Post by Phoenix on May 16, 2005 13:40:27 GMT -5
I finally saw this flick this past weekend and I have to say I was impressed. This is what a 'B' movie should be! Great make-up, some cheesy bugs, Elvis, a killer mummy! What more could you ask for?!? What? Bruce Campbell as the star you say!? You got it. Want another established actor too? Ok. Ozzie Davis playing JFK (ha!).
If you haven't seen this movie and you like 'B' movies than I highly suggest you go out and rent it. It's great fun - I don't want to overplay it but for what it is it's pretty fantastic.
Here are some trivia facts I pulled off IMDB about this little movie:
Only 32 prints of the film were originally made as part of a limited platform release.
Despite the fact that Elvis Presley is the main character, not one piece of Elvis's music is heard. Coscarelli explained that it would have cost about half the budget to license one of Elvis's songs for the movie.
Most of the movie was shot at an abandoned veterans' hospital outside of Los Angeles. Even the trailer park explosion was done there. They used three hallways of one of the buildings for the interior of the rest home.
The trailer park explosion was filmed in one take.
Due to all the cameras, lights, and equipment virtually trapping him in his bed, at one point Bruce Campbell was forced to actually answer nature's call by using the same bedpan his character used to capture the giant scarab beetle.
The shoestring budget for this movie was a little over a half million dollars, or roughly 1% of an average big-budget Hollywood movie.
The filmmakers managed to round up about 100 extras for the Elvis concert scene, but as the filming dragged on, the extras steadily departed. By the end of filming, there were only a dozen or so extras left, which pretty much dictated which camera angles could still work.
When Elvis turns on the TV and sees the Elvis Presley movie marathon, none of the clips are from any of Elvis's movies. Because the licensing costs would have been too much for the budget, they used stock footage and never showed the faces of the Elvis-like actors.
Coscarelli originally wanted a dual narration, not just an Elvis narration. He had recorded another voice narrating the action as it came from the short story it was based upon, but this was abandoned after his friends told him it was terrible. Some of this narration can be heard on the DVD's deleted scenes.
Elvis describes his medicine bag as "mucho mojo," which is the title of another book by Joe R. Lansdale, author of the original Bubba Ho-Tep.
KNB Effects agreed to make the Bubba Ho-Tep make-up and costume for cost of materials as a favor to Don Coscarelli.
Before Bruce Campbell accepted the role of "Elvis," he had only one question for director Don Coscarelli: "Are you going to show the penis?"
If you haven't seen this movie and you like 'B' movies than I highly suggest you go out and rent it. It's great fun - I don't want to overplay it but for what it is it's pretty fantastic.
Here are some trivia facts I pulled off IMDB about this little movie:
Only 32 prints of the film were originally made as part of a limited platform release.
Despite the fact that Elvis Presley is the main character, not one piece of Elvis's music is heard. Coscarelli explained that it would have cost about half the budget to license one of Elvis's songs for the movie.
Most of the movie was shot at an abandoned veterans' hospital outside of Los Angeles. Even the trailer park explosion was done there. They used three hallways of one of the buildings for the interior of the rest home.
The trailer park explosion was filmed in one take.
Due to all the cameras, lights, and equipment virtually trapping him in his bed, at one point Bruce Campbell was forced to actually answer nature's call by using the same bedpan his character used to capture the giant scarab beetle.
The shoestring budget for this movie was a little over a half million dollars, or roughly 1% of an average big-budget Hollywood movie.
The filmmakers managed to round up about 100 extras for the Elvis concert scene, but as the filming dragged on, the extras steadily departed. By the end of filming, there were only a dozen or so extras left, which pretty much dictated which camera angles could still work.
When Elvis turns on the TV and sees the Elvis Presley movie marathon, none of the clips are from any of Elvis's movies. Because the licensing costs would have been too much for the budget, they used stock footage and never showed the faces of the Elvis-like actors.
Coscarelli originally wanted a dual narration, not just an Elvis narration. He had recorded another voice narrating the action as it came from the short story it was based upon, but this was abandoned after his friends told him it was terrible. Some of this narration can be heard on the DVD's deleted scenes.
Elvis describes his medicine bag as "mucho mojo," which is the title of another book by Joe R. Lansdale, author of the original Bubba Ho-Tep.
KNB Effects agreed to make the Bubba Ho-Tep make-up and costume for cost of materials as a favor to Don Coscarelli.
Before Bruce Campbell accepted the role of "Elvis," he had only one question for director Don Coscarelli: "Are you going to show the penis?"
What's wrong w/ you man?? ;D Excellent movie all the way!
. I swear, everything he touches is gold. The "Phantasm" series are absolutely amazing, and even the sequels are quite good. "The Beastmaster" is a fantasy fan's dream. Heck, I grew up watching, and I could probably give it all of the credit for getting me into the wonderful world of fantasy. And then you get "Bubba Ho-Tep". Just the plot alone is amazing, based on the story by Joe R. Landsdale; but no, you also throw in the amazing direction of Coscarelli, and even the acting talents of the legendary Bruce Campbell and even Ossie Davis (RIP).