April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day (1986)

  • 36% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (13,135 ratings)

April Fool's Day just happens to be the birthday of rich college student Buffy (Deborah Foreman), so she invites a group of friends from Vassar over to her family's island getaway to spend the weekend partying. Though some practical-joke shenanigans on the ferry over from the mainland lead… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Danilo Bach
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Mar 27, 1986 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    One of the savviest examples of slasher film self-commentary in existence, beating Scream by a cool ten years and a half.

  • Dustin Putman, DustinPutman.com

    Even today, it holds up as a spooky, flirty entertainment, doing justice to the folly and mirth of its namesake holiday.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    Stupid

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    I've seen this film before...as an episode of The Golden Girls.

  • Andreas Samuelson, Slasherpool

    Compared to other similar 80s teen-flicks, this is a very fun and likable little film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    April Fool's Day is a fairly decent Slasher film. The concept of the film is of course set around the day itself. I liked the idea of this film, but like with every other Slasher film, April Fool's Day copies the trend of many films that came before it. April Fool's is… More

  • AJ V


    This movie is so bad, it's awesome! I loved this silly horror movie taking place around April Fool's Day! It has some great horror scenes, the actors are cheesy, and the story has a lot of twists.

  • Ken S


    Basically an 80's remake of And Then There Where None (aka 10 Little Indians), with a lot of April Fool's pranks thrown in. It's nothing groundbreaking, but what it does it does fairly well.

  • Dean !


    A cool 80's slasher that inspired many more recent hits.

  • Tim S


    Jaw-droppingly original.

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