The Unexpected History of CLUE: THE MOVIE (1985) & It’s 4 Different Endings
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CLUE: THE MOVIE, released in 1985, was a bomb from day 1 at the box office but it’s path to that point was unconventional and involved the success of HALLOWEEN just a few years earlier.
Filmed with 4 different endings, one more than the 3 that were released, the director and some of the cast lay the failure of Clue at the feet of that gimmick.
But something magical has happened in the years since it’s release…
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@tjtaggart7979
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I haven't watched the video yet, but i will in full after this comment. WHAT DO YOU MEAN 4 ENDINGS I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONLY 3!?!?!?!?!?
@travisstiles3829
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Would Men in black the animated series be a future video possibility?
@eharasan
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I love the movie, and have the Blu-Ray.(edit) I loved your "here's what really happened" 😆
@DarkAkuma
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
It baffles me how critics are the time didn't like it.
If it was modern critics? Sure. Modern critics score for crap like supporting their own politics/agenda despite that having NOTHING to do with quality or entertainment value. The same type of crap that sees something get like a 100% critic score on RT, while a 38% audience score, or vice versa.
But… critics before the 2010's largely actually reflected what viewers wanted/liked! I think theres a few movies like this… like Robin Hood Men in Tights? Cant think of any others off the top of my head.
@AdmiralandHen
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Thank you so much for making this. One of my favorite movies of all time. RIP Tim Curry and the enormously talented Madeline Kahn.
@CantankerousDave
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I didn’t see Clue in the theater, but I do remember seeing Murder by Death.
@zeroworldcraft
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I really enjoyed that
@cannedmusic
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
You found the fourth ending? YES! May the fourth be with you!
It was so refreshing to get to 17:37 and see a bit of your life in the clip you're watching. Second YT clip I've seen in two days that have had Saginaw, MI in it somehow.
@Boomerbaseballcards
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
The Bosoms were reals….
@jetlox
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
When did you visit Twin Peaks?
@C-rations2394
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Loved this movie. Don't care what anyone else says. Amazing cast. Funny as heck.
@fredmonroe6042
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I didn’t watch it until my oldest child fell in love with it, one birthday was Clue themed.
@JonTripp115
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Dapper Dan is a great host, but Damn Fine Dan provides a peak ending.
@OK_FHTAGN
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Loved the film growing up. Later in adolescents was blown away to learn Lee Ving (punk band "fear" frontman) played mr body 🤯
@frenchabortion
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Mr. Boddy was played by Lee Ving of FEAR!
@dublinpub5363
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I saw it in the theater in Eugene, Oregon. It had the “third” ending. I LOVE it! I watch it at least once a year. Clue is in my top 20 comedies of all time
@NickMichalak
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I did see a theatrical re-release roughly 25 years ago, and the film print did have the Miss Peacock ending only.
@papabearlives9995
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
The difference between this and murder by death is that the latter has established TV show detectives solving the mystery but the plot points out how they were actually not that good at it.
@morvennvahl7304
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Clue the movie let's go!
@mccallosone4903
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
good video thanks
@shadowraygun4000
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
16:51 So, it's a christmas movie, then? Like die hard and tokyo godfathers?
@danhackley6730
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Even to this day when im leaving anywhere were im hangin with the boys, i always leave with "Im going home to sleep with MY wife!" 😂
@e.d.t.
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I was definitely one of those 90s kids who saw this movie a lot on cable, therefore it is a classic in my mind. I'm pretty sure its the first thing I'd ever seen Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn in.
@robhorsey9906
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Wow, nice t-shirt Dan! Very realistic!
@dylanfgarrison
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
My wife and I (born in ‘79 and ‘81) both watched Clue as kids and discovered our mutual love of the movie early in our relationship. Now we watch it a few times a year with our son who is 11. If you see it as a kid you’ll love it forever. Our most recent watch was two weeks ago :).
@losdeldostacos8007
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I notice the one person deliberately left off the thumbnail.
@joemicheli79
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
This movie is one of my core movies as a kid. The fact that it was interactive was absolutely amazing. I wish there were films that did things like this today. Going to multiple viewings to see or figure out the ending so good.
@JazGalaxy
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I remember feeling weirdly betrayed when I found out the woman who played Ivette wasn’t actually French. Of COURSE she isn’t, but when I saw it, I was like 6.
@Osidebeachlife
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
"Let us out, let us out!!!"
""Let us in, let us in!!"
@JazGalaxy
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Dan looks a little too good as a butler…
@karlhaikara1629
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Watched this the day Tim Curry's death was announced, still as funny as it always was, love this movie
@JCBrown-c5o
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I loved 😍 this movie. It got me into murder mysteries. Clue was my favorite board game too. 🫶
@Darkzeid925
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
The SyFy show Vagrant Queen had a Clue themed episode “No Clue”. Basically Clue on a spaceship. Lots of references to the game, movie and actors.
@darrylcollins3964
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I usually skip the add, but fck, that was highlarious; genuinly liked and subed at that point 🤣 worked perfectly with the jingle and all
@buraddorun3043
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I loved it when I saw it in theaters (at least twice) and I love it now!
@spiscione
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Nice twin peaks reference
@johnhassen6191
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Please tell me the outro is a nod to a future video 😮
@thatradiogeek
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
The multiple endings was actually pretty perfect, because that's exactly how the game is. It's different every time.
@jeremiahclark3084
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
My version does have Wadsworth as the killer for one of the endings. But he's shot not caught.
@AdamBladeTaylor
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
What killed this in theatres was the different endings. People didn't want to only get part of the experience.
If they'd released with all the endings, the way the DVD did, where it runs through each… that would have made it a success.
@raven47172
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Clue and the 1986 Transformers movie are probably my top 2 favorite movies.
@theoneandonlysoslappy
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Who killed Laura Palmer?
@snukastyle
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
It's too bad that they never released a movie edition of the board game, possibly adding the various NPCs as a sort of expansion.
@traewatkins931
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I remember it most from the VHS game.
@AdamBladeTaylor
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
This movie is a classic. One of my favs.
@ericerickson21
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I'm pretty shure I have face blindness. All these years I thought Miss Scarlett was played by Gates McFadden.
@johnellis1144
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
I love this frickin movie, quote it all the time. This is war Peacock.😂
@yourmomlovespenis
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Ron Base understood the assignment.
@st.anselmsfire3547
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 am
Why is it that every time something migrates from the UK to the US, they dumb it down because everyone assumes Americans are morons? We're not all Trump supporters, you know! Half of us are, yes, but the other half of us actually know what words like "Ludo" and "philosopher" mean. We're not even shocked to find out that "dumb" ends with a "b"!