Next up in the trailer parade: the direct-to-DVD rehashing of April Fool's Day (clicken ze trailer). According to the folks at Bloody-Disgusting, this version looks "very similar to the original". According to me, however, "The folks at Bloody-Disgusting must be smoking some serious something because this version doesn't resemble the original film whatsofuckingever".
It seems to me that The Updatening of the love-it-or-hate-it (and we all know how much I love it) 1986 slasher flick has rendered it a (perhaps) serviceable thriller. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me if the new version is completely unrelated to the original or if it's a shot-for-shot copy, because the original film boasts something the remake can never hope to match:
Yes, April Fool's Day boasts the awesome power of the combined forces of Deborah Foreman and Amy Steel. See, they're mighty and badass and untouchable and unstoppable- not at all unlike The Soul Patrol.
Holy crap, I fucking love Deborah Foreman and Amy Steel and G.L.O.W.
Yeah, I didn't see how it was supposed to be like the original either. It looks more like I Know What You Did Last Summer, right down to the DVD cover art.
ReplyDeleteSo in theory, if they go with the original ending still, the shenanigans took up a year of at least 2 people's lives. Did the girl hang out in Europe for a year?
I thought the same thing with the IKWYDLS cover.
ReplyDeleteDamn, favorite part of "G.L.O.W." was the gal reading her fanmail and then realizing she's reading a letter from her perverted stalker, Tim.
ReplyDelete"...Tim, that is so OBSCENE!"
Me three with the IKWYDLS similarity. Maybe a little Prom Night thrown in for good measure. Plus it's looks hella cheesy.
ReplyDeleteI hate April Fool's Day.
ReplyDeleteSucks it's been remade, but still, it's not a classic in either way.
It's a one trick pony worth one viewing.
Ha! Looks like several people agree that this could possibly be a remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer produced by the Lifetime Channel. Break out the Cheese Wiz folks…although, it does have Scout (who I dig) so I’ll watch it just for that. Five bucks says it still won’t be as bad as the Black Christmas remake.
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I can't believe someone else knows about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling...
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The original is a classic. It has one of the best ending I have ever seen in a horror movie. I mean what other horror movie ends with everyone alive.
ReplyDeleteAs for the remake, I think they borrowed the name, but not the premise. The trailer looks nothing like the original.
It looks like a renter, if that.
I don't even like the original, but I'm positive it's better than the remake. It just looks so...blah.
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Is it me or has the trailer already revealed who the killer is? Ie - Girl screaming "Your lying!" in the rain holding a gun!
ReplyDeleteEvil johnny, they're just being mysterious. Trying to trick us and such, because the movie's put together so well that they can afford to give us clues towards the killer.
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I usually agree with you on things, but when it comes to "April Fool's Day" I am in a kind of mystical, higher-power type of loving agreement.
ReplyDeleteI love the original, though my boyfriend almost lynched me for showing him a slasher movie with that ending. Man was he pissed. I love the ending, though.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Amy Steel rocks my face off, in the words of Stacie Ponder.
Uh... I think that trailer gives away the ending. Still, I'll see it for Scout. The girl makes me smile.
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