Kiss Exposed (1987)
Ah, the '80s! A time of hair bands and their ludicrous MTV videos filled with spandex-clad band members and skimpily clad bimbos. Kiss: Exposed returns us to that forgettable era, as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons show how to desperately try to remain cock rock's elder statesmen. This 1987 compilation serves up several now-hilarious video clips from Kiss's '80s "unmasked" period, including "Tears Are Falling," "Heaven's on Fire," "Lick It Up," and "I Love It Loud." (Count the fires burning in these classic video relics of days gone by!) Also on hand are Stanley and Simmons themselves, looking properly embarrassed as they act out rock's biggest fantasy: lounging by the pool with a bevy of (mostly) bare beauties. The saving grace is the generous selection of vintage live performances: hearing the band do "Strutter," "Detroit Rock City," "Ladies Room," and "Deuce" in its late-'70s prime is worth wading through the outdated '80s-style power pop... if you're a real Kiss fan, of course.
Director: Claude Borenzweig
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Gene Simmons as Self |
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Paul Stanley as Self |
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Eric Carr as Self |
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Bruce Kulick as Self |
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Mark Blankfield as Interviewer |
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Blondi as Christine |
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Len Epand as Record Exec Unconscious in Pool |
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Cynthia Brimhall as The Ladies |
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Lorraina Cazarez as The Ladies |
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Kymberly Herrin as The Ladies |
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Christine Lunde as The Ladies |
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Kym Malin as The Ladies |
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Lucy Mokrane as The Ladies |
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Candie Evans as The Ladies |
| Directing | Claude Borenzweig | Director |
| Writing | Claude Borenzweig | Writer |
| Writing | Len Epand | Writer |
| Writing | Gene Simmons | Writer |
| Writing | Paul Stanley | Writer |
| Production | Len Epand | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Freedman | Producer |
| Production | Kim H. Howard | Casting Director |
| Sound | Bob Dreben | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Claude Borenzweig | Editor |
| Camera | Joseph Yacoe | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Eric Liekefet | Assistant Director |
| Production | Bonnie Sills | Line Producer |
| Directing | Cori Glazer | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Don Hannah | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ramsey Telly | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Marty Kasparian | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Dwight Campbell | Gaffer |
| Lighting | James M. McEwen | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Tony Mazzucchi | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Anne Harris | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sasha Richter | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heba Thorisdottir | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Richard Ruskin | Production Assistant |
| Production | Steve Fredriksz | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lynn Weimer | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Dick Asher | Thanks |
| Crew | Jami Toti | Craft Service |
| Sound | Grant Maxwell | Sound Mixer |