(2013-05-05 15:33:21)

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!

dannyjlove

(2013-05-04 21:49:05)

Absolutely Classic!!!!

I must admit to being a KISS fan.It had been ages since I'd seen this movie.Got my girlfriend interested in watching it by describing it as one ofthe "worst train wrecks of ALL TIME" You know this movie really muststink if Gene Simmons....who will shamelessly hawk ANYTHING (a kisscoffin that doubles as a beer cooler while you're alive?) cringes atthe mere mention of the "project." (I'd at least thought Gene would tryto make a few bucks on the disaster aspect) Expect only the cheesiestplot and script imaginable. The "special effects" are so BAD youabsolutely have to see them to believe them.All I have to say is smoke a little weed for this one and prepare tobust a gut laughing!

paradox9-1

(2013-04-18 02:43:15)

keep in mind that this movie was made almost 3 decades ago

this movie is good for a 1978 technology movie. This movie is actuallyin the fore front for that time era. I appreciate the advancedthinking, for its time, that this movie pushes into. lets face it... in1978 the movie industry wasn't very daring,,,, and this movie, for itstime, was "cutting edge and "out there" by '78 standards. So watch thefilm and try not to judge it to harshly. After all technologicaladvancements have improved like 100x since 1978. At least these folkswent outside the "norm" to make this film in 1978, which irregardlessof whether you like the movie or not, was a stepping stone for themovie industry to advance and arrive to where movies and technology istoday

(2013-04-17 12:55:58)

cult classics

I saw this movie years ago when it first came out and although it is kinda cheesey it is a great cult classic. I put it right up there on the cult list with Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Ramones Rock'n'Roll High School. But I love any thing Kiss. Diehard Fan Since 1977

(2013-04-13 12:41:18)

KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Camp?

Anyone who is a KISS fan will tell you this is not the greatest effort they've ever done. KISS themselves will tell you that, and they take pride in the fact that they don't own the rights to it. When asked, they say, "we don't own that one, fortunately!" But to needle it down to what appears to be racist and predjudiced remarks (Paul's double with a double chin and Ace's double a "kungfu black man") shows no real merit. What makes a double chin and BLACK SKIN on the doubles so bad? The cool thing about KISS is they can do these kind of things and get away with it. The possibilities are endless, and that is something we should all enjoy. I'm a lifelong die-hard myself, and there are points in the movie that I would love to crawl under the seats in the theaters right along with KISS. Fortunately, there are markers in life by which we grade our accomplishments and make adjustments where necessary. I think for no other reason, this was a great movie to really gaze at the costumes and effects (albeit cheezy) and be taken away. It's a FANTASY, not reality. What does it hurt? Nothing. People can say what they want negative about the movie, but it STILL SELLS like wildfire and the demand has YET to slow down for it. Long live the KINGS OF ROCK!

planktonrules

(2013-04-12 15:58:04)

Rock and Roll whores...

