October Horror Movie Challenge- Day 17

April Fool's Day (2008) is a fascinating and deeply thoughtful allegory for the modern-day class struggle. The directors' geniusly crafted vision is brought to life through artful cinematography and wildly interpretive storytelling that forces us to question the thoughts and beliefs that we hold dear. This experience is only enhanced by the moving score from Brian Eno and the mesmerizing performances from it's cast of obviously classically-trained thespians. ...APRIL FOOL'S! It sucked. Though I have to admit that it was better than I was expecting it to be, this remake of the 1986 slasher of the same name (which I've seen but remember nothing about, save the fact that Biff Tannen was in it) does a decent job of slinging distractions at us to throw us off the track of who the murderer is, but ultimately throws us the ending we saw coming in the first place. I actually did become fascinated by the score for a bit, only because it was so mind-numbingly generic and often times out of place. 5 out of 12 beers.

Welcome to a world of siamese twin rapists, a world where one must pay tribute to homeless royalty, a world where one can find mad doctors in the phone book. Welcome to the bizarre world of Hellroller (1992). After losing his aunt to bearded and senile street punks, homeless and crippled Eugene has had enough of being stepped on by "normies". He's got a knife and he's determined to use it on the voluptuous ladies that mock him. But not before they perform an entirely too long striptease for no reason whatsoever. Not that I'm complaining. This all leads to his final master plan of turning normal people into bums by tainting their bottled water with a potion obtained from a mad doctor. But the King Of The Bums will not take this affront lightly! It should be known up front that Hellroller is a terrible shot-on-video abomination that is poorly acted and makes little sense. But shhh... just go with it. You'll come around eventually. Or you won't. Either way, you just sat through Hellroller and you have no one to blame but yourself. 7 out of 12 beers.