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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Even Elvis himself at one point doubts that he's really Elvis in a deleted scene. Then he decides that it doesn't matter one way or the other.
** The director states in the commentary that it was intentionally left so that it works whether or not he and JFK are really who they think they are. He specifically points out one line that could be Elvis and JFK talking about their family lives, or both admitting they are fooling themselves.
** There's a moment that implies JFK's story is true, and this makes the other characters' stories more plausible by extension.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The soundtrack to this film elevates it another level above what it could have fallen into. It helps that the score is by Bryan Tyler, who also provided the music for ''Film/SixStringSamurai'', another (albeit indirectly) Elvis-centric film.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuTE3OnYTwU The Sebastian Haff Show]] plays during Elvis' reminiscence of his glory days and perfectly sums his character up.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkVcK5g95fg&feature=related "Hail to the king, baby."]]
* CryForTheDevil: When Elvis meets The Mummy named Bubba Ho-Tep for the first time, He sees how The Mummy died and what happened before he came to terrorize the rest home. Before he died he was a Pharaoh who was assassinated by his royal priests. We dont know why they killed him, but we see him being seduced by two women and then later a priest jams a hook thru his nose while he's alive and awake and removes his brain. The mummy is an evil soul sucking fiend, but you still feel bad about the way he died.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
** No less a critic than Creator/RogerEbert declared this the best acting Creator/BruceCampbell has ever done, even one of the best performances of Elvis on screen he'd ever seen.
** At a Q&A session before the film was released, Campbell proudly stated "A 68-year-old fatass Elvis who has cancer on his penis. Let's see Creator/TomCruise tackle THAT part!"
** Also something as an example for the B-movie genre as a whole: A ridiculous plot, schlocky effects, and gratuitous violence mask a surprisingly deep story with compelling characters.
* HesJustHiding: The follow up concept was going to be an ImmediateSequel where the nurse comes out to perform CPRCleanPrettyReliable on Elvis.
* QuestionableCasting: Creator/BruceCampbell as an elderly Elvis. And it ''works''. According to the DVDCommentary, his agent found it so bizarre he initially threw it out.
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