On Dec. 13, 1985, Paramount unwrapped its board game adaptation of Clue in time for the holidays. The film, from writer-director Jonathan Lynn, only claimed $14 million in its initial release in theaters but gained a cult following. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: Clue is hardly the perfect solution to a largely laughless Christmas movie season, but it does at least provide a few delicious comic red herrings. Notable chiefly as the first (but probably not the last) film to be based on a popular board game, this supremely silly Paramount release boasts a cast of expert farceurs and no less than three endings — an attempt to generate repeat business that should make for some profitable box-office sleuthing. The setting is a dank New England mansion circa 1954. On the guest list for dinner are Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Prof. Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren) and Col.…