April Fool's Day (1986)

Part of this movie was filmed in my hometown of Brentwood Bay B.C. Canada ~ i was happy to meet some of the crew members ~ they were all so very kind ~ i am looking to get in touch with J. Scott MacDonald as we became close friends ~ I would really like to contact him to see how he is doing. My e-mail address is [email protected]

At the remote home of Muffy, her friends from college, many of them perverts who constantly make gross sex jokes, show up for a party. Unknown to them, they are being set up for the thrill-ride of their lives... and so are you, if you watch this 'till the end.Not only was this film creepy, but it was also hilarious, not the disgusting sex jokes but the way Muffy gets back at these dopes. As it turns out though, it was all in good fun.The soundtrack was great, the acting not too bad and the remote island setting perfect for a slasher film. If you like jokes, horror films and want a fun movie to pass the time, you'll love April Fool's Day!

This 1986 horror film stars Deborah Foreman, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, Deborah Goodrich, Griffin O'Neal, Jay Baker, Clayton Rohner, Leah Pinsent and Thomas F. Wilson. This tells about a group of college friends spending April Fool's weekend together. They begin playing jokes on each other until someone decides to play a deadly game of their own when each of them disappear one by one. Foreman (Real Genius) plays host & friend, Muffy, Steel (Friday the 13th 2) plays Kit, Olandt (Summer School) plays Rob, Goodrich (Just One of the Guys) plays Nikki, O'Neal (son of Ryan) plays Muffy's brother, Skip, Rohner (Just One of the Guys) plays Chaz, Baker plays Harvey, Pinsent plays Nan and Wilson (Back to the Future) plays Arch. This is a good 80's flick featuring a decent cast and good, eerie score by Charles Bernstein. I recommend this if you're into horror/slasher flicks.

Muffy St. John (Deborah Forman) invites a group of college friends to her mansion on the island for the weekend. The ferry won't be returning until after the weekend. People are playing April Fool gags. However an accident with one of the Ferry's crew sets a bad tone. And then old stories haunt the guest as they get picked off one by one.It's a slasher movie on an island without a way to escape with a bunch of young people. It's also trying to copy the scary-date slasher movie concept like Halloween and Friday the 13th. They even got Amy Steel who survived Friday the 13th Part 2. The use of April Fool's as a jumping off point allows for that everything-is-a-joke idea. However it quickly becomes lame joke-arama. The violence is tame by comparison to others of its era, and is mostly restricted by the story's gimmick. In the end, the movie could never be truly violent or scary because of the gimmick.It has the feel of 'The Big Chill' but the writing isn't good enough. There are a couple of recognizable faces in the group. However none of them are outstanding in this slow moving story. This just doesn't have enough scary moments. It's a barely functional 80s horror. The ending provides the only interesting aspect to this movie.