Jan 24 movie: Bubba Ho-Tep. Don Coscarelli directs a story about Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis) living in a retirement home in Texas, which is under attack by a soul-sucking mummy. All movies should be like this.
Bubba Ho-Tep was way more funny than scary, but did well at creating a creepy atmosphere. Coscarelli certainly understands the principle that the monster is more effective if you never get a good look at it. I wish all horror directors were down with that concept! We saw it at the Nevermore film festival at the Carolina, in a sold-out show. I missed a few of the jokes because of the noise from everyone laughing and cheering, but the movie was much more fun that way.
Even better, after the movie we went over to Lisa's place for her birthday party. Much fun was had by all. We had lots of cool retro music (we can ride the boogie!), answering machine messages from Latin singers from New Jersey, impromptu knitting lessons, the creation of a new drink (the "frisky," Fresca and whiskey, and no I did not have one), and I hear that after Georg and I left at midnight things really got fun.
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