KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978 Directed by Gordon Hessler
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The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
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Sigh.....words can not express how horrible Kiss Meets the Phantom Of The Park is...However....on a comedy level..it's a masterpiece. Worth owning simply for the footage of Kiss lip-syncing there music in concert, as well as for the awesome construction site fight...See Gene Simmons growl like a wild tiger....See Ace Frehley auto-tuned...See Paul Stanley shoot an animated laser beam from his star child star.......see the greatest band in the word act in the worst made-for-television movie....
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This is a horrible movie. It's also one of my all-time faves. The whole cartoonish affair (made by Hanna-Barbera, it plays like a fourth-rate Scooby Doo rip-off) is the birthplace of some of the most ridiculous dialogue I have ever memorized.
To this day, it's one of those movies I make my friends watch with me. None of them has hated me for it yet (at least not in public). -
I vaguely remember seeing this when it aired on TV back in the day. Sadly, I wish I had kept that memory vague.
Being a TV movie (produced by Hanna-Barbera, by God!), the budget was about what I make in a month, so the special effects can be chalked up to that. But some things are just inexplicable; Gene talking in some odd, echoy almost mechanical voice (when he's not growling like a bear-lion) and the unexplained fact that KISS gets their superpowers (wait - what?) from little glowing totems, are just weird.
The plot, as it is, is simple enough - although some well placed security guards would have ended the movie before KISS even takes the stage for the first time.
That this movie didn't stop KISS dead in their tracks is amazing.
Watch this if you like KISS or bad movies. -
One of the all-time champions of lame attempts to introduce mainstream audiences to a "fringe" musical act. If you find kitschy charm in this, you're welcome to it; I prefer my cheesefests to be fast-paced, amusing, and featuring the titular act for more than a third of the running time.
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This is hands-down the greatest film ever made in the history of cinema. Those AFI guys are stupid!
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If there was ever a movie that defined guilty pleasure it would be this one. The plot here is a amusement park has invited KISS for a series of concerts. However, the mastermind behind creating the park is a loopy guy (Anthony Zerbe--who made a career out of playing evil and slimy villains) and he hates KISS--though you are never exactly sure why. But, because Zerbe does not control the park, he is forced to spend most of his time living underneath the park--perfecting his weird audio-animatronic creations (similar to Disney's but even more evil). But, when Zerbe is fired, he vows revenge and unleashes his army of robot zombies!! Egad! Can anyone help? Is there any hope? Well, sure...as…
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Horrible. Utterly horrible but fantastically unintentionally funny.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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A truly godawful film - I like it but it really is bad!!!!
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dreadful acting from the band and a terrible saturday morning cartoon plot line makes for such a glorious train wreck that is so very pleasant to watch. i've seen Scooby episodes that were more well rounded and better thought out but somehow there is a special magic in this romp.
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There's no depth to the pool of selling out Kiss will sink to but this film was their only regret in their quest to merchandise everything.
Read the rest of the review at...
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I made the mistake of telling KISS fans how I felt about this movie, and threats of bodily harm were the result. The movie was produced by cartoon makers Hanna-Barbera, and that should tell you everything you need to know. The bits with the band - who possess godlike powers, incidentally - are pretty fun, and the movie certainly could have used more oddball antics from them.
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I vaguely remember seeing this when it aired on TV back in the day. Sadly, I wish I had kept that memory vague.
Being a TV movie (produced by Hanna-Barbera, by God!), the budget was about what I make in a month, so the special effects can be chalked up to that. But some things are just inexplicable; Gene talking in some odd, echoy almost mechanical voice (when he's not growling like a bear-lion) and the unexplained fact that KISS gets their superpowers (wait - what?) from little glowing totems, are just weird.
The plot, as it is, is simple enough - although some well placed security guards would have ended the movie before KISS even takes the stage for the first time.
That this movie didn't stop KISS dead in their tracks is amazing.
Watch this if you like KISS or bad movies.