Whether or not you like the rock band KISS, it's hard not to admit thatthey are the biggest whores in the history of music. I am not talkingabout their sex lives, but their willingness to almost anything for abuck. No, wait...considering that they starred in KISS MEETS THEPHANTOM OF THE PARK, they would do ANYTHING, A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G for adollar!! You don't believe me? Well check out their official website aswell as Gene Simmons' site. There is KISS wine, KISS skateboards, KISSphone skins, KISS comic books and even KISS toys. Heck, sooner or laterI almost expect to see KISS home pregnancy kits, toilet paper andsuppositories!! If I were in their position, I might, too, succumb tothe lure of cash...it's hard to say. But as far as this made for TVmovie goes, it's hard to imagine money holds this much power overanyone and this is way beyond the limit for traditional rock and rollwhoring! It is, in my opinion, a travesty and KISS owes its fanssomething to pay them back for making this film--like maybe some freeGene Simmons Java (this is a real product, I swear).To say this is a horrible film is a gross misstatement. Aside fromplaying a few of their famous songs (such as "Beth" and "Detroit RockCity"), there is nothing about this film that is good in any way. Heck,even the choice of songs is often suspect, as the group definitely hadbetter stuff than many of the forgettable tunes in this film.As I explain the plot, I want you to understand that I am not insanenor am I on drugs--this REALLY is the plot for the film. An amusementpark has invited KISS for a series of concerts. However, the mastermindbehind creating the park is a loopy guy (Anthony Zerbe--who made acareer out of playing evil and slimy villains) and he hatesKISS--though you are never exactly sure why. But, because Zerbe doesnot control the park, he is forced to spend most of his time livingunderneath the park--perfecting his weird audio-animatronic creations(similar to Disney's but even more evil). But, when Zerbe is fired, hevows revenge and unleashes his army of robot zombies!! Egad! Can anyonehelp? Is there any hope? Well, sure...as it turns out that KISS isactually made up of superheroes who make the X-Men look like losers.The Star Child (Paul Stanley) can shoot lasers out of his eyes and singwell. The Demon (Gene Simmons) can growl like a lion, shoot fire out ofhis mouth and sing...not so well (but he makes up for it by singingloudly). The Space Ace (Ace Frehley) can appear and disappear at will(sort of like his career with KISS, actually). And, the Cat...is a guypainted like a cat. So how do they have all these cool powers (thatlook REALLY bad on film, by the way)? They have a case with magictalismans which enable them to live many lives, play great tunes(sometimes) and shoot things out of their bodies (I'll say no more).So, Zerbe can't get himself a decent hairdo, but he is able to figureout that his next step is to steal these talismans. Unfortunately, they(like most talismans) are protected by a force field and hisrobot-zombie can't get them--that is until Zerbe creates a cool ray gunwhich renders the force field inert (by the way, how did he test thisto know that it would work?!). In addition, he has created four exactreplicas who will take KISS' place after they are kidnapped. Step one(get the talismans) and step two (kidnap KISS) work out great, butconsidering that Zerbe did not appear to have a step three it's notsurprising that it all fell apart at the end. You'd think step threewould be global domination or at least getting some hot chicks, but younever hear or see anything that would indicate there is any plan otherthan to replace KISS with robots (and, judging by this movie, thisMIGHT have already been done by some other mad scientist before filmingbegan!).Overall, this is a god-awful mess of a film which happens to have a fewgood songs, but otherwise it's 100% terrible and ONLY of interest torapid KISS fans (who STILL might insist this is better than STAR WARSor the works of Akira Kurosawa) or bad film aficionados like myself.What makes this especially bad is not just the terrible script but thefact that it's obvious that the band could have cared less about thefilm--putting no energy into it and not even bothering to show up forthe dubbing sessions or scenes (see the IMDb trivia section for more ofthis). Basically, it's just a change to whore themselves out and geteven richer!

(2013-04-10 22:57:13)

WHAT THE HELL

THIS REALLY PISSES ME OFF. IF THE COMPANY WAS GOING DISCONTINUE THIS FILM IN THAT SHORT TIME SPAN AFTER IT'S RELEASE THEN WHY BOTHER RELEASING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE????? IT'S AND ALRIGHT MOVIE (YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S MADE FOR TV) BUT, IT'S NOT WORTH $70.

Phil

(2013-04-10 12:22:57)

