The results were mixed, as one might expect, but it's still worth seeking out a copy even though it's long out-of-print (Brother Wayne got into the act with "Elviscera," wherein "{a} gaggle of Gothic teens establish an Elvis sacrifice cult hoping to make the world better through murder (summary stolen from here)." That's our Wayne.
Anyway, one of the stories was a delightful little read by Joe R. Lansdale entitled "Bubba Ho-Tep" which at the time I thought would make a great little movie. Eight years later and lo and behold! A film version did emerge with none other than the great Bruce Campbell as Elvis (and Ossie Davis as John F. Kennedy, which takes some explaining but works).
Naturally, I bought the DVD as soon as it hit the shelves. Quick review: the GREATEST movie pitting Elvis against an ancient Egyptian mummy ever!*
I also liked the soundtrack--a lot--but Amazon.com no longer carried it and the retailers who did wanted moon money for the damned thing ($176.76 for a new copy? I don't care if it is signed by the director, bite me).
Still, I wanted it. Yeah, I could play the DVD or fire up YouTube and listen to all my favorite passages, but that's so awkward (plus I don't have the fun of wandering the streets of Richmond with my mp3 player blasting "The King's Highway" at full volume while I stave off an imaginary horde of marauding mummies. Yes, I have an active imagination).
Then I thought of checking the official website. There it was, $19.95 + s&h, signed and everything, and now it is mine.
Take a listen:
Amazing what one can do by varying a simple musical theme!
Thank you, Don Coscarelli, thank you, Brian Tyler. You've made me very happy this weekend.
*This, by the way, is similar to my capsule review of From Dusk Till Dawn, "the greatest Mexican Aztec vampire movie with George Clooney and Quentin Tarentino ever made!"
3 comments:
You and I probably picked that up at the same fly-by-night remainder bookstore. It's on my shelf too.
I had a copy of this--I have no idea where it is now, though. Hmmm.
I saw this movie when it came to a art house theater in Durham a few years back. It was great! I love Bruce Campbell. So much in fact one of my cats is named Ash.
-Rachel Shoulars
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