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It\u2019s all a practical joke in the end. What? You\u2019re mad that I ruined the twist? Too bad. Now let\u2019s cut the crap here, I\u2019m not going to pretend \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d was a masterpiece of eighties horror cinema, because it wasn\u2019t. It was boring, bland, and had a climax that was as predictable as it could get. It\u2019s called \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day,\u201d the surprise twist is given off the bat. So when news came that it was being remade, I had a general series of reactions. Anger that they\u2019d be remaking another movie, disappointment that they couldn\u2019t improve on the original, and sheer frustration that it had been geared to the \u201cMy Super Sweet 16\u201d audiences now focusing on a group of rich kids. Now as much as I love to see Buffy and Muffy heiress get an axe in the head, this new set up is annoying because it\u2019s pointless. \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d is a blip on the remake radar and for good reason. It\u2019s a low budget redo by terrible directors, and yes, we\u2019re setting down on some rich folkels.<\/p>\n
Paired with an inexplicable \u201cDark Shadows\u201d score, and acting akin to community theater, \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d fast forwards some time after a horrible prank during a party goes awry. After litigation and painfully mimicked news broadcasts, The \u201cButcher Brothers\u201d subject us more to another sequel of \u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer,\u201d as bitch supreme Desiree (who is the odd choice for main character) is stalked and taunted by a mysterious shadowed figure who is making her lush and lavish days so much harder to bear. Even during chases and tears, she still manages to maintain that illogical glow and gloss, and the Brothers never succeed in creating a single sympathetic character.<\/p>\n
Even with the hammy mugging of the always horrid Scout Taylor Compton, there\u2019s never any indication that this film is intended as a camp horror film, or a serious one. There are moments of such inadvertent comedy that it\u2019s clear the writers never had their shit together during the filmmaking process at all. They can barely convince us to care who is sending these odd notes to the botox bunch. After the fascinating take on vampires in \u201cThe Hamiltons\u201d it\u2019s a bit of a let down to see the Butcher Brothers stumble into this Direct to DVD nightmare of a film that\u2019s a rather terrible piece of quasi-horror on every level. The fact we\u2019re supposed to care about these rich idiots is asking too much, but when we\u2019re asked to buy into the story, they\u2019re just pushing their luck. I wish I could rant on and on about this, but \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d is just that forgettable. I wasted ninety minutes on this. The jokes on me! \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d is a demonstration in tedium, bad filmmaking, and atrocious acting with no resemblance to an actual horror movie at all. Ironically it\u2019s not even technically a remake at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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