Line #4 Trivia/AprilFoolsDay


1	* ActingForTwo: Deborah Foreman plays both Muffy and [[spoiler: her evil twin Buffy. Turns out to be this in-universe]].
2	* ActorAllusion:
3	** Amy Steel fought off a serial killer in ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' as well.
4	** [[Creator/{{ThomasFWilson}} Arch]]: "Well, at least we don't go in for this [[Film/{{BackToTheFuture1}} your shoelace is untied]] crap!"
5	* ApprovalOfGod: The cast have given their approval of a B&B run by Lisa Perada-Everetts that's based off the film.
6	* CaliforniaDoubling: A line from Kit clarifies that the characters are all New York college students, and Muffy's van has a Maine licence plate (and her maid's New England accent suggests the house is in Maine). The film was shot entirely in Canada, though all the actors were American.
7	* CreatorBacklash: Sort of. The director apologized for making the film in the documentary ''Going To Pieces'' (which is about slasher films), but mentioned that it was an interesting concept that simply didn't do as well as hoped.
8	* DuelingMovies: The also April Fools-centric horror films ''Film/SlaughterHigh'' and ''Film/KillerParty'' were released the same year, and were even going to be (respectively) titled ''April Fool's Day'' and ''The April Fool'', but were renamed at the last minute due to this film.
9	* EnforcedMethodActing:
10	** The cast all stayed in the same hotel together and hung out as much as possible to build up a rapport and make it believable that they were college friends.
11	--> "If we had been shooting in L.A. with the actors going back to their individual homes or apartments every night, there's no way they could have become that ensemble.”
12	** Nikki's disgust in the well scene was helped by the fact that Deborah Goodrich had to spend hours in the water, which the crew had all thrown their disused cigarettes into.
13	* ExecutiveMeddling: The jack-in-the-box ending was insisted by producer Frank Mancuso Jr, and shot months after the film had wrapped.
14	* FollowTheLeader: One of many 80s {{Slasher Movie}}s centered around 'calendar dates' after the successes of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' and ''Friday the 13th''.
15	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The actors were encouraged to improvise and play off each other during filming.
16	* MoneyDearBoy:
17	** Director Fred Walton mainly took the film on because he was broke and needed the money, though he was drawn to the comedy in the script.
18	** Thomas F Wilson had to choose between this and ''Film/BlueVelvet''. As he was getting married soon and needed the money, he chose ''April Fool's Day''.
19	* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The scene with the snake was especially tricky to film. Thomas F Wilson recalls the crew initially planning to just have him in the same shot as the snake in the hopes it didn't bite him, but the snake bit its wrangler literally right before filming - so they had to put a pane of glass in between him and the snake to make the scene doable.
20	* ProductionPosse: Amy Steel was offered the role of Kit because producer Frank Mancuso Jr had enjoyed working with her in ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2''.
21	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: The different hairstyles on Deborah Foreman and Leah Pinsent in [[spoiler: Nan's prank on Muffy at the end]] are because that scene was added in four months after principal photography.
22	* RealitySubtext: Jay Baker was cast at the last minute because the producers were struggling to find an actor to play Hal. As shooting had already got underway, this helped with Hal's status as an outsider to the group.
23	* ThrowItIn: The scene where Nikki reads a questionnaire from ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine came about after Deborah Goodrich was overheard reading one to her co-stars between takes. A few days later Fred Walton, who had overheard them, had Deborah read out another set of questions and the other actresses improvised a scene.
24	* ThoseTwoActors: Deborah Goodrich and Clayton Rohner had worked together in ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys'' the previous year.
25	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
26	** Deborah Foreman initially didn't impress in her audition for Muffy, and they tested several other actresses for the part. She lobbied for a second chance and blew them away on her next audition.
27	** Linnea Quigley was attached to star as Muffy but had to withdraw, due to commitments with ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead''.
28	** The scene of Kit and Rob discovering Skip's body was supposed to run longer, with Rob jumping into the lake to try and find him. Ken Olandt suspected it didn't get included because the water was cold and full of jellyfish, and therefore he didn't give them anything usable.
29	** Deborah Goodrich was sent a script for a sequel several years later, following Nikki and Chaz now married and planning to turn a porno theatre into a B&B. She can no longer remember the names of the two writers.
30	** Several alternate endings were planned.
31	*** [[spoiler: After everyone has gone home, Skip attacks Muffy in the closet and cuts her throat...before revealing this as a prank with the friends all still there]].
32	*** Ken Olandt recalls one involving all the characters around a bonfire that was shot months later in Los Angeles and not used.

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