ossie Davis) who believes
himself to be John F. Kennedy.
The respective lords of
Graceland and Camelot spend
their time sleeping and ponder
ing the loss of their fonner glory
until a couple of thieves acciden
tally free an Egyptian mummy
from a museum tour. The
mummy arrives at Muddy Creek
and begins sucking the aged res
idents’ souls through various ori
fices. Elvis and Jack must gird
up their loins — and their wheel
chairs - to protect their home.
The movie alternates between
uproarious humor, chock full of
infinitely quotable one-liners,
and creepy plot twists.
Filmed primarily inside an
abandoned veterans’ home, the
setting is dark and ominous for
all interior sequences. The cine
matography and score are fan
tastic, and the movie looks as
highly polished as anything pro
duced by a major studio.
The former American legends
battle against an ancient devourer
of souls and place this movie
among the ranks of such signifi
cantly literary sci-fi greats as
Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Rather than depicting a
nightmarish scenario of assimi
lation, Bubba Ho-tep deals with
an even older fear, that of our
own mortality. The residents of
Muddy Creek Rest Home are no
strangers to death. For them,
and perhaps for us all, the
greater fear is that of being for
gotten and leaving no mark on
the world.
Bubba Ho-tep has not found a
distributor, but has been an offi
cial selection at several film fes
tivals and is being screened as
part of Bruce Campbell’s book
signing tour.
For more information about
the movie, visit www.bubba-
hotep.com.
— Michael Whitlow
Tine Ring
Directed by Gore
Verbinski
Starring Naomi Watt
and Martin Henderso
Television static and fe
phone rings will taken Democratic <
trightful new meaningsn
those who see The Rinj.
movie introduces a horrid
new technological dimensjed
to the urban legend genre.
The Ring is based o
1998 Japanese movie,
which was widely successfil
in Japan.
The modern folklore
likely have the same effect#
those who enjoy scary stonei
especially around Halloww ^ed with tl
The Ring provides moretM n very decep
for your money than the
elaborate haunted house.
The legend of The Riii
states if you watch the home
made video, you will die a
seven days.
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who had watched thevideofe
One of the dead teenagen,
Katie (Amber Tambyn)is
niece of newspaper repontt
Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts)
Determined to uncoverik
story behind her niece'sdeaili
Keller hunts down the
and watches it herself,
legend says, she receives^
phone call guaranteeingdeali
w hen the video ends.
The plot intensifies
Keller and her video-j
friend, Noah (Mi
Henderson), attempt tout
el the mystery before to
time runs out.
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the movie, making
pense more chilling.
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that their deaths are approi
ing. In this instance, a
more drama wouldn t hurt
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apparent whether the to-
video was taped during ■
early or middle part of i
20th century.
However, the movie’sovea
all creepiness compensfc
for the minor discrepancies
its acting and plot. The w
stantly twisting story Ito
guaranteed to captivate
ences until the very end.
The Ring will even
the urban legend skeptic! 111
twice about popping a
into the VCR.
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