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April Fool's Day
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April Fool's Day

1986 · 88 min Horror Mystery
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a time.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Fred Walton

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Amy Steel

Amy Steel

Kit Graham

Ken Olandt

Ken Olandt

Rob Ferris

Deborah Foreman

Deborah Foreman

Muffy / Buffy St. John

Deborah Goodrich

Deborah Goodrich

Nikki Beshears

Clayton Rohner

Clayton Rohner

Chaz Vyshinski

Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson

Arch Cummings

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Jay Baker

Harvey 'Hal' Edison

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Leah Pinsent

Nan Youngblood

Griffin O'Neal

Griffin O'Neal

Skip St. John

Tom Heaton

Tom Heaton

Constable Potter / Uncle Frank

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