Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (film)

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Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park

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Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Kiss/Aucoin Productions
Release date October 28, 1978
Run time 1:34:42
Starring Peter Criss
Ace Frehley
Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley
Anthony Derbe
Carmine Caridi
Deborah Ryan
Executive producer(s) Joseph Barbera
William M. Aucoin
Producer(s) Terry Morse, Jr.
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by Jan-Michael Sherman
Don Buday
Director(s) Gordon Hessler
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Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, also known as Kiss in the Attack of the Phantoms, is an American live-action musical fantasy television film. The film was a joint production by Hanna-Barbera Productions and KISS/Aucoin Productions (their single production). It aired on October 28, 1978 on NBC. It was written by Jan-Michael Sherman and Don Buday, and directed by Gordon Hessler.

Kiss, the rock band, uses their superpowers (they've apparently always had) to battle a revenge-seeking engineer from destroying an amusement park after being fired.

Detailed summary

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Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Gene Simmons Himself
Peter Criss Himself
Ace Frehley Himself
Paul Stanley Himself
Melissa Deborah Ryan
Sam Farrell Terry Lester
Chopper John Dennis Johnston
Dee Lisa Jane Persky
Slime John Lisbon Wood
Calvin Richards Carmine Caridi
Snede John Chappell
Guard #1 Brion James
Guard #2 Richard Hein
Abner Devereaux Anthony Zerbe
Simon Unavailable
Don Steele Himself
Lisa Ashton Unavailable


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Kiss' talismen

Vehicles

  • Nothing of importance

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, while the fight sequences had music by Fred Karlin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: October 28, 1978 on NBC

Behind the scenes

Errors

  • Kiss' connection to the talisman is never explained.
  • Hoyt Curtin is misspelled as Hoyt Curtain.
  • Despite only being called Dee in the film, the credits refer to her as Dirty Dee.
  • The only victim of Abner who is freed is Sam.

Legacy

  • The film is used as a major source of inspiration for the 2015 animated direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, where Kiss have superpowers again (which are revealed to be of alien origin), and this time, also have their own theme park.

In popular culture

  • In the Family Guy episode "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas," the movie is homaged in another similar movie Peter watches called Kiss Saves Santa.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

Trailers

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