April Fool's Day (2008) (V)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Directors:

Mitchell Altieri
Phil Flores

Writers (WGA):

Mikey Wigart (teleplay)
Danilo Bach (story)

Release Date:

25 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

This April Fool's Day, Put All Jokes Aside...Because You May Be Next.

Plot:

The new "April Fool's" revolves around a party given by two rich siblings for their friend. Tragedy...

Plot Keywords:

Party | Prank | Punctuation In Title | Cell Phone | Faked Death

Cast

Taylor Cole	...	Desiree Cartier
Josh Henderson	...	Blaine Cartier
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Torrance Caldwell
Joe Egender	...	Ryan
Jennifer Siebel Newsom	...	Barbie (as Jennifer Siebel)
Samuel Child	...	Peter Welling
Joseph McKelheer	...	Charles Lansford
Frank J. Aard	...	Wilford (as Frank Aard)
Sabrina Aldridge	...	Milan Hastings (as Sabrina Ann Aldridge)
Tom Barker	...	Photographer
Michael Beasley	...	Kitchen Staffer
Charles Black	...	Judge
Meredith Boll	...	Susan Moyer
Mariesha Crews	...	Blaine's Hot Girl
Dave Gould	...	FX Coordinator (as Dale Gould)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:14A | USA:Unrated | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA (2008) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Company:

360 Pictures

Trivia:

Frank Mancuso Jr. also produced the original version of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Desiree first enters the parking garage looking for Peter, she is wearing black high-heel boots. Later in the scene when she is being chased, she is wearing black knee-high socks and black running shoes.

Movie Connections:

Remake of April Fool's Day (1986/I)

An Outstanding Remake

April Fool's Day is one of the better remakes that I've seen in the past year. This flick pretty much is a suspense thriller, rather than the average slasher flick. Yeah this movie had blood, sex and alcohol abuse, but it delivers a good message and thats because you are rich, doesn't mean you can get away with murder. This proves to be true when a nasty April fool's day prank backfires and a innocent teen is dead. One year later on their friend's anniversary, those Taylor Cole(WWE's upcoming 12 Rounds and Summerland), Josh Henderson(90210 and Step Up) and Scout Taylor Compton(Rob Zombie's Halloween and Wicked Little Things) and four of their friends who were involved with the accident, begin to die one by one at the hands of a mysterious killer. When you are watching this movie, you get to see the characters wonder if it is really happening, or just a cruel April Fool's Day joke. You'll have to check it to see. I definitely recommend it!