Jack weston and harvey korman almost steal the movie. The actor was noncommittal about returning to the role for a long time, but he eventually agreed to return for one final adventure to. April fools day fred waltons protoscream we minored in. With jack lemmon, catherine deneuve, peter lawford, jack weston.
The scratch team as well sometimes creates april fools pranks on the scratch website. Is it because i related to the abundance of sexinclined. Its odd to have an ending actually save a movie for me, but this one did. The littleseen 2008 directtovideo remake took that to heart. April fools day really does work best, i think, when its situated firmly in the context of 1986 and the kind of slasher movies that had been produced by the carload for the prior six years. Apr 01, 2016 i dont usually write two anniversary posts in one week, but i just watched the 1986 slasher april fools day for the first time i know, i know, im a bad horror fan and couldnt. It received varied responses from film critics, with some commending it for its nongratuitous violence and plot twists, while others lambasted it for its surprise ending. This is a fun film and is a great improvement on a lot of the more recent horror films. Movies like april fools day 1986 if you like april fools day you are looking for scary, suspenseful and rough movies about with slasher, murder, island, holiday horror, hanging, serial killer and gory themes of horror and mystery genre shot in usa or canada.
Mar 24, 2020 april fools day came at the end of the craze and tries something new with the formula. This was my first time for most of these except mbv and the friday the th film. April fools day is a 2008 american directtovideo slasher film remake of the 1986 film of the same name. The following versions of april fools day are apparently real. First of all, you know, i would not laugh at any of the pranks and after the third or fourth broken chairwater spraying me in the facespilling drinks down the front of megetting locked in my room. This works for the films theme but the biggest turn onoff for most horror fans is the ending. Other times, a director may release a special cut of the movie on bluray or dvd. April fools day, sometimes called all fools day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery, although one theory dates its origins to the. Mass media can be involved in these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The marathon had boogens, a random friday the th, my bloody valentine, april fools day, and two other slashers that skipped my mind at the moment. Apr 02, 2020 when viewed today, april fools days its all a gag trick ending has itself passed into cliche, the type of thing that would now happen halfway through a movie or tv episode before the plot thickens and people start dropping for real.
Any slasher movie with a title like april fools day would have to be a spoof, and this one fits that niche perfectly. April fools muffy april fools day will always be a personal fav of mine. The ending to the most recent bond adventure spectre seemed to act as a farewell to the daniel craig era, with bond riding into the sunset with his new love. April fools day 1986 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Apr 03, 2020 brian collins, aka bc, has been watching horror movies since the age of 6, and twenty years later decided to put it to good use, both as a writer for bloodydisgusting as well as launching his own site, horror movie a day, which roger ebert once read and misunderstood the points that were being made. Do you think april fools day has a place among the self aware movies like scream and cabin in the woods. Spoiler warning if you havent seen april fools day. April fools day 1986 podcast episode 125 april fools day. What perhaps made me finally throw april fools day on this april 1st was hearing some of you mention that rather than as a straightahead slasher flick or horror black comedy this film may well work best as a mystery. We are on an isolated stretch of country shore, and a quiet, sheltered ittload is visuaile distantly across. A married man enters his boss apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. John deborah foreman is rich and she is about to inherit an old house on an island. It is here that howard brubaker jack lemmon, one of gunthers. To mark the occasion, i was fortunate enough to round up several cast members, as well as director fred walton, to chat about the horror comedy that dared to turn the slasher subgenre on its head back in 1986.
April fools day fred waltons protoscream we minored. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting april fools at the recipient. Dragon ball super trolls fans with hilarious movie prank. April fools day 2018 may have fallen slap bang in the middle of the easter weekend, but that didnt stop a lot of pranks taking place. April fools day also known as all fools day is a cultural holiday celebrated on april 1 st by pulling pranks, telling jokes, creating hoaxes, and other humorous things designed to trick people. But weird things soon start to happen, as someone has stored very different kind of. Sometimes, there will be several versions of a movie floating about on cable, tv or video etc. The ending really disappointed me, and it really was a shame because everything about this film was good, right up until the end. It had a very different kind of twist at the end than most horror movies. If this were true, the show wouldve ended up without a home, as vortexx ended in september 2014. Oh, and its japanese hashtag reference april fools day, so there is that as well.
My alltime favorite socalled horror movie ending because this is exactly something id pull on a friend. Virtually the first third of the april fools takes place at a trendy party held by sharkish executive ted gunther peter lawford. Eight college chums are invited to a weekend april fools party held by their. See the full list of april fools day cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Mar 30, 2020 the story for this one follows like most slashers. A film ive talked about ad nauseam for like decades now, fred waltons april fools day has been a favorite of mine ever since i discovered it on vhs during the summer of 1987 you can read all three parts of my 30th anniversary retrospective series here, here, and here. Apr 06, 2017 three africanamerican males immersed in drug dealing, violence and dishonesty is not a groundbreaking movie plot, but director jamal hill intertwines these thoughtprovoking dilemmas in his film deuces.
