April Fools Day (1986)Who says a mystery horror movie can't be fun? Actually I find a lot of them fun because they're so stupid. This movie gives us a huge wink to let us know that yes, it's going to be stupid so enjoy the ride. Before you had 'spoofs' about horror movies, there was this. Starring a lot of characters you'll recognize if you watched any 80's movies at all (and some into the 90's) this bevy of familiar faces is in this story of college students visiting an heiress who inherited an island and a huge house for a big party. Of course you know (and they seem to keep using the same scene just about every movie) that if there's an island involved it was probably filmed in British Columbia.
Muffy has set the group up with the typical April Fool's jokes - whoopee cushions, dribble glasses, collapsing chairs, all the stuff of good fun. They then retire for the night. And that, she said in an ominous tone, is when things go wrong. One goes missing, others, after finding weird stuff in their room as if being taunted about their pasts also start to go missing one by one. Eventually their bodies are found and the rest are desperate to find their way off the island. 
But things just get worse, the body count rises and... I hate to give away the ending. This is one of those movies that is better seen than read. I'm not saying this is a good movie, it's just - original. For the 80's anyway. Check it out if for nothing else to see who you can recognize and see how silly those of us old enough for the 80's were about clothes and hair. The ending is different and a good end to a silly entry into the world of college horror.
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