The Elvis Dead is a musical comedy stage show created by the English comedian Rob Kemp.

The show is a retelling of the cult horror film Evil Dead II in the style of the musician Elvis Presley.

Examples include "Jailhouse Rock", which is parodied as "Standing in a State of Shock",[1] "All Shook Up" is turned into "I've Been Possessed", and "Suspicious Minds" becomes "Wrapped Up in Vines",[2] the last of these featuring the opening lyrics: "We're caught in a trap / We can't walk out / Because the trees would kill us, baby".

"[5] In interviews Kemp has said that one of the inspirations for the show was Bubba Ho-Tep, a 2002 horror comedy film starring Evil Dead II lead actor Bruce Campbell as Presley, fighting a reanimated mummy.

[6][7] Kemp has injured himself while performing the show, breaking his hand when previewing The Elvis Dead at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February 2017.

Bruce Dessau writing for his website Beyond the Joke gave the show five stars out of five, praising Kemp's performance by saying: "He is Elvis.

He is Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in the Evil Dead Two and he is also, in odd unexpected moments, still Rob Kemp.

"[4] Marissa Burgess gave the show four out of five stars in Fest Magazine writing: "It's an inherently funny gimmick that doesn't drop a beat.

One minute Kemp is crawling on the floor covered in blood trying to retrieve his zombie hand the next he's jumped back up regained his composure, lip curled and hip cocked ready to sing the next bastardised Elvis tune.