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Bubba Ho-Tep
The companion book to the popular movie starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK. Stuck in an East Texas old folks home, they must face off against a redneck mummy.
Paperback, 159 pages
Published
October 1st 2005
by Night Shade Books
(first published 2002)
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BUBBA HO-TEP. (2003). Joe Lansdale. **.
Mr. Lansdale has created an extensive body of work in both the crime and horror genres. This novella falls kind-of in the horror category, or at least skirts around the edges. Bubba Ho-Tep is the name of a mummy who has managed to stake a claim on a nursing home, where he manages to keep himself ‘alive’ by sucking out the souls of the old people there. The fact that they die is no surprise, especially to the staff of doctors and nurses; you expect old peop...more
Mr. Lansdale has created an extensive body of work in both the crime and horror genres. This novella falls kind-of in the horror category, or at least skirts around the edges. Bubba Ho-Tep is the name of a mummy who has managed to stake a claim on a nursing home, where he manages to keep himself ‘alive’ by sucking out the souls of the old people there. The fact that they die is no surprise, especially to the staff of doctors and nurses; you expect old peop...more
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I'm not sure how you really avoid spoilers with a book like this!
Set in an East Texas care home, two residents must battle an ancient Egyptian Mummy to save their souls being sucked out of their asses!
Joe R Lansdale never fails to carve great characters with his words, and this is no exception. If you like your noir and horror in a quirky style then be all over this like a rash.
I know several other reviewers have quoted this passage, but it sums up the writing and the book better than any crappy...more
Set in an East Texas care home, two residents must battle an ancient Egyptian Mummy to save their souls being sucked out of their asses!
Joe R Lansdale never fails to carve great characters with his words, and this is no exception. If you like your noir and horror in a quirky style then be all over this like a rash.
I know several other reviewers have quoted this passage, but it sums up the writing and the book better than any crappy...more
Likely the most comprehensive expression of Lansdale's aesthetic, "Bubba Hotep" captures all of the author's pet motifs in a single short story, adopting as its core characters a pair of larger than life celebrities and pitting them against a b-movie horror villain. As icing on the cake, setting the story in an East Texas nursing home allows Lansdale a chance to spin out vernacular language so scatologically over the top that it possesses an odd sort of beauty. Check it: "The sun, like a boil on...more
An elderly Elvis is barely living in an East Texas nursing home where Bubba Ho-Tep, an evil, soul-sucking mummy feasts on the residents. Elvis gets his mojo back, and with the help of a fellow resident who believes himself to be JFK, takes care of Bubba. Thank you very much.
Joe Lansdale’s short story has been made into a film by Don Coscarelli which I’d like to see. The only thing more frightening than losing one’s soul to a mummy is growing old and forgetting that you’ve got a soul.
This is a si...more
Joe Lansdale’s short story has been made into a film by Don Coscarelli which I’d like to see. The only thing more frightening than losing one’s soul to a mummy is growing old and forgetting that you’ve got a soul.
This is a si...more
'Bubba Ho-Tep' is a genius story that was made into a movie.
Elvis isn't dead, he switched places with an impersonator years ago. The paperwork proving this was burned up in a fire and so no-one believes him. He's living out his last days in a nursing home with a black guy who claims to be JFK. Add in a horror movie monster after their souls and you've got a crazy brilliant story you'll wish was true!
For anyone who's seen the movie, it stays very true to the book. It's sad at times, funny at othe...more
Elvis isn't dead, he switched places with an impersonator years ago. The paperwork proving this was burned up in a fire and so no-one believes him. He's living out his last days in a nursing home with a black guy who claims to be JFK. Add in a horror movie monster after their souls and you've got a crazy brilliant story you'll wish was true!
For anyone who's seen the movie, it stays very true to the book. It's sad at times, funny at othe...more
Ennesimo libro (forse pi� un lungo racconto) di uno dei miei autori preferiti, anche se non certo uno di quelli che gli � riuscito meglio. Ma il bello di Joe � proprio la sua volont� di sperimentare nuove strade senza la paura di tentare anche le cose pi� ardite e strampalate. E poi se c'� chi ancora crede ancora che Elvis vive, non � poi cos� strano pensarlo a dare la caccia a una mummia...
Sintesi, stile, versatilità: le tre cifre di Joe R. Lansdale si fondono in un romanzo breve che strizza l'occhio a un classico dell'horror (la Mummia!) per innovare profondamente il genere.
