Saw it last night. Its exactly what you think it is. I laughed prety much through the whole thing, and had a great time. I mean, its Elvis vs The Mummy, with Bruce Cambell in makeup wrestling with a big rubber scarab. If you dig that sort of thing, you'll love this.
The director was at the showing I went to, and did a Q&A session afterwards. Some funny bits:
Bruce, once done up in the fat suit and makeup, just stayed in character constantly while on the set. You know he was loving it.
The part where he's wrestling with the mummy in the speeding wheelchair isn't actually Bruce, but a stunt double, caue Bruce wasn't available when they wanted to add that scene. You really can't tell. The quote was, "dress anyone up in that makeup to look like Bruce and they just turn into Elvis."
On the DVD release (june 1st!) Bruce does a commentary track, in character! He's even taking phone calls during it, and never breaks character once. That alone should be hysterical.
As for the story bits, they actually do explain the mummy and how he got there. The reasoning is campy and wacky (its a silly film, what do you want?), but just tight enough to work for this genre of film. Well, in Texas, anyway.
The story is otherwise actually more about redemption, Elvis getting back on his feet again for one last ride. I mean, he spends about the first third of the movie in bed until he gets worked up enough to get busy.
But most amusingly, they're hoping to do a sequal: Bubba Nosferatu, with flashbacks of 70's jumpsuit Elvis and his boys fighting it out against the vampire queen. |
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