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what a twist! Everybody is familiar with the twist ending. Growing up, the one I was used to seeing involved finding out who the killer was, or finding out the killer was not who you thought it was. Those were typical, and crossed genres pretty well so that you could have that kind of twist in a drama, horror, action flick, even a science fiction affair. Who did it was the big deal, so it was the thing to play around with the most. Those certainly weren’t the only kind of twist endings, but they were the most common and memorable for me. The first official twist ending that I can recall truly catching me off guard, and giving me that WOW! moment, was in a film called “Deathtrap”. Now, despite the name, I can assure you it was not a horror flick. It was based on a stage play, so it consisted almost entirely of acting and dialogue. Should I give away the ending? No, I don’t think I will. I hate doing that. I have my Father to thank for seeing “Deathtrap” because we had all the cable movie channels when I was growing up, and I spent most of my summer vacations with him, watching anything that came on when he wasn’t parked in front of the television himself. Until I saw “Deathtrap” I’m not sure I knew that a movie could wind up being something different than you thought it was the whole time, but that was the case with this one. I’m sure there were similar films that existed, I’m just vaguely guessing this was my first exposure to the concept. I experienced it with such shock and delight that I’ve been hooked on the sensation ever since. My big thing was horror films though, and that whole finding out the killer was somebody other than who you thought it was blah blah got old really quickly. I kept watching anyways, hoping for another of those genuine thrills of surprise and amazement, but mostly I just spent the movie trying to guess who the killer was, and feeling mildly bored.  That’s how I figured a film called “April Fool’s Day” would be when I rented it, but I was more than a horror film buff, I was an addict. My expectations were set rather low, and that was probably a good thing as well. It seemed like a fairly typical affair all the way through, but then the ending pulled a version of “Deathtrap” and I found myself transported once again to that state of elation and wonder. “No way!” I exclaimed, as my eyes deceived me and the truth of the entire movie unfolded on the screen. It’s one of those twist endings you never forget. The reason I bring this up is that I found “April Fool’s Day” at the thrift store a coupe of days ago, spent an evening anticipating the viewing of it, and then devoured it in one night because it was just as much fun nearly 40 years after it was released. Yes, I think it was made in 1986 so if you do go looking for it, keep that in mind. I think there might be a remake, but I have not seen it if there is, so I don’t recommend it. I do, however, highly recommend “April Fool’s Day” and since it seems I really didn’t give anything away at all you are clear to watch it with only the knowledge that most of what you are seeing until the end is not as it appears. That’s vague enough to still be fun, right? |
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