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64-474: It is based on the novella of the same name by Joe R. Lansdale , which originally appeared in the anthology The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem . Originally the film was " roadshowed " by the director across the country. Only 32 prints were made and circulated around various film festivals, though this garnered critical success, and it went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay . By

128-425: A walker to get around the grounds. Elvis and Jack create an elaborate plan to destroy the mummy. Destruction of the mummy would release the trapped souls of the other inhabitants, and they would be able to go to their final resting place. Elvis and Jack battle the mummy in the middle of the night, with Jack in an electric wheelchair and Elvis wielding a makeshift flamethrower. Jack is knocked out of his wheelchair by

192-424: A black man, who is convinced he is John F. Kennedy , and the two begin to piece together that an Egyptian mummy is stalking the halls and sucking up souls in the night. Together the two men confront the monster, as no one will believe them. A film adaptation of Bubba Ho-Tep was released in 2002 and was directed by Don Coscarelli , who also wrote the film's screenplay . Bruce Campbell was brought in to portray

256-497: A brief glimpse through a portal, seeing a red, hot world where the dwarves are toiling as slaves. A sudden power outage separates the trio. Left alone in the room, Reggie activates the portal, creating a powerful vacuum from which he narrowly escapes. In the ensuing storm, Reggie is stabbed by the Lady in Lavender while Jody and Mike flee and the mausoleum vanishes. Jody devises a plan to trap

320-472: A clear idea of the ending. Several endings were filmed, and one of them was re-used in Phantasm IV: Oblivion . Coscarelli attributed the freedom to choose from among these endings to his independent financing. To solicit outside opinions, Coscarelli paid an audience to watch an early cut of the film. Although Coscarelli called the result "a disaster," he was encouraged by the audience's reactions to

384-488: A deep mortal wound. Resigned to his death, Elvis knocks over the broken sprayer, spilling the rest of the gasoline towards the mummy. He throws a match to relight the mummy, killing it this time. Elvis lies near the riverbank, dying from the gash and broken ribs. He contemplates that he does not fear death, knowing he still has his soul and has saved everyone at the Shady Rest Retirement Home. Reflecting on this,

448-459: A door to get away; the Tall Man's fingers get caught and then cut off, but continue to move, dripping yellow ichor . Taking one of the fingers with him, Mike escapes the mausoleum. The still-moving finger is enough to convince Jody about Mike's stories. Before Jody can bring the finger to the sheriff, it transforms into a flying insect. Reggie, who witnesses the finger-turned-insect attack them, joins

512-596: A five-issue limited series adaptation of the novella, retitled Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers . The series was supervised by Lansdale, written by Joshua Jabcuga, and illustrated by Tadd Galusha. In 2019, Dynamite Entertainment published a four-issue crossover miniseries, Army of Darkness / Bubba Ho-Tep , a sequel to the original story which saw Elvis team up with Bruce Campbell's iconic character, Ash Williams. Kirkus Reviews heavily criticized Bubba Ho-Tep upon its initial release, as they considered

576-473: A four-issue crossover miniseries, Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep , which followed up the original story and saw Elvis team up with Ash Williams , another character portrayed by Bruce Campbell. Bubba Ho-Tep (novella) Bubba Ho-Tep is a 1994 alternate history novella by American author Joe R. Lansdale . It was first published on August 1, 1994 in the Elvis Presley themed anthology The King

640-479: A long corridor by a flying chrome sphere which he feared would drill his brain out. After seeing the audience reaction to jump scares in Kenny and Company , Coscarelli, who was the writer and director for the film, decided to do a horror film as his next project. His previous films had not performed well, and he heard that horror films were always successful; branching into horror allowed him to combine his childhood love of

704-399: A moving meditation on the diminutions of age and the vagaries of fame." Todd McCarthy of Variety gave a negative review, stating, "[The] introduction of the mummy plot basically derails the film at about the 45-minute point, and the silly climax...is so rote and generic that it could have come out of any ordinary horror film", although McCarthy does admit, "Campbell's Elvis stands as one of

