Wow, awsomely bad, but Kiss at it's prime did everything, and this film is a piece any kiss fan should own...

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	• Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park [VHS] Peter Criss, Ace Frehley average customer review:based on 16 reviews
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highly recommended

cheesy, but awesome!

this movie is so cheesy! but everyone in the house loves it! Even my three year old. I know that is not what they intended when they made it, but it is great!

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park

Out of all the Kiss videos availible, this movie helps us get in touch with the larger than life kiss "comic book" persona's. The phantom (Mr. Devero) gave a great multi-layered powerful performance, that left you admiring him, feeling sorry for him and loathing him at different points in the film. I just wish the movie would have explained why he aged 30 years over night.

The members of Kiss had great stage prescence and some cool one liners. I wish there was more material availible that featured their electrifying characters in story lines. This is the kind of movie that you and your family can watch over and over with renewed excitement. The musical performances and the inclusion of the Magic Mountain Amusement park were very effective in balancing the plot with music and interesting visuals. The movie will bring back fond memories of the 70's and create new ones for the next generation. The human-like androids and macabre creatures help to add another layer of family friendly terror and mystery to the mix. What else can you ask for in a Rock and Roll movie?

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Wow, awsomely bad, but Kiss at it's prime did everything, and this film is a piece any kiss fan should own proving it.

Yes, this was a made for TV movie that the NBC network threw together to gather the kiss army in front of the TV some saturday night, and wow, and this is why some may have deserted along the way. But, alas, I have enough kiss fan in me to see this for what its worth, a piece of Kisstory. If you have seen the movie, you know you can't honestly sit here and say that it is good. But, its so badly acted and produced that it outstanding at being bad, and that what keeps drawing you back to watch it. All the original members of kiss are in it, although much of the time Peter and Ace look trashed, Gene just growls, and paul might as run around fluffing his hair with a pick comb. Just a classic piece to own for kiss fans showing to what lengths that music companies and the media would go to to try and cash in a few bucks on stardom.

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Ed Wood Would Be Proud

Oh wow, where to begin? I remember this from the 70s when it was on TV and thought it was pretty nifty then. I decided to pick this up because my son is fascinated with KISS and thought this would be a blast for him to see. He loves it. He is six.

This movie combines all the depth and suspense of a bad Scooby Doo episode with the wooden acting of an Adult movie. Mix in some special effects worthy of Ed Wood and pacing more suitable to a Pintner play and you have a work of stunted genius.

This movie is like watching a car wreck. A slow, poorly paced, badly acted car wreck that takes forever to get where it is going (KISS doesn't show up for 30 minutes!).

There are clips on YouTube where you can see the stilted acting, cheap effects and laughable dialogue but you really need to own this.

My favorite bits are watching KISS "act", the poorly staged fight scenes with obvious stunt doubles (they don't even try to conceal their faces!), the cheesy werewolf robots and complete lack of suspense at the denouement.

Oh, and the super cheesy disco funk background music during the fight scenes should be released as its own soundtrack.

I would give almost anything to see this movie given the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. Until that day, you just gotta enjoy this on its own.

Somewhere, Ed Wood is beaming.

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I Stole Your Love

In the late 1970s KISS was at the absolute height of their popularity and KISS mania was running rampant. Their merchandising machine was sheer genius (until it got a bit out of hand later), which meant that we all wore KISS concert shirts, bought all their records, View-Master reels, comic books and anything else we could get our hands on.

So it seemed a logical idea for the band to capitalize on their success by starring in their own feature film. I, along with millions of other members of the KISS Army, sat transfixed on October 28, 1978, to watch the fabulous foursome for 96 minutes in KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park on NBC.

The plot was pretty simple: the band (starring as themselves) discovers a mad scientist amusement park owner's scheme to turn humans into cybernetic park attractions. The guys caught on when he kidnapped them and built evil KISS cyborg clones that he planned to use to enslave thousands of folks at a KISS concert, which coincidentally would take place at the very same park. But KISS isn't any ordinary band - they've got magical powers that they can summon with their ancient talismans, which they use to escape and foil the evil genius's plan. The climax of the film is a showdown between KISS and their evil robot counterparts.

Not unlike the band, the movie has a comic book feel, which makes complete sense since it was produced by Hanna-Barbera, the folks who gave the world The Jetsons and other cartoons. It was filmed at California's Magic Mountain amusement park and contains some cool footage of the band in concert and in action, with 'Shout it Out Loud,' 'Rock and Roll All Night,' and a great version of 'I Stole Your Love.' While it was a made-for-TV movie, the film actually did enjoy a theatrical release in Europe.

There's no question that all the members of KISS are great musicians and even greater showmen. But they sure can't act. Mostly level headed Paul Stanley gets the bulk of the lines, while Gene Simmons gets to growl and frighten people. Ace Frehley is for all intents and purposes incoherent with his heavy Brooklyn accent and penchant for making weird bird-like noises. And while we get to see and hear Peter Criss sing 'Beth' accompanied by acoustic guitar, we never get to hear him actually speak any lines. His voice was dubbed by someone else because he never bothered to show up after filming for relooping.

Amusing flaws aside, the film is a real trip if you're a KISS fan or if you like 70s nostalgia. There's nothing else like it.

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