Number Rolled: 9
Movie Name/Year: Bloody
April Fools (2013)
Tagline: It’s
only a joke.
Genre: Horror
Length: 68
minutes
Rating: NR
Production Companies:
ESCAC Films
Producer: Sergi
Casamitjana, Aritz Cirbian Casado, Marta Rodriguez-Coronil, Lita Roig
Director: Laura
García Alonso, Carlos Alonso-Ojea, Dídac Cervera, Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, Eugeni
Guillem, Ander Iriarte, Gerard Martí, Marc Martínez Jordán, Rubén Montero, Arnau
Pons, Marc Pujolar, Miguel Sánchez
Writer: Laura
García Alonso, Carlos Alonso-Ojea, Albert Camps, Dídac Cervera, Marta Díaz de
Lope Díaz, Eugeni Guillem, Ander Iriarte, Celia López, Gerard Martí, Marc
Martínez Jordán, Rubén Montero, Adrià Naranjo, Daniel Padró, Arnau Pons, Marc
Pujolar, Lluís Segura, Miguel Sánchez
Actors: Joan
Amargos, Enric Auquer, Alex Batllori, Manel Dueso, Carmen Flores, Diana Gomez,
Xeui Jimenez, Paula Malia, Mario Marzo, Aleix Mele, Barbara Mastanza, Samuel
Rubin, Charlotte Vega, Gerard Marti
Stunt Doubles: Alejandra
Alonso, Aleix Pujolar
Languages
Speech Available:
Spanish (Spain)
Subtitles Available:
English, Spanish (Spain)
Blurb from Netflix:
After stocking up on booze, a group of kids spend the night in an old hostel.
Soon, the curse of a long-ago killing begins to demand fresh blood.
Selina’s Point of View:
Quick question.
Why does a non-anthology film need twelve directors and
seventeen writers in order to come up with a movie that has no originality?
I’d like that to not be a rhetorical question. If you have
the answer, I really want to know.
This film was pretty much every teen slasher ever written. At
least I now know that Spanish films have the same tropes as English films. They
hit every single one. From the group of teens in the van heading to a vacation
spot, to the weird guy at the gas station, to the abandoned structure in the
woods. I predicted at least seven lines of the actual script before they came
up and the acting was just slightly worse than Nicolas Cage (Left behind, Rage, Joe) during the Wicker Man (2006) bee scene.
Bloody April Fools
had absolutely no redeeming qualities. Even the soundtrack put me off. Hell, it
even covered my least favorite holiday.
By the way, people have no fucking chill on April Fool’s
day. This year one person told me a friend died – he hadn’t. That shit is not a
damn joke. I don’t mind pranks, but if your prank is set up to only exist
through someone else’s pain, then you’re not a jokester – you’re a dick.
Hatred for the holiday aside. The movie still sucked. Don’t
waste your time.
Cat’s Point of View:
I just don’t know where to begin with this one, even hours
after watching the movie.
Did I like the movie? I guess that’s a good place to start.
The answer is not really. I felt like I’d seen it all before and was predicting
most of everything that happened – in general where not specifically. I will
say that there was an element that had me guessing til the end; but it wasn’t
strong enough to sway my overall opinion of the film.
If you can think of a horror trope involving a group of
teens deciding to party in a creepy abandoned place where something bad
happened umpteen years ago, then this movie probably has it. The only atypical
elements about the whole thing would, unfortunately, be a spoiler to mention.
It wouldn’t have been so bad if there were elements woven in to make the
audience invest a little more through either dark humor or character
development. Sadly, that was mostly lacking and when attempted it just felt
awkward.
There was a section of unnecessary shaky cam where the film
shifts from standard camera tracking on the characters to first person
perspective from cell cams. Were they just trying to cash in on that fad? I
don’t know that it was particularly a necessary element to those scenes.
Hell, I’ve got an issue with the title translation of the
movie in general. The Spanish name for the film is Los Innocentes, or The
Innocents. The English name for this movie is Bloody April Fools. Really? Here, I think we have one of those
culture clash moments. The movie revolves around a holiday that is apparently
the Spanish equivalent of April Fool’s
Day, but it’s in December. I am now highly curious as to why that is, and
what the significance of the symbolism used throughout the movie is. Perhaps
not knowing the background of those customs caused me to miss a crucial element
to the story?
Somehow, I doubt it.
The movie simply suffered from a lack of originality. I am
glad that I never have to watch this one again.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – None
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 20%
Selina’s Rating – 1/5
Cat’s Rating – 1.5/5
Trust-the-Dice’s
Parental Advisory Rating: R
P.S. Film has a
different title in Spanish: Los Inocentes.
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