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768-485: A nursing home. Initially skeptical of Jack's story, Elvis does spot a mysterious scar on the back of Jack's head, but is ultimately unsure of its origin. Eventually, Elvis and Jack are forced to face off against a re-animated ancient Egyptian mummy that was stolen during a U.S. museum tour, and then lost during a severe storm in East Texas when the thieves' bus veered into a river near the nursing home. The mummy takes on

832-407: A period in which he worked for Colonel Parker battling monsters prior to exchanging identities with Sebastian Haff. In 2018, IDW Publishing released a five-issue limited series adaptation of the novella, retitled Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers . The series was supervised by Lansdale, written by Joshua Jabcuga, and illustrated by Tadd Galusha. In 2019, Dynamite Entertainment published

896-496: A rating of 79% based on 107 reviews, and an average of 6.8/10. The site's consensus was a tongue-in-cheek statement, "The best movie to star both the King and JFK." Metacritic gives it a weighted average rating of 57/100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars saying, "This absurdly clever caper is elevated by Bruce Campbell's pensive Elvis into

960-445: A road trip. When Mike enters his bedroom to pack, the Tall Man appears and hands crash through the bedroom mirror, pulling Mike inside. Film scholar John Kenneth Muir interprets the film as being about mourning and death. Many of the film's fans are young boys, aged 10–13. According to Angus Scrimm, the film "gives expression to all their insecurities and fears". Scrimm states that the theme of loss and how, by fantasizing about death,

1024-509: A screening of the film. Coscarelli told him that he did not have a high-quality print, but Abrams volunteered the use of his technicians for a restoration. The completed restoration premiered at SXSW in March 2016. Phantasm: Remastered was released in limited theaters on September 24, 2016, and was released on Blu-ray on December 6, 2016. Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times deemed

1088-649: A shotgun blank. Casting was based on previous films that Coscarelli directed, and he created roles for those actors. Because he could not afford to hire an editor or cameraman, Coscarelli did these duties himself. Filming was done on weekends and sometimes lasted for 20 hours a day over the course of more than a year. Reggie Bannister described the production as "flying by the seat of our pants." The actors would be called to perform their scenes and picked up as soon as they were available. Bannister did many of his own stunts. Though set in Oregon , shooting took place primarily in

1152-458: Is Dead and has since been re-published in various formats. A film adaptation by the same name was released in 2002 and starred Bruce Campbell as the lead character of Elvis. In this story, the real Elvis Presley switched places years ago with an Elvis impersonator . Tired of the life of drugs, women, and people who wanted nothing more than his money, he settles in to live a life of obscurity in an East Texas trailer park , where he becomes

1216-466: Is hidden at an antique store owned by Jody's friends Sally and Sue. There, Mike discovers an old photograph of the Tall Man and insists on being taken home. On the way, Mike, Sally and Sue come across the ice cream truck, overturned. They are attacked by a mob of hooded dwarves. Mike manages to escape, presuming the girls and Reggie dead. Jody goes to the mausoleum to kill the Tall Man, first locking Mike in his bedroom for safety. Mike escapes, but runs into

1280-411: Is known to the staff as Sebastian Haff, but claims to be the real Elvis Presley . He explains that during the 1970s, he grew tired of the demands of his fame and switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff; he claims it was Haff who died in 1977, while he lived in quiet, happy anonymity and made a living pretending to be himself. After a propane explosion destroyed documentation which

1344-595: Is pretty freaky. It all culminates in this grand funerary service production. It's strange stuff. It just seemed like it would be a great area in which to make a film. Dreams and surrealism are also important elements of Phantasm . Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle compares Phantasm to the works of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Luis Buñuel in terms of strangeness. Savlov describes the film as existentialist horror and "a truly bizarre mix of outlandish horror, cheapo gore, and psychological mindgames that purposefully blur

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1408-501: The Phantasm franchise , it introduces the Tall Man ( Angus Scrimm ), a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of Earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to his planet and used as slaves. He is opposed by a young boy, Mike ( Michael Baldwin ), who tries to convince his older brother Jody (Bill Thornbury) and family friend Reggie ( Reggie Bannister ) of the threat. Phantasm

