Review of April Fool's Day (1986) by Wynne L — 31 Dec 2016

Maybe the wrong time of year to watch this but who cares. Having watched the remake a while back I thought I'd give this a whirl and hoped it would be a lot better. To its credit, I felt it was, although I'd always had a suspicion about how it was going to end, which in truth kind of ruins the majority of the movie as this one is literally all about the twist.

It embraces the concept well and the story is littered with practical jokes so you don't always know what is true and what is just a mere bit of tomfoolery. Whilst aiming to be a teen slasher, it is also ridiculously lighthearted and spoof like with a faint undertone of comedy all the way through, although being an 80's film, the humour does have a lot to be desired - I think one of the most laughable moments is actually witnessing all the hairstyles on show and seeing all the cool kids thinking they're Brad Pitt, when they're anything but.

If you were watching this for the first time, you wouldn't necessarily anticipate the final scenes, however I think they are a bit anticlimactic and leave you with a sense of 'what is the point in watching that?'.

It's fair to say it has no repeat value and the horror element is very limited. It does however give me an urge to go on a murder mystery weekend if they were to be as spooky and entertaining as this setting was.