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John Dies at the End
Why this pick
Coscarelli again mixes deadpan absurdity, scrappy horror, cosmic weirdness, and a sincere friendship at the center of escalating supernatural chaos.
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MOVIE2002 1h 32m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An elderly man (Bruce Campbell) at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas is known to the staff as Sebastian Haff, but claims to be the real Elvis Presley. He explains that during the 1970s, he grew tired of the demands of his fame and switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff (also Campbell). He claims it was Haff who eventually died in 1977, while he, the real Elvis, lived in quiet, happy anonymity and made a living pretending to be himself. After a propane explosion destroyed documentation which was the only proof that he was actually Elvis, he was unable to return to his old lifestyle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bruce Campbell
Elvis
Ossie Davis
Jack
Heidi Marnhout
Callie
Daniel Roebuck
Hearse Driver
Ella Joyce
The Nurse
Edith Jefferson
Elderly Woman
Reggie Bannister
Rest Home Administrator
Linda Flammer
Room Nurse