Bubba Ho-Tep
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Bubba Ho-Tep is a cult horror-comedy film about an elderly man who believes he is Elvis Presley battling an ancient Egyptian mummy in a Texas nursing home.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bubba Ho-Tep canonical | 2 |
| Bubba Ho-Tep (2002 film) | 1 |
| Bubba Ho-Tep (film) | 1 |
| Bubba Ho-Tep franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7230663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bubba Ho-Tep Context triple: [Ossie Davis, notableWork, Bubba Ho-Tep]
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R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D. is a 2013 supernatural action-comedy film about a deceased cop who joins a ghostly police force to protect the living from rogue spirits.
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B.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones is a 1998 supernatural horror novel by Stephen King that follows a grieving novelist haunted by ghosts and buried secrets in a lakeside town.
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C.
Cecil B. Demented (film)
"Cecil B. Demented" is a 2000 satirical black comedy film by John Waters about a renegade underground filmmaker and his anarchic crew who kidnap a Hollywood star to wage war on mainstream cinema.
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D.
The Bucket List
The Bucket List is a 2007 comedy-drama film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill men who embark on a global adventure to complete a list of things they want to do before they die.
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E.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is a 1988 dark fantasy-comedy film directed by Tim Burton, known for its quirky gothic style and the mischievous bio-exorcist played by Michael Keaton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bubba Ho-Tep Target entity description: Bubba Ho-Tep is a cult horror-comedy film about an elderly man who believes he is Elvis Presley battling an ancient Egyptian mummy in a Texas nursing home.
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A.
R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D. is a 2013 supernatural action-comedy film about a deceased cop who joins a ghostly police force to protect the living from rogue spirits.
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B.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones is a 1998 supernatural horror novel by Stephen King that follows a grieving novelist haunted by ghosts and buried secrets in a lakeside town.
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C.
Cecil B. Demented (film)
"Cecil B. Demented" is a 2000 satirical black comedy film by John Waters about a renegade underground filmmaker and his anarchic crew who kidnap a Hollywood star to wage war on mainstream cinema.
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D.
The Bucket List
The Bucket List is a 2007 comedy-drama film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill men who embark on a global adventure to complete a list of things they want to do before they die.
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E.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is a 1988 dark fantasy-comedy film directed by Tim Burton, known for its quirky gothic style and the mischievous bio-exorcist played by Michael Keaton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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horror comedy film ⓘ |
| antagonist | ancient Egyptian mummy ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bubba Ho-Tep (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Joe R. Lansdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bob Ivy
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Heidi Marnhout NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossie Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Adam Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cultStatusReason | offbeat premise and Bruce Campbell’s performance ⓘ |
| director | Don Coscarelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Vitagraph Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Donald Milne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
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| genre |
comedy
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fantasy film ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSequelProject | Bubba Nosferatu and the Curse of the She-Vampires (planned) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| leadCharacterBelief | He believes he is the real Elvis Presley living in a nursing home. ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elvis Presley (impostor or real)
NERFINISHED
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John F. Kennedy (claims to be) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mummyNickname | Bubba Ho-Tep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Brian Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | mixing horror, comedy, and pathos in a story about aging and identity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elderly man in a Texas nursing home who believes he is Elvis Presley battles an ancient Egyptian mummy preying on the residents. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Bruce Campbell as an elderly man who believes he is Elvis Presley
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Ossie Davis as a man who claims to be John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | CineVegas Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Silver Sphere Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistActor | Bruce Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Don Coscarelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Texas
NERFINISHED
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nursing home ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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heroism in old age ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| title | Bubba Ho-Tep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bubba Ho-Tep Description of subject: Bubba Ho-Tep is a cult horror-comedy film about an elderly man who believes he is Elvis Presley battling an ancient Egyptian mummy in a Texas nursing home.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bubba Ho-Tep (film)
this entity surface form:
Bubba Ho-Tep franchise
this entity surface form:
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002 film)