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Official Synopsis:
Each April Fool's Day, fabulously wealthy young Desiree Cartier hosts the most killer coming-out parties at her to-die-for Southern mansion, and this social event is never complete without one of her patented pranks. But when this year's joke turns deadly, Desiree, her brother, Blaine, and five of their friends all become the targets of a twisted killer who begins hunting them down one by one in this chilling tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge.
Our Take:
I Know What You Did Last Summer April Fools Day interested me for one reason: The directors credit themselves by the name of The Butcher Brothers. With a name like that you’d expect some hardcore stuff and from the sound of their first feature film, The Hamiltons (which was part of the 8 Films To Die For Series) it sounds like that’s what they gave us, but with April Fools Day… well, not so much.
So, yeah, the plot is a bit too close to I Know What You Did Last Summer (for which the book was written in 1973) for my liking. Also, there was an original April Fools Day (which was filmed in 1986) and that sounds a whole lot different from the version I watched. The original seems as if it played more on the mystery aspect while not shying away from the slasher genre whereas this one is more about the chase than anything else.
The ending of the movie couldn’t be anymore obvious; even if you try not figure it out you kind of have to know. It is called April Fools Day, after all. The Butcher Brothers did do a nice job of directing here, as they built tension properly and were able to pull off the necessary scares. Even the script isn’t awful, it’s just a bit…tired. If April Fools Day accomplished anything at all it did make me interested in checking out the original film and seeing how the two compare.
Overall Picture:
Movie: C+
DVD: C
- Landen Chase Pelish
Staff Writer
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