The "Citizen Kane" of Generation X

I'm going to assume that you, the reader, have already beenprivileged enough to view this masterpiece. Most likely, like most oftheworld's population, you have seen it multiple times and probably own yourown copy, as I do. I will also go out on a limb and assume that you areaware of Gene Simmons' acting chops. They speak for themselves. Here wesee a master thespian at the peak of his craft, eliciting emotions andfeelings as only one as trained and skilled as he can do. Assuming youalready know these things, I will spare you intricate plot details and myhypothesis on all of the metaphors and double-entendres that exist inthiscinematic celluloid achievement.What we've got here is a cultural landmark the likes of which may not befully understood for centuries to come. Like "Riding With Death" andStevenSpeilberg's "2001: A Space Odyssey" before it, "KISS Meets a Phantom inaPark (1978) (TV)" asks questions of the mind, heart, body and soul.WhereSpeilberg failed, George Lucas succeeds with this film, his directorialdebut. And what a stellar debut it is. Originally titled "KISS inAttackof the Phantom", Lucas wisely retitled the film due to his imminentrelease20 years later of the similarly titled films "Attack of the Clones" and"ThePhantom Menace". Whatever title he chose, "KISS Meets the Phantom in aPark(1978) (TV)" surpasses those two films by leaps and bounds, and indeed iseven vastly superior to the 1982 original "Star Wars". Though releasedin(1978) for (TV), the special effects and brilliant stunt work were faraheadof their time and truly belonged on the big screen. Only with `The StarWars Holiday Special' and perhaps "Corvette Summer" would Lucas comecloseto the greatness he ultimately captured in "KISS in KISS Meets a Phantomina Park Who Attacks Them (1978) (TV)". Sadly, he would never approachthatlevel of mastery again, though some (myself included) would argue thathisExecutive Producer credit on "Glitter" should have earned him anOscar.To sum up, an overall brilliant film, utterly bereft of flaws. Atimelessand intriguing piece of work that to this day does not fail to frighten,educate, thrill, and provoke thought. This is the quintessential Rockand/or Roll film that writer/director/star Kevin Costner tried to bringtofruition in his half-baked, ill-fated, ill-received 1984 film `PinkFloyd:The Wall'. Costner failed, and failed miserably. Of course he would goonto make some of the best short films of all time, including `Waterworld'and`The Postman', but neither he, nor anyone else would ever attempt againtomatch the glory, mystique and power of the film that is `KISS Star in aPhantom Meeting In The Park (TV) (1978)'.

(2013-04-01 01:08:42)

Campy 70's T.V. Movie

This DVD is really a silly movie. Kiss acts as if they are just going through the motions in this one because they do not know how to act(at least back then anyway). The movie's plot is that a scientist who makes the rides for an amusement park gets fired because he is "behind the times" and he gets his revenge by making robots that do his biding. Enter Kiss, they are booked to play at the park, to help save it from going bankrupt, and they encounter these robots. In the end Kiss saves the day with their "Powers" and the park flurishes. I payed $12.99 for my DVD at Borders Books on 5/28/2006 so look it up at their website, I do not know why they want $70.00 plus for this one?

Lace_Neil_Singer

(2013-03-31 14:32:30)

Terrible movie, but full of unintentional comedy

If you mean to watch this movie as a serious film, you will be sadlydisappointed. This film is awful; the acting is bad, the plot is fullof holes and the script is laughable. However, somehow it manages tobecome so bad, it's funny. The first time I watched this, I was justrocking with laughter during the entire movie. The way that Peter'svoice is dubbed, the horribly bad acting by the band, the way they seemto be reading idiot boards... I'm a fan, don't take me wrong, but thismovie was so not the best career move they could have taken.To watch this movie, get some beers in and treat it purely as a comedy.Laugh at the way that this mad professor is unable to make realisticlooking gorilla and Frankenstein's monster robots, but somehow managesto make a full set of perfect Kiss ones. Giggle at the special effects,especially that weird reverb effect for Gene's voice. And finally enjoythe unintentional comedy that this movie is full of.Just what is the ending supposed to mean, anyway? I still haven'tfigured that out. Also, we see Sam walking thru the park and nothing atall has gone wrong... yet, he somehow decides that something is wrongand he has to check it out, leaving his poor long suffering girlfriendalone to wonder exactly why she's with him if this is his idea of adate. And a pretty girl not allowed backstage at a Kiss concert? Nevergonna happen.

Solnichka McPherson

(2013-03-27 01:45:02)

Classic Fun

Yes, this film (and I use that word loosely) is total cheese. But it'sfun. The acting is horrible, the plot is a joke, and the scenery isantiquated. Yet it still has its appeal. Why? Perhaps because it's atime capsule from an earlier era, but also because it's innocentattempt to cash in on the band's popularity without thought or reasonto quality. It's a reminder of the solo albums each band memberreleased in the late 1970s: shameless market saturation.A few standout scenes: the band getting "interrogated" at the pool bythe cops, any scene with Chopper and his gang, all the live concertperformances, all scenes with the band's talisman, the "Beth"performance. I could go on, but ...

xbrad68

(2013-03-26 13:32:54)

OO Beth what can I do?