Umoristico al limite del satirico, volgare, grossolano, eppure intriso di una naïveté che sfiora la poesia, Bubba Ho-Tep è il granguignolesco che scopre l'ironia (e l'auto-ironia).
Irresistibile.
Umoristico al limite del satirico, volgare, grossolano, eppure intriso di una naïveté che sfiora la poesia, Bubba Ho-Tep è il granguignolesco che scopre l'ironia (e l'auto-ironia).
Irresistibile.
This was a hoot. Pure entertainment value. So grungy it feels like it's been it's been scraped off the floor of an alley, and in this case it's a good thing. Read it if you liked the movie, it's a great, quick read. Lansdale's voice is truly unique.
Fucking riot. Would never have run into this book without help from a good friend. Elvis and and an Elvis impersonator switch places and Elvis ends up in the old people's home fighting off a weirdo mummy.
I saw the movie of this when it first was released, but I never read the book until now. This is a great story. The characters a very different, and are characters every writer should have in their writing.
I'm a fan of Lansdale but I actually preferred the movie to the short story. It could be because I'm a bigger fan of Bruce Campbell.
La mia copia e' autografata con dedica dal buon Champion Joe in persona!
(simpatico e disponibile, tra l'altro)
(simpatico e disponibile, tra l'altro)
An Elvis/Mummy/Redemption story. As entertaining as the movie.
Different strokes for different folks. This was not my type of book. In fact it is currently the only book I have shelved and given up on. The premise of the book sounded fantastic; Elvis and Kennedy in an old folks home fighting a mummy - what is not to like I thought. But all the book talked about was the characters sexual fantasies and dysfunctions which were not even exciting but mundane and boring.
This one of my movies, and actually read the transcript was a joy.
I will admit that I prefer the movie version.
This novella was pretty good. Ienjoyed the style and the humour. I will try more of this author's work.
May 24, 2012
Andrea Santucci
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review of another edition
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Come svariati altri lavori di Lansdale, Bubba Ho-Tep è una sorta di b-movie letterario (o b-book, che non suona altrettanto bene ma per lo meno ha senso). Ed è anche la prova che si può scrivere per puro divertimento senza però rinunciare a uno stile magistrale (le scene d'azione in qualsiasi libro di Lansdale sono da manuale, e questo non fa eccezione).
Un libro veloce, divertente, colorito, a tratti sboccato. Si legge per quello che è: 100% intrattenimento.
Un libro veloce, divertente, colorito, a tratti sboccato. Si legge per quello che è: 100% intrattenimento.
"The sun, like a boil on the bright blue ass of day, rolled gradually forward and spread its legs wide to reveal the pubic thatch of night, a hairy darkness in which stars crawled like lice, and the moon crabbed slowly upward like an albino dog tick striving for the anal gulch."
I think the best writing is writing that provokes a physical reaction. Lansdale makes my booty lock up.
I think the best writing is writing that provokes a physical reaction. Lansdale makes my booty lock up.
disclaimer I am a big fan of the movie;
The Short Story is very faithfully adapted for the film. There is less action, but more of Elvis' observations which are far more vulgar, and justifiably so.
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The Short Story is very faithfully adapted for the film. There is less action, but more of Elvis' observations which are far more vulgar, and justifiably so.
Click for full Review
http://wherethedeadfeartotread.blogsp...
The movie was so good that I had to read the story. But, like class attendance and homework, you need only to do the one or the other. Doing both does not add all that much to the experience.
Funny. Fantastic concept and characters. Tells a story with meaning and depth about existing vs. living.
Movie is faithful and good in its own right.
Movie is faithful and good in its own right.
This may be my favorite book ever. Lansdale is the best. Its actually just a short story. A must see movie. Bruce Campbell IS Elvis!!(at 70)
Feb, 2003, Matt's picks: paired with double screening of SUNSET TOWN and BUBBA HO TEP, the film adaptation. THEME: Film festivals & Adaptation.
Seriously, fuck the movie version not being as good as it should have been having this awesome story to work with.
Yup, a mummy in East Texas, and a nursing home and the 'real' Elvis and a black JFK. Pretty hilarious.
May 11, 2013
Alex Fyffe
marked it as to-read
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Joe R. Lansdale is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and six Bram Stoker Awards. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas.
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