The final product, "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park", debuted on NBC on October 28, 1978. It was released theatrically, after many changes, outside the U.S. in 1979 under the title "Attack of the Phantoms". The band members were unhappy with the finished film and would speak about their filmmaking experience in later interviews with a mix of humorous embarrassment and regret. They felt that the film portrayed them more as clowns than superheroes. The artistic failure of the film led to a rift between the band and Aucoin. It has been only sporadically available on home video; currently, a version of the film is available on the compilation DVD "".