Kiss meets the phantom of the park is an entertaining movie that I sawon television. The highlight for me was seeing the song Beth performedwith acoustic guitar.Apparently a new American code made to sound British is "Bess knot 2Guest a tit Fort at@t". President Kennedy said that "America will neverstart a (nuclear) war. I am not here to judge the love life of my AuntQE2 whom I care about a great deal. Since Human life on Earth isstarting over from very safe clones of JFK and QE2, the best that otherpeople can do is add to their artificial intelligence computers becausethe creators of Humans are powerful enough to start life over againjust as I described no matter what opposition they encounter.Check out some of the Kiss band concert videos.

(2013-03-20 05:58:54)

Only for KISS fans and little kids

...and that's not an insult, I am a huge KISS fan so I love themovie, andsure, it sucks. But since it is KISS, it must be watched!KISS fans love any mention of KISS, and this horrible film satisfies inthatrespect. Even the guy on the park PA system can't help repeating, "...KISStonight...KISS...KISS!" Even when KISS shows up it's a lot of fun after,because they are all so terrible at acting, you love everysecond.The incredible thing is, KISS knew how bad this film was before it evenaired in 1978 when they were embarrassed at a screening. So imagine howdated this film must be nowa days. This isn't just a bad movie - it's abadSEVENTIES movie, because watching it, you can guess right away it was madein either 1977 or '78.The lack of effort is astounding. No one in pre-production could havefixedup that awful wrong chord in "I Stole Your Love?" Especially since everyKISS "live" album is nothing BUT pre-pro? When the park manager is walkingwith the security guards, the cameraman couldn't film their heads, justthebodies? And did KISS play so badly at the real concerts in that park, thatmost of the "live" music scenes by KISS are just studio album trackslip-synced?Well hey, one plus is, it's still better than the Star Wars HolidaySpecialthat came out a month later. Maybe KISS can pull a "Lucas" and fix a fewhings up for a DVD release - get Peter to add his real voice in, changemostof the "incidental" music from 70's crap to something more exciting andclassy, and get KISS to re-record some of the live music scenes! Now, Idon't agree with anything Lucas has done to the Star Wars films, but THISmovie, I wouldn't mind seeing some changes (as long as we can also havetheoriginal crappy version too!).Too bad "Detroit Rock City" (1999) was laced with so much juvenileprofanity- that could have been a great KISS movie and totally made up forthis.

(2013-03-19 09:04:16)

Great gift for the kiss army dude

This review is from: Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (DVD) I actually slept throught the movie but its a great thing to have in a kiss collection, KISS ARMY RULES. (just needed a few more words)

(2013-03-16 20:18:11)

If you like campy...

This was a "made for TV" movie from the good old days before Kiss took off their makeup. It is great fun if you enjoy mystery science theatre 3000. Anthony Zerbe is a wonderfully smarmy mad scientist, and of course, the boys in the band are their usual comic book selves. If done up in comic book format, this would have been perfect! It was not meant to be quite this funny, but it is a riot if you like laughing at really campy cinema!

happipuppi13

(2013-03-16 10:25:57)

A fun "Rocket Ride" but won't shoot it with a "Love Gun".

Well,I originally wasn't going to review this but with all that i readhere,I had too. Just to many negative ones for my taste.Okay,1st thing about this movie to know before you view it,it's made byHanna-Barbera,you know,the folks who brought you "Yogi Bear" & TheFlintstones"? Once you know that,you know not to expect a masterpiecein the vein of the "Star Wars" series. Also,take into account that it'sa TV movie and it's from the 70s (when special effects were "justbeginning" to improve! This is from 1978 and only 5 good movies beforethis had good effects,"THX 1138","War Of The Worlds" (1950s),"Logan'sRun", "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters O.T.Third Kind"It's no secret now,that the band was driving their career as well ablindfolded student driver at this time,so making this movie was justsomething "someone else" said yes to. Plotwise,yes,it's much like aScooby-Doo plot on Saturday morning. It's purely campy and goofy andkind of fun,just like Scooby. It's a bit darker than that though.These guys (KISS) are not meant to be actors (depite Simmons' laterefforts). They're musicians and this was supposed to be a Halloween"treat" for their fans. If you don't take this movie so seriously,youcan have fun with it. Otherwise,you just end up feeling worse about itthan you should. It also aired on NBC during it's darkest days in thelate 70's.Despite the pitfalls of it's era,it's dumb fun. Voice overs,somewhatstiff actors,bad costumes (not the band) and all. 5 stars as Isaid,it's good for a laugh...intentional or not. (end)

(2013-03-15 01:12:51)

Please, release it on DVD!

