WHEN A STRANGER CALLS director Fred Walton's clever 1986 slasher film APRIL FOOL'S DAY starring Deborah Foreman (VALLEY GIRL), Amy Steel (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2), and Thomas F. Wilson (BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy) is one of my favorite underappreciated fright flicks. And today we have word that Scream Factory will be unleashing the slasher classic onto Collector's Edition Blu-ray next Spring.
Unfortunately, that's all the info our buddies over at Scream Factory have revealed thus far but make sure to keep checking back with us here at AITH and we will make sure to pass along further details as they become available. In the meantime, what do you think of Fred Walton's semi-slasher flick APRIL FOOL'S DAY? Do you find it to be a fun flick with a killer cast (like me) or do you think it's all just a big tease? Let us know below!
For those of you out there that don't know, the film centers on
A group of college students who decide to spend spring break at the secluded island estate of their wealthy classmate, Muffy St. John (Deborah Foreman). But what starts out as a fun, hedonistic weekend turns into something more sinister. Muffy is very fond of practical jokes, and sets up numerous gags throughout her mansion. But, when friends begin going missing and turn up dead, they realize that they're trapped on the isolated isle with a mysterious and brutal killer.
Fred Walton (WHEN A STRANGER CALLS) directed APRIL FOOL'S DAY from a screenplay written by Danilo Bach. Frank Mancuso, Jr. produced and the flick featured Deborah Foreman (VALLEY GIRL), Amy Steel (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2), and Thomas F. Wilson (BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy) along with Deborah Goodrich, Ken Olandt, Griffin O'Neal, Leah King Pinsent, Clayton Rohner, and Jay Baker. Paramount Pictures unleashed the underappreciated slasher classic into theaters back on March 27, 1986.