Starring: Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Anthony Zerbe and Deborah Ryan.
Produced by Terry Morse, Jr. for Hanna-Barbera Productions and Rock Steady Inc.
Executive producer was Joseph Barbera.
Directed by Gordon Hessler.
Written by Jan-Michael Sherman and Don Buday.
Based on ideas taken from the Marvel Comics' KISS specials created by Steve Gerber and Sean Dealney.
Incidental music composed by Hoyt Curtain.
Fight sequence music by Fred Karlin.
Voice actor Norman Alden dubbed Peter Criss' dialogue in post-production.
Filmed in May 1978 at Magic Mountain Amusement Park in Valencia, California, and portions of Hollywood Hills. Interior filming done at Culver City Studios in Los Angeles California.
PLOT:
Abner Deveraux, the creator of the rides and robotic attractions for an amusement park where KISS is to perform, has been fired from his position. Partially blaming KISS, he uses his specially created robots and Sam, an assistant under his robotic control, in planning to destroy the park by replacing the real KISS with robotic duplicates. Meanwhile, Melissa, Sam's fiancee, obtains the band help in tracking down Sam. The band is ultimately captured by Devereaux and replaced by robots at the concert. KISS use their superpowers to escape, just in time to stop the robots from inciting a riot. The robots are soon terminated and the concert goes on without a hitch, thereby ending the film for the mercy of the viewing audience.(Taken from: Dale Sherman's Black Diamond 2 book)
CAST:
Peter Criss as himself/Cat Man
Ace Frehley as himself/Space Ace
Gene Simmons as himself/The Demon
Paul Stanley as himself/Star Child
Anthony Zerbe as Abner Deveraux
Deborah Ryan as Melissa
Carmine Caridi as Calvin (the amusement park owner)
Terry Lester as Sam
John Dennis Johnston as Chopper
John Lisbon Wood as Slime
Lisa Jane Persky as Dirty Dee
John Chappel as Snede
Don Steele as himself
Richard Hein as a Guard
Brion James as a Guard
Mary Kay Morse as Girl on pyramid
Sandra Pann as a Mother
Bill Hudson as Man in KISS booth
Leon Delaney as a father
Other actors not mentionned in end credits.
Rip, rip, rip and destroy
You know the hour's getting late
Rip, rip, rip and destroy
Break it down and seal your fate
It's time for everyone to listen good
We're taking all we can stand
You've got the power to rip down these walls
It's in the palm of your hand
Rip, rip, rip and destroy
You know the hour's getting late
Rip, rip, rip and destroy
Break it down and seal your fate
Repeats Out
This movie did very well on the NBC ratings. It's during the shooting of this movie that the band decided to do solo albums result of Ace and Peter's threat of leaving the band. At the end of the film, Paul is pulling off the transistor in Sam's neck and we see Abner Deveraux sitting in his chair looking like he's 100 years old and nobody knows what happend to him! No new songs were written for that movie, except for "Rip And Destroy" using the same beat as "Hotter Than Hell".
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