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| About Review |
Reviewer
RumbleWolf4
Review Date
26th May, 2004
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| Movie Credits |
Director
Don Coscarelli
Cast
Bruce Campbell
Ossie Davis
Bob Ivy
Ella Joyce
Heidi Marnhout
Screenplay
Don Coscarelli
Tagline
"The King of Rock vs The King of Dead."
Country
USA
Classification
R
Year
2003
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| DVD Information |
Format
NTSC
Region Coding
1
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1
16x9 Enhanced
No
Running Time
92 minutes
Year Released
2004
Packaging
Keep Case
Extra Features
2 Audio Commentaries
4 Featurettes
Deleted Scenes
Music Video
Photo Gallery
TV Spot
Theatrical Trailer
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The Plot
As most of us already know, Elvis Presley is not really dead, he's just convalescing in Shady Creek retirement home in an Eastern Texas town. While there, the King contemplates his life and experiences and forges a unique friendship with an African-American man who claims to be JFK, dyed black to protect his identity. These two quirky personalities elevate to inspirational heroes as their innocent retirement home is suddenly invaded by a 4,000 year old- soul-devouring Egyptian mummy! The two must combat this evil presecence and deal with their own inner demons.
The Movie
I'll admit I came into this a tad biased based on the potentially awesome team of Campbell, Coscarelli and Davis and they did not disappoint! The film has an extremely bizarre premise, but it handles itslef in a mature manner as opposed to the cheesiness one might expect.Campbell and Davis deliver simply outstanding performances, managing to be funny, eccentric and depressing all at once. At times, I literally forgot they were actors. The makeup FX and performances are THAT convincing.
My one gripe is that the mummy is almost downplayed into a side-plot. He was a cool character who would have benifited from more exposure. As it stands, he seems to be a plot device to draw the two leads toward a common goal. Not that that's bad, i just would have liked to see more of the main antagonist. Also, the dialouge is surprisingly vulgar. Although that hardly detracts from the rousing score, moody and atmospheric set design and nice creative touches from a talented director.
Overall, I can easily declare this film to be amongst the top three limited release films I've seen in a Long while. Definetly a sleeper hit and it should not be missed by any fan of slower, more character driven horror-comedies!
The DVD
Quite Impressive for a limited released film! The cult classic status that the movie has already attained could have boosted MGM to release such a nice package. We get two commentaries (including one from Elvis!!),4 featurettes, 3 deleted scenes, a music video, trailer, TV spot, Photo Gallery and a special feature in which author Joe Lansdale reads from his own novella that inspired the film. Add to that some cool packaging (similar to MGM's special addition of The Howling) and a 10 page "scrapbook" (including a letter from Bruce "Don't Call me Elvis" Campbell). Very nifty DVD and such a great film for US20$ I highly recommend it!
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