April Fool's Day (1986 film)

April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Walton
Written by	Danilo Bach
Produced by	Frank Mancuso Jr.
Starring	Jay Baker; Deborah Foreman; Deborah Goodrich; Ken Olandt; Griffin O'Neal; Leah King Pinsent; Clayton Rohner; Amy Steel; Thomas F. Wilson;
Cinematography	Charles Minsky
Edited by	Bruce Green
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Production; company	Hometown Films
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 27, 1986;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$13 million

April Fool's Day is a 1986 American black comedy mystery slasher film directed by Fred Walton, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Thomas F. Wilson, Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, Deborah Goodrich, and Leah Pinsent. The plot follows a group of college students vacationing during April Fool's Day weekend on an island estate, which is infiltrated by an unknown assailant.

Filmed in British Columbia in 1985, April Fool's Day was released in late March 1986 through Paramount Pictures in conjunction with the April 1 holiday. It received varied responses from film critics, with some commending it for its non-gratuitous violence and plot twists, while others lambasted it for its surprise ending.

A remake of the film was released direct-to-video in 2008.

^ "April Fool's Day". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.
^ "April Fool's Day (1986)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ "April Fool's Day (1986)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[afi-1] "April Fool's Day". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.

[2] "April Fool's Day (1986)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[Mojo-3] "April Fool's Day (1986)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

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