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