April Fool's Day (1986) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - March 26, 1986

I gave April Fool's Day a pass when it attempted to prank any and all who did go and see it during its brief theatrical run. At least I remember it as being a brief run, I might be misremembering it.

The film's title had me thinking there would be a gotcha twist ending involving the kills and, when I did watch the film on home video, I learned my suspicions had been correct in that regard.

Less as a slasher film and more a prank laden and drunken college murder mystery party game homage to Agatha Christie's seminal And Then There Were None,  April Fool's Day is, at best, a modest entertainment.