April Fool's Day is a dumb, goofy movie, but it has vintage Deborah Foreman in it, so it's still absolutely worth watching in my book.
I watched it yesterday because my friend really enjoys it and wanted me to give a reassessment of it.
Overall, I enjoyed it a bit more than the first time. The twist still doesn't do much for me but the cast is fun. Honestly, a slasher doesn't really need to have amazing kills or anything if the character banter is enjoyable to me. It was nice to see Amy Steel and Biff from Back to the Future in another role.
It was interesting how it had a very obviously lesbian character in a slasher for the time and was mostly chill about it.
But honestly, it's nothing compared to Waxwork. The other Deborah Foreman film. Watched this right afterwards and HOLY SHIT.
Can't believe I slept on this one for so long. It starts as a killer wax museum movie with the dude from Gremlins being a literal cuckold until it builds up enough Fate/staynight-esque lore involving a plot to unite all the important evil figures throughout history (that somehow includes zombies and an alien) because they're needed to destroy the world... or something.
If you told me this film was going to end with a sword fight with the Marquis De Sade starting it, I would have called your bluff.
Greatest movie ever made.
I do need to give Slaughter High and Killer Party another watch though. I remember liking Slaughter High, but it also suffers from a bullshit ending like April Fools' Day. It's insane all three of these were made the same year as April Fools Day and the other two had to change their titles when the big budget one was announced.
