April Fool's Day (1986)

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Guess who's going to be the life of the party?

On April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.

• Released: 1986-03-27
• Genres: Horror, Mystery
• Runtime: 1h 29m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.0/10 from 396 votes

Directed by Fred Walton.

Top cast

• Amy Steel as Kit Graham
• Ken Olandt as Rob Ferris
• Deborah Foreman as Muffy / Buffy St. John
• Deborah Goodrich as Nikki Beshears
• Clayton Rohner as Chaz Vyshinski
• Thomas F. Wilson as Arch Cummings
• Jay Baker as Harvey 'Hal' Edison
• Leah Pinsent as Nan Youngblood
• Griffin O'Neal as Skip St. John
• Tom Heaton as Constable Potter / Uncle Frank

Full cast & crew

Where to watch April Fool's Day

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Super Channel Plus, Super Channel Amazon Channel, fuboTV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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