TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

lorcan-61881 Aprils fools day for me was really confusing,by the title you knew the deaths or something would be a joke completely predictable. I watched the movie the first time and thought it was boring and crap. But I watched it again,it premieres on sky only on April fools day so I watched it again and when I did,I really liked it but the ending was so confusing. SPOILER!! The ending turned out when the two final people walked into the dining room all there friends were alive and well,the two found out it was all a joke and get angry but soon think it's funny and have a laugh and some drinks,then a girl goes up stairs and is stabbed and that was a joke. Ehhhhh OK.. A bit weird and annoying but anyway. April fools day was a OK horror film but I don't know if I really liked it.

edwardrevans This movie is how can I say intriguingly bad in a way it's enjoyable to watch, and that's the key. It seems that the actors are overacting and hamming it up for the audience. Normally I would of switched the movie of like this as I did in Batman V superman, however I was hooked on how weird it is and where it was going. April fools day is shot like a home movie and acted such with random dialogue that never made sense, its the kind of film you would show a B movie party. It's difficult to review April Fools day without giving out massive spoilers as the movie title kind of does that anyway. April fools Day is as we shall say a Guilty Pleasure.

Predrag The slasher boom of the early 1980's had more or less completely curdled by this point, but nobody had come up with anything to replace the long played-out template which had very little influence beyond initiating the replacement of tired stories about sexually neurotic psycho killers with tired stories about sexually neurotic psycho killer monsters. 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 is quite simple. A group of eight college friends (each more annoying than the next) gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, they turn up dead. Yet, are they really dead? Or is it just part of some very real and cruel April Fool's jokes? The hostess, Muffy, is the only one who apparently knows what's going on. But then again, is it really her doing the killing? Fun from beginning to end.Director Fred Walton uses a funny, yet haunting script to create a slasher film with a twist. Nothing too special, for it stills holds very true with the genre, "April Fool's Day" will greatly satisfy fans of a film that combines humor and violence, while others purely dedicated to the slice-and-dice theme might be turned off. There is no argument that "April Fool's Day" was riding in on the wave of 80's slasher films, but that is where the similarity to other genre movies ends. You really have to think at this one. They really want to you ask yourself "is this all a joke?" and "could anyone have actually survived that?" I have to give some credit to the music for setting up some great tension. It adds to the feel without taking you out of the moment.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

Anonymous Andy (Minus_The_Beer) Before the likes of "Scream" and "Cabin In The Woods" turned slasher movie tropes on their heads, "April Fool's Day" -- a Trojan horse of sorts -- did just that, all while operating in a vein similar to the popular holiday-themed stalk n' slash flicks of the era like "My Bloody Valentine" and "New Year's Evil."Rich and slightly aloof Muffy (Deborah Foreman) invites a group of her friends to her private island for a weekend of good times. Incidentally, they also arrive on April Fool's Day, which means the line between goofing around and getting gutted is more than a little blurred, as a series of pranks turns into a deadly game of survival, with a little who-dunnit thrown in for good measure.Produced by Frank Mancuso Jr. -- who helped birth many of the "Friday The 13th" sequels -- "April Fool's Day" shares a bit of DNA with similar films of its era. But whereas the average slasher flick of the time opted for gore over story or tension, "April Fool's Day" keeps most of its violence off-screen and/or implied, giving the film its own look and feel. At times, it gives off a slight Hitchcock-ian vibe that suits it just fine. Among the cast, genre fans will be pleased to find Amy Steel of "Friday The 13th Pt. 2" fame as well as the indispensable Thomas F. Wilson (Biff from the "Back To The Future" films) leading the unusually likable group of victims. While "April Fool's Day" appears to be all-too familiar on the surface, it really is a unique experience unto itself. Don't be fooled by its somewhat tricky presentation; this one is a real treat indeed.