1472-625: The Phantasm theme. The 1997 computer game Blood paid homage to the film in the first level of the first episode ( E1M1 ), titled "Cradle to the Grave". This level takes place in the Morningside Mortuary. In the 1998 sequel, Blood II: The Chosen , a weapon named The Orb emulates the metal spheres in Phantasm by flying into the head of the enemy and drilling their brain out, spraying blood everywhere. The 2014 song "Headless Ritual" by Army of

1536-573: The San Fernando Valley in Chatsworth, California . The script changed often during production, and Bannister says that he never saw a completed copy of it; instead, they worked scene-by-scene and used improvisation. The script was characterized by Coscarelli as "barely linear". While it contained the basic concepts of the completed film, the script was unfocused and rewritten during filming. The spheres came from one of Coscarelli's nightmares, but

1600-457: The Slender Man all identify the Tall Man as an influence on the internet-based character Slender Man . British Dance act S'Express used Phantasm 's main theme in the track Coma II, which was the final track on their debut album Original Soundtrack (1988). The song "Left Hand Path" by Swedish death metal band Entombed on their 1990 album of the same name features an interpolation of

1664-459: The Tall Man in an abandoned mine shaft. The Tall Man attacks Mike at home and chases him outside, where he eventually falls into the mine shaft and is buried under an avalanche of rocks triggered by Jody. Mike then wakes up in his bed, still worried about the Tall Man. Reggie, still alive, says that Jody died in a car wreck the year before; everything Mike experienced thus far was a grief induced nightmare. Promising to look after Mike, Reggie proposes

1728-505: The Tall Man is a horror film icon. Phantasm grossed $ 15 million in the United States and Canada. In its first 3 months in 10 foreign territories, the film grossed $ 7 million for a worldwide total of $ 22 million. Phantasm has become a cult film , with Coscarelli attributing its cult following to nostalgia and its lack of clarification, as repeated viewings can leave fans with different interpretations. In 2007, USA Today praised

1792-425: The Tall Man, who was waiting for him outside his front door. He kidnaps Mike in a hearse, but Mike escapes and causes the hearse to strike a pole and explode. Looking for Jody in the mausoleum, Mike is targeted by the silver sphere until Jody destroys it with a shotgun. Mike and Jody are reunited with Reggie, and together they enter a brightly lit room, which is filled with canisters containing more dwarves. Mike catches

1856-425: The best Elvis impersonator ever. Then his health begins to fail, and he falls from a stage and breaks his hip. His trailer burns down and with it all evidence that proves he was the real Elvis Presley. He ends up in a shabby retirement home , which is where the story starts. Late at night, Elvis hears scuttling noises and other creepy sounds in the otherwise quiet Mud Creek Shady Grove Convalescence Home. He befriends

1920-515: The brothers in their suspicions. Jody goes to the cemetery alone but is chased away by dwarves and a seemingly driverless hearse. He is rescued by Mike in Jody's Plymouth Barracuda . Running the hearse off the road, they discover that it was driven by one of the hooded figures, a re-animated and shrunken Tommy, whom they hide in Reggie's ice cream truck. Reggie and Jody resolve to defeat the Tall Man, while Mike

1984-454: The budget at $ 300,000. Funding for the film came in part from Coscarelli's father, who was credited as the film's producer; additional funding came from doctors and lawyers. His mother designed some of the special effects, costumes, and make-up. The cast and crew were composed mainly of friends and aspiring professionals. Due to their inexperience, they did not realize that firing blanks could be dangerous; Coscarelli's jacket caught fire from

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2048-411: The cemetery to have sex. However, they are interrupted by Mike, who has been following Jody and has been driven out of his hiding place by a short, hooded figure. Mike tries to tell Jody about the hooded figure, but Jody dismisses him. At the mausoleum, Mike is chased by a flying silver sphere and accosted by a caretaker but escapes when the sphere kills the caretaker. Mike then flees the Tall Man and slams