The highlight here is mostly the goofy ass characters. Fools day by cody blue snider comedy horror short film. For many of the cast, the twists and turns of april fools day were part of the films charms and huge draws when first coming on board the project in the mid1980s, but they all agreed it was a combination of a skilled crew, a brilliant director, and a script that respected both the characters and the audience that made april fools day. Plus, i feel like its a film that really rewards with multiple viewings, as it gives you a chance to pick up. Released by varese sarabande in 1986 containing music from april fools day 1986. Watch april fools day movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Remembering april fools day, an underrated slasher. What it may lack in an official body count, april fools day more than makes up for with its whipsmart script, charismatic performances, and a whopper of an ending that i certainly wasnt expecting at all the first time i saw it. Ferry landing new england 8b0re day the sparkling waters. April fools day is a soso horror film that once you know what. Nine college students staying at a friends remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the april fools day weekend.
If you disagree or have additional info, please update us. Aside from all that april fools day chugs along though the second half of the movie feels like. To me, its always been the perfect antislasher, where no. When viewed today, april fools days its all a gag trick ending has itself passed into cliche, the type of thing that would now happen halfway through a movie or tv episode before the plot thickens and people start dropping for real. But, on the bright side, the fact that its april fools day affords us the perfect opportunity to finally feature cody blue sniders 20 short, fools day. Tom hardy has responded to an april fools joke claiming he was taking over the lead in james bond 25. Its a film that weve had on our docket for quite some time now but are just finally getting around.
April fools day 1986 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. I first caught april fools day on vhs a couple summers back after more than a decade of being intrigued by its cover art, and its ending completely caught me by surprise. With deborah foreman, griffin oneal, clayton rohner, jay baker. The scratch community will often make joke projects and trick others on april fools day. It is directed by the butcher brothers, also known as mitchell altieri and phil flores. Director fred walton when a stranger calls back teamed with screenwriter danilo bach beverly hills cop and executive producer frank mancuso jr. April fools day soundtrack from 1986, composed by charles bernstein. Is it because it had marked me when i was a little brat. Today were going to take a look at the best movie related gags from around the internet. Deuces film has great actors but weird ending the daily. A film that has been a longtime favorite of mine ever since i discovered it on vhs as a kid decades and decades ago, april fools day recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Three africanamerican males immersed in drug dealing, violence and dishonesty is not a groundbreaking movie plot, but director jamal hill intertwines these thoughtprovoking dilemmas in his film deuces. The april fools 1969 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Filmed in british columbia in 1985, april fools day was released in the spring of 1986 through paramount pictures in conjunction with the april 1 holiday. She decides to throw a party for her pals from college in there on april fools day. I just watched april fools day for the first time and can definitely recommend it. The april fools jest works for me but i can see why some people find it disappointing. Its funny, and generally pretty smart, although the premise is insane.
For april fools day 2014, it was announced gobusters was going to be adapted in 2015 as power rangers energy chasers, and was going to air on the saban brands owned vortexx block. No one watches a slasher movie for its complicated narrative or multidimensional characters, so to rob us of its most standard elements not to mention the cathartic moment of our hero triumphing over their. Rhorror, known as dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on reddit. Its called april fools day, you can see where this is going, trickery dickery doo. This image was shared on april 1 in japan, and it says this socalled film will go live on the same day next year. Inspired in part by the roman festival of hilaria and the medieval feast of fools, the first of the fourth month brings april fools day, a celebration. It is a shame and a crime that this movie isnt on dvd. April fools day came at the end of the craze and tries something new with the formula.
I really have to stop watching april fools day because i like it less and lessfeel more cheated each time i bother giving it another chance. April fools day runs for a full 24 hours and will end at midnight. April fools day is described by star scout taylorcompton as mean girls crossed with horror, and was released straight to dvd on march 25, 2008. At first it seems to follow the standard horror film formula, but then it turns everything upside down in a way that you couldnt guess beforehand.
April fools day or april fools day sometimes called all fools day is an annual custom on april 1 consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. He doesnt fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her and finds out shes his boss wife. A year after an april fools day prank which resulted in the death of one of their set, a group of friends find themselves targeted by someone who is out for revenge. Apr 02, 2012 april fools day really does work best, i think, when its situated firmly in the context of 1986 and the kind of slasher movies that had been produced by the carload for the prior six years. This is a movie that, as enjoyable as it is for a full hour and a half, is defined by and will forever be remembered for its final few minutes. April fools day is a 1986 fake slasher movie directed by fred walton, who also directed when a stranger calls seven years prior muffy st. Even though its light on the gore april fools day is filled with entertaining characters, 80s cheese and lots of twisties and turnsies. When slasher characters are interesting it completely elevates the experience.
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