I saw this movie on TV once, Way Back When. I didn't understand it then, and I still don't now, but one thing's for sure; this movie *must* be released on DVD! It's a cult classic, right up there with "Plan 9 From Outer Space" in its' (unintentional) badness. KISS fans, unite; petition the band to get this movie released on Special Edition DVD--featuring a "making of" documentary, of course!!! 'Nuff said.

peace63

(2013-03-14 08:48:16)

Shamed me out of Kiss-Mania!

I saw this movie back in 1978 when it was first televised and it shamed meout of being a KISS fan. I had all of their LPs until 1978, and when thismovie came out and I saw it; I felt humiliated!! I thought KISS had turnedout to be the dumbest losers on the planet earth based on their performancesin this movie! It was terrible! And you could see that some of their lineswere dubbed or voice-overs! And worse than that, at some point someone elsewas playing Ace Frehley and he was not even the same size or weight!!! Ihave since seen the KISS biographies and they claim they were totally burnedout at this point in their careers, and on heavy drugs, and that Ace Frehleywalked off the set and refused to continue the movie (kudos to him!) andthey just replaced him with some (African American) worker who was on theset. However, silver metallic paint on a white guy (who is very white thanksto heavy drug use-anemia) looks different than on a healthy black man. Ofcourse, the rest of the KISS band probably was so deep into drugs at thattime that they probably could not tell who was Ace Frehley even without thesilver paint! KISS fell apart shortly thereafter, and Ace Frehley left theband, and then Peter Criss left the band too, and then KISS went UNMASKEDwith new band members and by that time they had issued a few records thathad flopped compared to their first eight. KISS was a great band in the1970s, and they are great in concert; but this movie probably represents thelowest point in the lives of all of the original band members of KISS. Thismovie is not memorable for any reason, and it is not even funny. Someterrible films fall into the area of self-parody, where you can at leastlaugh at the actors (KISS & Anthony Zerbe) but this movie is the kind thatmakes you feel sorry for the people who were involved. They did not lookhappy in the movie, and their performances and the story makes them lookpitiful. If you ever want to see anything with KISS in it, rent or buy oneof their concert videos!

(2013-03-01 03:22:02)

kiss

its so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so awsome.i'd like to meet every body expecally gene simmons and i'd like to own the movie so bad.

(2013-02-28 08:14:01)

This movie is a disaster---and I'm a KISS fan!

I just have to CRACK UP at all the Kiss fans that have the cahonees to actually say this movie is at least in the slightest way respectable or passable!! This movie blows and I mean it blows HARD! Even Paul Stanley in an interview on VH1 said that the movie was probably the biggest disaster of KISS's career! He said that he was in the movie theatre during a screening and he actually SANK IN HIS SEAT as the people around him watched this abomination! lolThat being said, if you want to laugh your ever-loving butt off, buy this movie!!! Peter Criss and Ace are truly the WORST actors you will ever see! Ed Wood and Al Adamson are like Spielberg after you've seen this! What is with Ace and his weird quaking sounds and Gene's roaring like a lion? Anthony Zerby, who is a great and classic actor from the 60's and 70's, is so pathetic as this scientist that has this fabulous laboratory beneath Magic Mountain!! And the plot? Oh man! These cookie-cutters act as amulets to give KISS their "powers?" lol...Zerby, the mad scientist, is making KISS clones who will go on nationwide tv and hypnotize everyone into "rip rip, rip and destroy!" the world in anarchy!! I never thought KISS would serve to bring about armaggedon! lol...This movie is a stinker and a half! lol..The part where Ace, Gene, Paul and Peter are sitting around the swimming pool has the most horrific dialogue in cinema history and is worth watching over and over for a belly laugh!If you want total crapola to laugh at, rent this, but don't say it's quality and cool and true KISS nostalgia, it was a bomb then and is one now and even KISS admit that! lol