2112-540: The director. The project was briefly reported as "dead" by Joe Lansdale in February 2008, but later that same year Giamatti asserted that the film was still alive and that Ron Perlman was interested in taking over the role of Elvis. Due to the amount of time that had passed since the release of Bubba Ho-Tep , Coscarelli and Giamatti had trouble raising funding for the film and the movie went back into development hell . However Giamatti reported that they were still trying to get

2176-478: The film "a smooth and terrifically impressive technical achievement, a sort of jeu de spook with all manner of eerie and shocking special effects." In a mostly negative review, critic Roger Ebert described the film as "a labor of love, if not a terrifically skillful one" but admitted Phantasm had a good visual style and sense of pacing. Trevor Johnston of Time Out called the film "a surprisingly shambolic affair whose moments of genuine invention stand out amid

2240-409: The film a score of five out of five stars, calling it a masterpiece and "one hell of a scary film". Bloody Disgusting 's John Squires rated it four out of five stars, calling it "truly original" and writing that it "imbues in its viewers is a profound sense of dread". Author John Kenneth Muir called the film striking, distinctive, and original. Muir stated that the film has become a classic, and that

2304-447: The film as a "dilapidated z-movie" with "singularly unconvincing apparitions and contraptions" and that the film did not have "anything resembling a coherent plot in the course of all the fumblingly juvenile malarkey". On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , Phantasm holds a 74% approval rating based on 50 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The consensus reads: " Phantasm: Remastered adds visual clarity to

2368-717: The film at #7 out of 11 in its Top Terrifying Supernatural Moments . The name of Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Captain Phasma was chosen as a reference to Phantasm . Director Abrams said, "Phasma I named [ sic ] because of the amazing chrome design that came from Michael Kaplan 's wardrobe team. It reminded me of the ball in Phantasm , and I just thought, Phasma sounds really cool." In 2014, USA Today quoted Jovanka Vuckovic, editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue , as stating that Supernatural , A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and One Dark Night (1983) were all influenced by Phantasm . Folklore, Horror Stories, and

2432-518: The film for "the touching portrayal of two brothers in danger, an iconic villain in The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) and a floating metallic sphere that's a death-dealing weapon." The film was rated #25 on the cable channel Bravo! 's list of The 100 Scariest Movie Moments . Time Out London placed it at #75 in their list of 100 Best Horror Films . Drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs included it at #20 in his 25 Scariest DVDs Ever list. UGO placed

2496-590: The film made and that they had plans to create a franchise that would include plot lines such as Elvis battling aliens. In 2013 Giamatti confirmed that a script has been written and that it was "really great", and that he hoped that they would be able to eventually make the film. Ultimately, Lansdale developed ideas discussed for the follow-up movie into a novella, Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers , published in 2017. This story took place earlier in Elvis's life, during

2560-478: The film's lead character of Elvis Presley and Ossie Davis as Kennedy. Due to a successful roadshow theatrical release held by Coscarelli, Bubba Ho-Tep quickly obtained cult movie status. Coscarelli never intended to create a sequel to Bubba Ho-Tep , and the end credits announced a second film entitled Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires as a joke. He changed his mind after the positive reception of

2624-807: The film. The financial success of the film Halloween released the prior year convinced vice-president of marketing at AVCO Embassy Pictures , Robert Rehme, to purchase Phantasm for distribution. The film was released March 28, 1979 in California and Texas. It was released in Australia under the alternative title The Never Dead , to avoid confusion with the similarly-named 1976 Australian softcore porn film Fantasm . MGM released Phantasm on LaserDisc in 1981, and on VHS and DVD in August 1998. Embassy Home Entertainment released it on VHS in 1984, and later reissued it under Nelson Entertainment (after Embassy

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2688-400: The first film and after several people inquired about the sequel. Lansdale developed ideas discussed for the follow-up into a novella, Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers , published in 2017. This story took place earlier in Elvis's life, during a period in which he worked for Colonel Parker battling monsters prior to exchanging identifies with Sebastian Haff. In 2018, IDW Publishing released

