Saturday, May 24, 2014

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

aka Attack of the Phantom

How bad is it? It's like a concert film aimed at toddlers.
Should you see it? Yes, especially if you're old enough to remember the band KISS.

In this film, a scientist who works at an amusement park (let that sink in for a while) decides to clone the band KISS, but creates a werewolf, Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. Meanwhile, teenagers get lost in the funhouse and the real band performs about a dozen songs while fighting off monsters. This was made for television, like an afterschool special. I imagine there was a meeting where someone said they need to reach young viewers, but didn't know what they were into and one guy said his son liked KISS, so they didn't wait for a second idea. The band was theatrical in nature, so they make for decent television and given that each member released a solo album that year, they obviously were looking for direction. This film, too, needed direction.

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