April Fool's Day (1986)
Sub-Genre- Slasher (But not really)
In Attendance- Me, Eryn, The Vanilla Gorilla, and Nick.
Cast Members of Note- Deborah Foreman, who was on fire in the 80's, Amy Steel, and the hot as hell Deborah Goodrich, who disappeared off of the face of the earth. Also, Biff from Back to the Future!
What's it about?- A rich and insane chick lures her "Friends" to her private millionaire island to kill them all. Also, her name is Muffy, so would you really trust her to begin with?
The Good- A pretty cool flick with a neat twist to it, which was both it's high point and downfall. The plot was very inventive and creepy at times, but in the end it's own cleverness took away from the film it could have been; the ending showed you why there logically couldn't be a ton of blood, but it also pulled the old "It was just a dream" type of trick on you. It worked, but it could have been so much more.
The Bad- I would have liked to have seen the stuff that didn't make the movie from the novel; such as the subplots explained a little better, and the extended ending... which would have given us some more blood!
The Downright Horrendous- Who would ever kill Biff from Back to the Future?
The Gory- The gore quotient in this one is that of a PG-13 movie... if they had gotten nasty and shown the deaths, which I guess they really couldn't, it would have been a better movie.
The Naked- Next to nothing. A few swimsuits and open robes are all we get.
What did we learn?- Never trust your friends, they all want to destroy you.
Rating- C+ A nearly above average 80's teen slasher, the premise held it back in the end, and took away a lot of the zing it could have had. Still a good one to watch.
Final Thoughts- She was so cute!
