elvis presley (bruce campbell), who has cancer of the penis and john f kennedy (ossie davis) who has been died black, are seeing out the end of their days in an east texas rest home, when they realise that an egyptian mummy is stealing the souls of their fellow residents.
oh, come on, with a set up like that, you've just got to check out the movie to see what happens
well. its pretty much what you would expect. its low budget, so the effects are strictly old school-all model work and make up instead of cgi, which is no bad thing.
director don conscorelli makes muach of the inherent black humor in the premise, hinting that the supernatural plans of an ancient cursed enemy is not nearly as bad as growing old and neglected
one to rent, rather than keep
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really? If I rent do you think anyone in my household would want to watch it with me?
ReplyDeleteyou'll have to introducee griff to cheezy horror movies sooner or later; you don't want him learning about them on the street
ReplyDeleteits not bad for a starter horror-like i said, its old school (think early hammer) no nudity, minimal gore, black sense of humor. some searing, but show me a film that doesn't have the odd naughty word these days