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Summary: A great who-dunnit movie!
Review: 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.
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Summary: One of the BEST!!
Review: This is one of the best horror films of all time. I remember going to watch this at the local theater when I was about 12 or so. It has a wonderful suspense kept secret held till the very end. Would recommend this to all horror film lovers.
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Summary: Childish pranks turn into a bloody battle for survival!
Review: Finding an inexpensive copy of this DVD in the Amazon Market Place, I figured 'What the heck?' and picked it up. The movie begins with a familiar theme, a group of college kids on their way to an isolated location (queue foreboding music). Apparently this group was assembled by a common friend to spend the weekend at spacious house on an island whose only access is by ferry, which only runs during the week, so they are basically stuck there until Monday. Through the use of a video camera, we are introduced to the various guests and they seem like your typical group for an 80's horror movie. After an eventful trip on the Ferry of Death, they arrive on the Island of Death, and are greeted by their Hostess of Death (sorry, I'll cut it out), Muffy St. John, played by Deborah Foreman, probably most recognizable as Julie from the 1983 movie Valley Girl. Muffy leads them to the secluded house, which is more like a mansion, and we find out that this house will be part of her inheritance when she turns 21. After a number of practical jokes, which Muffy set up, every turns in for the night, except for Skip, Muffy's cousin, who is still upset about an unpleasant event that happened on the ferry. Alone and visible drunk, he wanders down by the boathouse, ventures inside, and, as you can guess, the murderin' begins. The next morning no one really seems to miss Skip (I know I didn't, as I thought he was kind of annoying), and a couple breaks off from the rest of the group and proceeds to go down by the boathouse to screw around. Their horizontal tango is cut short as the girl catches a glimpse of Skip's body floating under the boathouse, which, I guess, killed the mood as the couple goes running back to the house in a panic. Relating what happened, the dead body part, not the sex part, to the rest of the group, they think maybe Skip is pulling a prank, so a few of the guys go off searching for him in the woods around the house. This leads to another murder or two, which spoils the festivities altogehter. After a few more murders, and a couple of revelations, the movie finally spills its' proverbial guts, and what appeared to be your typical slasher type movie shows itself as something else. Actually, I sort of caught on about halfway through. I'm no mental goliath, no Sherlockian powers of deduction here, but the clues were there, and I didn't have to strain too hard to get in on the 'know'. There were some pretty large plot holes, certain elements that didn't jibe, but it didn't ruin the movie. There was some suspense, but I was never really on the edge of my seat. Overall, a fun movie, but probably wouldn't hold up too well to repeated viewing. Nice wide screen presentation with good audio, but no extras. Oh yeah, watch for the character of Rob near the end as he gets locked in a pantry closet and nearly starts crying and stuff as his girlfriend is being chased around the house and terrorized. As flimsy as that door was, I could have been out of there in like a minute with a kick or two. Heck, my old granny could have gotten out of there with relative ease. What a nitwit...or is it a witless nit? Whatever...
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Summary: Good. Reminded me of Friday the 13th!
Review: This movie offers a few chills and some suspense! It had a great twist of an ending! This is just another teen slasher flick wannabe! I just don't think it was the best. But it was good.
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Summary: Not your typical horror flick...
Review: In fact, I wouldn't even call this a horror movie. Granted, all the ingredients are there: secluded location, group of horny kids, unseen serial killer, etc. But after watching pril Fool's Day you'll probably agree it's more a murder mystery thriller than anything else, and a pretty decent one at that. The characters are believable (some you might even know personally), the story and dialogue are good, and the acting adequate. No nudity unfortunately, but the movie makes up for it in being a genuinely suspenseful addition to the early 80s "holiday" slashers.
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Summary: Will everyone get killed on April Fool's Day?
Review: Muffy (Deborah Foreman) invites nine of her school friends to her home for an April Fool's Day vacation. They all must board a ferry to get across the waters. Even then a horrible accident happens with one of the young men. The others finally reach Muffy's home and it becomes fun from there. Muffy is a wonderful host. By next morning, one person is found dead and yet another guest is missing and another dead. Not your usual teenage/young adult slasher film. This one is intelligent! Great brain-busting ending. Filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Great acting by Deborah Foreman. Amy Steel you remember from Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981). Clayton Rohner was in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Too Short A Season".
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Summary: "80"s Horror"
Review: I great stroy line with decent acting and a wild twist at the end. Another great film from the 80"s!
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Summary: GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a great film. Funny pranks that turn deadly. That's just great. If you know someone who has seen this film, make sure they don't give away all the surprises and shocks!!!!!!
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: April Fool's Day is better than many of the 80's horror classics that came out. It had a fresh idea at the time (ie. tongue in cheek horror) and at least tried to give the viewer that little bit extra. There are some genuine scares in this movie (the snake, the bodies at the bottom of the well, the dead boy under the dock etc). I had never seen April Fool's Day before but took a chance and picked up the DVD on special price. I had seen many positive reviews prior to this. Overall, a satisfying 'horror' film. DVD EVALUATION: Very impressed to see Anamorphic Widescreen for a title like this, plus 5.1 sound. No extras but for the price I didn't expect any. Let's remember it does come from Paramount who aren't good at providing extras.
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Summary: CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC
Review: A Great DVD for any collection! First time I saw this movie it was a Double-Feature (Remember those) with House - (Another Horror/Comedy Classic). A Very ORIGINAL movie for it's time... Ultimate 80's horror without the gore. This DVD is worth buying if only for the song in the end credits...
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