2752-451: The first installment in one of horror's most enduring -- and endearingly idiosyncratic -- franchises." Kim Newman of Empire called it "an incoherent but effective horror picture" that "deliberately makes no sense" and rates it four out of five stars. Scott Weinberg of Fearnet stated the acting is "indie-style raw" and special effects are sometimes poor, but the originality and boldness make up for it. Steve Barton of Dread Central gave

2816-412: The funeral and sees the mortician - dubbed " The Tall Man " - placing Tommy's heavy casket, with seemingly little effort, back into the hearse instead of completing the burial. Mike then goes to a fortune teller and tells her what he saw. She has him stick his hand in a box, and at first something seems to grab it, but then he removes it unharmed. Later, Jody is seduced by the Lady in Lavender and taken to

2880-423: The garb of a cowboy and feeds on the souls of the residents of the home. Jack surmises that it feeds at the nursing home because the residents are weak and that nobody will suspect that it’s killing them off. It is dubbed "Bubba Ho-Tep" by Elvis, who has a telepathic flashback of the mummy's life and death when he looks into its eyes. Due to their age, Jack and Elvis lack mobility and use a motorized wheelchair and

2944-421: The genre with better business prospects. The original idea was inspired by Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury . Coscarelli had initially sought to adapt the story into a film, but the license had already been sold. The theme of a young boy's difficulty convincing adults of his fears was influenced by Invaders from Mars (1953). Dario Argento 's Suspiria (1977) and its lack of explanations

3008-469: The line between waking and dreaming." Gina McIntyre of the Los Angeles Times describes the film as surreal, creepy, and idiosyncratic. Muir writes that Phantasm "purposely inhabits the half-understood sphere of dreams" and takes place in the imagination of a disturbed boy. Most of the ideas for Phantasm were developed by Coscarelli from a nightmare he had as a teenager, in which he was chased down

3072-420: The mummy and is about to have his soul devoured; Elvis commandeers the wheelchair and taunts the mummy to draw it off Jack. With the mummy doused, set aflame, fallen on the ground, and burning, Elvis rouses the dying Jack long enough to receive a useless incantation. The mummy standing again, Elvis crashes himself and the wheelchair into the mummy. The two tumble down the riverbank below the bridge; Elvis receiving

3136-464: The only place where death can be defeated. American views of death are another theme: I had a compunction to try to do something in the horror genre and I started thinking about how our culture handles death; it's different than in other societies. We have this central figure of a mortician. He dresses in dark clothing, he lurks behind doors, they do procedures on the bodies we don't know about. The whole embalming thing, if you ever do any research on it,

3200-415: The original idea did not involve drilling. Will Greene, an elderly metal-worker, fashioned the iconic spheres, but he never got to see the finished film, as he died before the film was released. The black 1971 Plymouth Barracuda was used because Coscarelli had known someone in high school who drove one; he realized that he could get his hands on one by using it in the film. An ice cream shop on main street

3264-427: The poignancy of these two old men and their situation." Bubba Ho-Tep won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay in 2003. Coscarelli didn't intend to create a sequel to Bubba Ho-Tep , and the end credits announcement of a second film entitled Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires was meant as a joke. He changed his mind after the positive reception of the first film and after several people inquired about

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3328-538: The prevailing incompetence." Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader described it as "spotty" and "effective here and there", though he praised Coscarelli's raw ability. Vincent Canby of The New York Times compared it to a ghost story told by a bright, imaginative 8-year-old; he concluded that it is "thoroughly silly and endearing". Variety gave it a positive review that highlighted the use of both horror and humor. Tim Pulleine ( Monthly Film Bulletin ) described

3392-477: The sequel. The sequel would center around the production of a 'lost' Elvis movie from the 1950s or 1960s, and would bring in Paul Giamatti as Colonel Tom Parker . In 2007 Bruce Campbell reported that he was no longer involved in the sequel, as he and Coscarelli had "a few points [developing the screenplay] that we couldn't reconcile" and that he parted ways with the project as a way of keeping his friendship with

