April Fool's Day (1986) - Page 3 - BLOODY-DISGUSTING

Slasher Freak · 10-16-2006, 02:37 PM

This is one of my favorite 80's slasher films. I've had it on vhs for a while and it is still in great conditions but yesterday I found it at the Wal-Mart "horror-bin" on DVD and with a different DVD cover art for $5.21 so I grabbed it along with other horror films! I've always wanted an uncut special edition because this movie has another ending and actually on the back of the DVD it has a pic that doesn't appear in the film which is an evidence.

SinisterLink · 10-16-2006, 03:52 PM

I saw this at Wal-Mart today and was thinking about coming on here and asking whether it was any good or not. Guess now I don't have to.

BloodBath&Beyond · 10-16-2006, 07:34 PM

Bastards! What's with all the April Fool's Day hate?

This is one of my favorite 80s films. Come on, loosen up a bit!

static75 · 10-22-2006, 05:22 AM

I love April Fool's Day, I mean come on - the title alone should give you a heads up to the ending. But I thought it was suitably suspenseful throughout - it was one of the few eighties slashers that had characters I actually gave a toss about - loved the Charles Bernstein music, and I think the film has aged very well indeed. Overall I thought it was, and remains a rather classy flick.

And very quotable too...."Sometimes, with the tides? It can take someone all night to get here from the mainland. And even then...sometimes.....they don't make it."

Jgreed · 10-22-2006, 09:12 AM

It's a toss up with me on this one. On one hand I like it's originality and on the other I didn't like the twist. I watched it for the first time last night. Maybe I'll have to give it a second viewing to form a solid opinion. I did really enjoy the music though.

SlayerX · 10-22-2006, 09:19 AM

80's slasher cheese at its finest

Slasher Freak · 10-22-2006, 12:37 PM

Source: www.retroslashers.net

So much to put online, so little time. I thought I'd briefly discuss the novelisations of The Funhouse and April Fools Day. Plans are in motion to transcribe the most crucial pages and passages for the site, and eventually hopefully the full novels. Wouldn't that be a cake of asskick?

So you've seen Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse, right? It's the movie where nothing happens. Not so with the novel - the whole backstory is revealed. Remember the deformed fetus in the jar that looks similar to the killer's monstrous visage? Remember the heroine's barely seen mother, and how the camera focuses on her hand wrapped around a glass of scotch liquor? It's all connected, baby. Moments like these dangle helplessly in the film due to on-set and post-production tampering by producers who wanted a by the numbers slasher flick. Reading the book changes that.

The extended ending of April Fools Day I've talked about but upon reading the full novel, there is much more. For example, Nan's faux-death is shown, where in the film all you see is her running around in the wind. Not sure if that scene was actually shot, but what was definitely shot however, was the longer ending. The book reveals, the next morning that Hal/Harv managed to "plow" Nikki's "field" after all the post-revelation boozing. There's alot of filler in the text, like a hunt to find a boat back to the island after they hatch the plan to get back at Muffy, but once they do, bang - real deaths. I'd like to see all that in the HD DVD one day..

CJ_01976 · 10-22-2006, 12:53 PM

Dean Koontz already did a book on "The Funhouse", they stupid enough to novelize it twice?

Slasher Freak · 10-22-2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJ_01976

Dean Koontz already did a book on "The Funhouse", they stupid enough to novelize it twice?

You did noticed those books are old!!?

SkInWaLkEr · 10-23-2006, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slasher Freak

You did noticed those books are old!!?

koontz did the funhouse book AFTER the movie was filmed. and by the way he didnt write it as koontz...he used one of his pen names.

