April Fools Day (1986)

Although the scares are mild and most of the violence occurs off screen, the horror film "April Fools Day" is still worth checking out if you love slasher films from the 1980's. The premise is a little different than everything else that was offered at that time and really takes the theme of April Fools Day to heart. There were even a few moments that the film could have really excelled and be more than it was, crossing over to a real mystery and horror hybrid but alas, it was just for a weaker set up. The actors were very much typical stereotypes of the various 80's cliches and didn't offer anything new in that respect.


Muffy St. John is holding a party at her family's remote island mansion on April 1st and several of her various friends from college have been invited. Only a few of the seven guests know each other but they all seem to get along and mingle while they take a ferry from the mainland to the island. While they are trying to dock, a ship hand is badly injured and the local sheriff blames the college aged kids because they had been playing pranks on each other on the trip over. Once they arrive at Muffy's estate, they all fall victim to an array of practical jokes that Muffy had prepared. Some jokes are just plain creepy while others take things a bit too far. And then the guests start to disappear and a body count rises. Who is the killer? Who is taking the joke way too far? When it's discovered that Muffy has an insane twin sister named Buffy, things really take a turn towards the unexpected!