Paperback, 159 pages
English language
Published Oct. 15, 2005 by Night Shade Books.
Bubba Ho-tep is at its core about two people regaining their dignity long after the world has stopped acknowledging it.
It is also laugh-out-loud funny, vulgar, silly.
It’s one of the most beautiful novellas I’ve ever read. I’m sure I’ll re-re-read it again and again.
Funnier than expected, tbh.
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 signed limited edition featuring the short story by Joe R. Lansdale and the screenplay of the film by Don Coscarelli. Published by Night Shade Books.