3456-552: The stars align into a message for Elvis, saying: "all is well". Elvis says, "Thank you, thank you very much", and dies. Many of Bubba Ho-Tep ' s crew also worked on the films in Coscarelli's Phantasm series. Several actors from the series also have small roles including Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy, and Reggie Bannister. Coscarelli kept much of the original short story's exposition, but had some difficulty trying to "integrate Elvis' voice". Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports

3520-417: The story to be one of the worst of the Elvis anthology as they thought that Lansdale "spends too much time on The King's hard-ons" and that "too much bad writing leaves the reader all shook up and itchin like a man on a fuzzy tree". Phantasm (film) Phantasm is a 1979 American science fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli . The first film in

3584-576: The time it was released on DVD, it had already achieved cult status due to positive reviews, lack of access, and inclusion of Campbell. While the novella and film revolve around an ancient Egyptian mummy (played by Bob Ivy) terrorizing a retirement home , Bubba Ho-Tep also deals with the deeper theme of aging, identity, mortality, and existentialism. The film also features a cameo by Reggie Bannister from Coscarelli's Phantasm series. An elderly man at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas

3648-500: The very best screen interpretations of the King seen thus far, even if he's arguably not even playing the real thing." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, highlighted the film's "delightful wackiness" and stated, "It has the damnedest ingratiating way of making us sit there and grin at its harebrained audacity, laugh at its outhouse humor, and be somewhat moved (not deeply, but somewhat) at

3712-421: The young protagonist deals with the deaths in his family drives the story. Coscarelli identifies it as a "predominately male story" that young teens respond to. Scrimm explains the popularity of the film as fans responding to themes of death, and the Tall Man himself represents death. Muir describes the Tall Man as embodying childhood fears of adults and states that the Tall Man wins in the end because dreams are

3776-403: Was a locally financed independent film ; the cast and crew were mostly amateurs and aspiring professionals. Though initial reviews were mixed in regard to the dreamlike, surreal narrative and imagery, later reception was more positive and the film became a cult classic . It has appeared on several critics' lists of best horror films, and it has been cited as an influence on later horror series. It

3840-420: Was another influence on Coscarelli. The soundtrack was influenced by Goblin and Mike Oldfield . The synthesizers used for the film were so primitive that it was often difficult to reproduce the same sound twice. When writing the film's conclusion, Coscarelli intentionally wanted to shock audiences and "send people out of the theater with a bang." There were no accountants on the set, but Coscarelli estimates

3904-470: Was filmed on the outskirts of San Diego County in Julian, California . Post-production took another six to eight months. The first test screening was poorly-received due to the film's length; Coscarelli says that he erred in adding too much character development, which needed to be edited out. Phantasm ' s fractured dream logic was due in part to the extensive editing. During shooting, they did not have

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3968-591: Was followed by four sequels: Phantasm II (1988), Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) and Phantasm: Ravager (2016). While having sex in Morningside Cemetery, a young man named Tommy is stabbed by the woman, who is revealed to be the local mortician, in supernatural disguise as "The Lady in Lavender". At the funeral, Tommy's friends, Jody and Reggie, believe he committed suicide. Jody's 13-year-old brother Mike secretly observes

4032-474: Was sold to Coca-Cola in 1985 and renamed). Anchor Bay Entertainment re-released it on DVD on April 10, 2007. In late 2015, Coscarelli showed a work-in-progress 4K resolution restoration of Phantasm (called Phantasm: Remastered ) at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival. It was supervised by Coscarelli at Bad Robot . Bad Robot became involved when director J. J. Abrams , a fan of the series, requested

4096-451: Was the only proof that he was actually Elvis, he was unable to return to his old life. He also falls into a coma after injuring himself during a performance. Twenty years later in the present, Elvis contemplates his age and dignity; his only friend is a man named Jack who insists he is President John F. Kennedy (who was nicknamed Jack) claiming to have had his skin dyed black after an assassination attempt and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson in

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