# Bubba Ho-tep **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686 "2003-02-17T19:21:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/1 "2003-02-17T19:21:20Z")
In case you hadn’t heard. [Bubba Ho-tep](http://www.bubbahotep.com) Hail to the king, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/2 "2003-02-17T20:06:03Z")
I saw this movie at the Cinevegas film festival this past summer. Bruce Campbell was there and had a Q&A after. Great movie. At the time, they had not arranged for distribution. I don’t know if this is still the case, but I hope they get it. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/3 "2003-02-17T22:29:19Z")
Okay, maybe you all need a little more enticement to click on that link. Elvis Presley, who never died and now lives in a nursing home in east Texas, takes on the undead along with help from JFK (played by **black** actor Ossie Davis!) Starring Bruce Campbell (_The Evil Dead_) and directed by Don Coscarelli (_Phantasm_)! Kooky, right? But it’s not just a goofy horror movie. As Campbell described it, "It’s actually a very sweet, character-driven film about old age. " All of the reviews I’ve read have been glowing. Now check it out! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/4 "2003-02-17T23:34:15Z")
No problem enticing Joe Lansdale fans to click on the link – I was hoping you were gonna say that the movie found a distributor. The movie’s going to be hard to find, for those of us who don’t live in a major market. I think it had a short run at a festival in Toronto, but except for Vegas, where else is it playing? ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/5 "2003-02-18T15:07:43Z")
Nowhere, I think. Eventually, there’s video. Just think – in the days before VCRs, we might have no hope of getting to see this gem. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/6 "2003-02-18T23:57:25Z")
Well, maybe if it keeps playing festivals, it’ll pick up a distributor. And you’re right – there’s always the video to look forward to. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/7 "2003-02-19T01:53:29Z")
Hey, it’s got my man Bruce. I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/8 "2003-02-19T05:01:52Z")
Ok this is a real co inky dink It is playing in Toronto Tomorrow night (and only tomorrow night) thanks to the good people at Rue-Morgue Magazine. I’m going Can’t Wait!!! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/9 "2003-02-19T06:11:13Z")
Bah. I thought you were announcing the nation-wide release. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darkrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Darkrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkrabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/10 "2003-02-19T06:41:58Z")
Is there a trailer we could download anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/11 "2003-02-19T15:10:06Z")
I have not found a trailer anywhere, but the link above gives a Flash-driven teaser. Toronto again!? Lucky bastards. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/12 "2003-02-19T19:27:07Z")
That’s what happens when you show the kind of Love for Bruce we have here in T.O. unfortunately he won’t be here… But I get o see it YAY… 4:30 remaining!!! ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/13 "2003-02-20T00:32:56Z")
Damn, I should be reading the papers more often… less than an hour & this is the first I heard about it playing tonight! Link to review/notice in Eye Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/14 "2003-02-20T05:03:09Z")
Woo hoo! That was great! Damn Bruce was excelenet. Though I hope if they get distribution they will get to put in some Elvis Tunes. “I ain’t waking up to some dried up mummies lips sucking my ass” ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/15 "2003-02-25T21:08:39Z")
I read “Bubba Ho-tep” and a couple of other Lansdale stories recently. I give it a thumbs down. Unless your idea of clever is revolting metaphors and unabashed references to incest and masturbation, don’t bother. I kept thinking things like (in mental Beavis and Butthead voices) “heh, heh,… he said ‘poop’.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/16 "2003-02-25T23:12:43Z")
Which stories did you read besides Bubba Ho Tep? If he’s not your cuppa, then he’s not, I won’t try to convince you otherwise. But Joe writes in different “flavors”, I guess you could say. He can be incredibly deep and moving, and then he can be downright silly. He posts free stories on his website, [www.joerlansdale.com](http://www.joerlansdale.com) – he’s definitely worth a second, third and fourth try, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/17 "2003-02-25T23:22:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TGWATY \* > \*\*I read “Bubba Ho-tep” and a couple of other Lansdale stories recently. I give it a thumbs down. Unless your idea of clever is revolting metaphors and unabashed references to incest and masturbation, don’t bother. I kept thinking things like (in mental Beavis and Butthead voices) “heh, heh,… he said ‘poop’.” \*\* So are we saying that the movie is faithful to the spirit/content of the original stories? 'Cause that’s not really been my experience with book-to-movie adaptations. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-ho-tep/155686/18 "2003-02-26T00:53:10Z")
Thanks, **AuntiePam**. I’ll keep it in mind. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \* > \*\*So are we saying that the movie is faithful to the spirit/content of the original stories? 'Cause that’s not really been my experience with book-to-movie adaptations. \*\* The problems I had with the writing were mostly in the narration and won’t translate to the screen since they just show it on film instead of telling it. Have no fear. This is going to a good film.