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| ACTORS: | Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Fred Walton (II) |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 27 March, 1986 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360183245 |
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Customer Reviews of April Fool's Day
A great who-dunnit movie! APRIL FOOL'S DAY starts off like many great slashers: gore, creepyness and the promise of some sexy bodies.
Muffy Saint John invites her college buddies over to the private island where she lives in her huge mansion. It seems that it's spring break and April Fool's is coming up.....and so is the body count!
It seems that someone on the island is cutting the guest list one by one and the only way out is death.....
APRIL FOOL'S DAY- a terrific parody, a creepy thriller, a shocking 83 minutes that leads up to an even more shocking final 5.... pick it up today.
RECCOMENDED TO FANS OF:
Friday the 13th (1980)
Slaughter High (1986)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
CAST
Deborah Foreman....Muffy/Buffy St. John
Ken Olandt ..............Rob Ferris
Amy Steel.................Kit Graham
Jay Baker..................Harvey Edison, Jr.
THE MOVIE: 4/4
THE PICTURE QUALITY: 10/10 Once again, Paramount shows that their best feature is their video quality. 2.35:1 Anamorphic widescreen.
THE AUDIO QUALITY: 10/10 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Dolby surround. French Dolby 2.0 surround included.
THE SPECIAL FEATURES: none. Paramount raped my wallet of $22 for audio and video. But it was almost worth it. Not even a trailer.
SUBTITLES: English, Spanish and French.
It's a Cut Above Many '80s Slasher Flicks. No Foolin'!
Another teen horror film whose creators hoped to garner a few drops from the lucrative post-HALLOWEEN slasher-flick fount of the 1980s, APRIL FOOL'S DAY is surprisingly a cut above many of its contemporaries. The film contains relatively little graphic gore, no actual nudity, and some pretty good actors, thereby going against the cookie-cutter recipe and, instead, concentrating on the development of likable characters, eerie atmosphere, and some genuinely effective spook-show scares.
The plot unfolds at a sequestered island estate, familial home to wealthy college student Muffy St. John. Having the big house to herself the weekend of April 1st, Muffy has invited some of her fellow ivy-league students to spend a few days partying with her. Get a bunch of college kids together on April Fool's Day and, of course, the practical jokes abound. But this is a slasher flick, remember, so it isn't too long until the kiddos start turning up dead. But who's responsible for the bloodshed? Hostess Muffy? The boatman who ferried the group over to the island? One of Muffy's remaining guests? Or is there some other secret hiding behind the doors of the old family mansion?
APRIL FOOL'S DAY offers a successful combination of mystery, horror, and humor, and the talented young cast delivers both the suspense and the laughs without taking it too far over the top. The film's subtle scares and toned-down gore make it more akin to older psychological spook films like THE HAUNTING (1963) and THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973) than to typical slasher fare, and this, combined with the good writing and good acting, make it stand out above many of the other teen horror flicks of the 1980s. Admittedly, the twist ending might be a letdown for some horror fans, and those gore hounds who watch slasher flicks solely for the blood and guts will probably find the entire film too tame. But true horror aficionados who enjoy the entire range and history of the genre should at least give APRIL FOOL'S DAY a once-over.
Avid filmgoers will enjoy seeing the film's familiar faces from the 1980s and 1990s. Deborah Foreman, who plays Muffy, is probably best known for her roles in comedies like 1983's VALLEY GIRL, 1985's REAL GENIUS, and 1986's MY CHAUFFER. Film fans will no doubt recognize Clayton Rohner from his appearance in the comedy JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (1985), as well as from genre films such as THE RELIC (1997) and SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK...FOR MORE (1999). Hardcore genre fans will be delighted to see Amy Steel, known for her appearances in some of the FRIDAY THE 13th films, and SF fans will get a kick out of spotting Thomas F. Wilson, who is probably better known as bully Biff Tannen in the BACK TO THE FUTURE film series.
As with many DVDs from Paramount, the disc is short on extras. However, it offers a beautifully crisp and clean digital transfer in anamorphic widescreen at the film's original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. And at the very reasonable amazon.com price, horror fans can easily afford to add this one to their growing DVD collections.
BEST 80's Horror - Cult Classic!
I've seen this movie so many times - it has that classic cheezy 80s feel & a great twist - perfect for get-togethers with friends. It's Scary, Sexy, and FUN! And if you like it, consider checking out "Valley Girl" - another Deborah Foreman classic!!!