Some things I liked some I did not.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

There's no point in trying to deny that Attack of the Phantoms (as the version I watched was called) is cheaply produced, horribly acted, poorly written, badly directed trash designed purely to help capitalise on KISS's popularity at the time: album and T-shirt sales are what this silly TV movie is really all about. But as a member of the KISS Army for over thirty years, and as a lifelong fan of bad movies, I can't help but enjoy this nonsense a little (OK, a lot) more than I probably should.The film takes place at a theme park (actually Six Flags Magic Mountain in California) where malfunctioning rides are threatening to seriously affect profits. In order to bring in the crowds, the park's owner arranges for popular rock band KISS to play several outdoor concerts. But when the park's head engineer, Abner Devereaux (Anthony Zerbe), is given the sack, he plots revenge, sending his robots to cause further trouble.KISS come to the rescue with their superpowers, battling numerous robots in the process (one of the advantages of having stars who wear face-paint is that they're easy to double in action scenes), but the band are eventually captured after their magical talismans are zapped with a laser by Devereaux. Trapped in a laser cage, Gene, Paul, Peter and Ace watch on helplessly as their robot doubles take to the stage and sing Rip and Destroy, a bastardised version of their hit Hotter Than Hell, in order to incite the audience to riot.Combining what little powers they have left, KISS are able to use telekinesis to get back their talismans, recharge themselves, and escape to battle their doppelgangers. Having destroyed the robots, the band proceed to belt out a proper KISS hit—Rock and Roll All Nite—much to the appreciation of their fans, and Devereaux, devastated by his defeat, turns into a catatonic vegetable.Best or worst scene (depending on your point of view): KISS are attacked by a gang of robotic, albino, monkey/werewolf monsters in silver jumpsuits (I kid you not!).7.5 out of 10 for the extreme cheeze factor, bumped all the way up to 10/10 for those great KISS songs (hits on the soundtrack include Beth, Almost Human, Shout It Out Loud, and I Stole Your Love, plus Love In Chains, Back In The New York Groove, That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes, and Mr. Make Believe from their solo albums).

Watching this highly infamous film failure makes one wonder why I haven't seen it sooner...?The whole story about the famous rockband KISS and their gig at local amusement park, that gets stopped because of an evil scientist played by Anthony Zerbe, is an oddity.On paper this could been a perfect platform for KISS, building up a bigger fanbase, and thus becoming more financial successful, seems to be stopped by a lack of a good script, direction and special effects.This film could been so much better if KISS had learned from The Ramones cultclassic film Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). A little music, dancing, tongue in cheek sense of humor etc goes a long way.But that is not what we get here, lots of crappy acting, bad dialogue and very boring storyline. KISS fans should look at flawed but better film Detroit Rock City (1999). The only positive thing one can say about this one is Anthony Zerbes imitation of Vincent Price is sometimes very good. So viewers who complains about Britney Spears Crossroads (2002), Mariah Careys Glitter (2001) or why not Princes "classic" Purple Rain (1984)should check this one out. It goes to show hard it is to repeat the success of A Hard Day's Night (1964).

I gave this a 10 out of 10 for campiness. This is a fantastic homage to the 70's. The scenes at the amusement park brought back memories of going to Ponchatrain beach in New Orleans (torn down in 1984 to put up condos sadly) I remember watching this at Halloween time when it was shown on TV. If you want to see it in it's greatest, get the old video version with Peter Criss' lines voiced over by another actor. A bit of a friendly correction to the comment above. The song "Rip and Distroy" was an evil version of "Hotter than Hell". A bit of trivia. When Gene jumped over the fence, he k/o'ed one of the cameras.I've got the DVD of this movie and I still watch it occasionally. Good stuff.

Before I watched this, I was told that I was going to want to turn it off within the first ten minutes. But I watched it and actually got into it. The acting wasn't bad by most characters, the band members wern't that good at acting but oh well. I had a good laugh at the lame graphics, with the laser guns, flying and "powers" the band members had. It actually had an alright sort of plot with a good ending. The name of the movie could of been a little more creative (when I heard the name, I thought of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein"). But overall the movie wasn't bad, the acting was alright, and I'm sure it was considered amazing back in the 70's when it came out. So I'm giving this movie an 8/10.