10-16-2006, 02:37 PM	#21
Slasher Freak It... Won't... Die... Slasher Freak is BACK? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Livin' on Failure St. Two blocks south of Pathetic My Zipcode? All Zeroes Posts: 13,694	This is one of my favorite 80's slasher films. I've had it on vhs for a while and it is still in great conditions but yesterday I found it at the Wal-Mart "horror-bin" on DVD and with a different DVD cover art for $5.21 so I grabbed it along with other horror films! I've always wanted an uncut special edition because this movie has another ending and actually on the back of the DVD it has a pic that doesn't appear in the film which is an evidence. __________________ If You Can't Find A Friend, Make One

10-16-2006, 03:52 PM	#22
SinisterLink Fresh Kill SinisterLink has no status. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oswego, Il Posts: 446	I saw this at Wal-Mart today and was thinking about coming on here and asking whether it was any good or not. Guess now I don't have to. __________________ Vincent: You feel excited when you step on them and snuff out their lives. Heather: Are you talking about the monsters? Vincent: Monsters? They look like monsters to you?

10-16-2006, 07:34 PM	#23
BloodBath&Beyond The Living Dead BloodBath&Beyond has no status. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: in the retardo-vision biosphere Posts: 3,604	Bastards! What's with all the April Fool's Day hate? This is one of my favorite 80s films. Come on, loosen up a bit! __________________

10-22-2006, 09:19 AM	#26
SlayerX It... Won't... Die... SlayerX is feeding you bacon strips for your hater lips Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13,396	80's slasher cheese at its finest __________________ Resonance - Fusion - Selection - Conception - Evolution - Liberation

10-22-2006, 12:37 PM	#27
Slasher Freak It... Won't... Die... Slasher Freak is BACK? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Livin' on Failure St. Two blocks south of Pathetic My Zipcode? All Zeroes Posts: 13,694	Source: www.retroslashers.net So much to put online, so little time. I thought I'd briefly discuss the novelisations of The Funhouse and April Fools Day. Plans are in motion to transcribe the most crucial pages and passages for the site, and eventually hopefully the full novels. Wouldn't that be a cake of asskick? So you've seen Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse, right? It's the movie where nothing happens. Not so with the novel - the whole backstory is revealed. Remember the deformed fetus in the jar that looks similar to the killer's monstrous visage? Remember the heroine's barely seen mother, and how the camera focuses on her hand wrapped around a glass of scotch liquor? It's all connected, baby. Moments like these dangle helplessly in the film due to on-set and post-production tampering by producers who wanted a by the numbers slasher flick. Reading the book changes that. The extended ending of April Fools Day I've talked about but upon reading the full novel, there is much more. For example, Nan's faux-death is shown, where in the film all you see is her running around in the wind. Not sure if that scene was actually shot, but what was definitely shot however, was the longer ending. The book reveals, the next morning that Hal/Harv managed to "plow" Nikki's "field" after all the post-revelation boozing. There's alot of filler in the text, like a hunt to find a boat back to the island after they hatch the plan to get back at Muffy, but once they do, bang - real deaths. I'd like to see all that in the HD DVD one day.. __________________ If You Can't Find A Friend, Make One

10-22-2006, 05:22 AM	#24
static75 Not Dead Yet static75 has no status. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 4	I love April Fool's Day, I mean come on - the title alone should give you a heads up to the ending. But I thought it was suitably suspenseful throughout - it was one of the few eighties slashers that had characters I actually gave a toss about - loved the Charles Bernstein music, and I think the film has aged very well indeed. Overall I thought it was, and remains a rather classy flick. And very quotable too...."Sometimes, with the tides? It can take someone all night to get here from the mainland. And even then...sometimes.....they don't make it."

10-22-2006, 09:12 AM	#25
Jgreed Fresh Kill Jgreed is consuming Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: florida Posts: 162	It's a toss up with me on this one. On one hand I like it's originality and on the other I didn't like the twist. I watched it for the first time last night. Maybe I'll have to give it a second viewing to form a solid opinion. I did really enjoy the music though.

10-22-2006, 12:53 PM	#28
CJ_01976 It... Won't... Die... CJ_01976 is gone Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 32,903	Dean Koontz already did a book on "The Funhouse", they stupid enough to novelize it twice?

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