Clue is a 1985 American
mystery comedy film based on the
board game of a similar name. The film is a murder mystery set in a
Gothic Revival mansion, and is styled after the "old dark house"
whodunit genre of films (wherein a mysterious killer preys on a group of strangers trapped at an isolated location), such as
The Bat Whispers (1930),
The Old Dark House (1932),
One Frightened Night (1935),
The Cat and the Canary (1939),
Hold That Ghost (1941),
And Then There Were None (1945),
Ten Little Indians (1965), and
Murder by Death (1976), which itself was a parody of the genres. The film was directed by
Jonathan Lynn, who collaborated on the script with
John Landis, and stars
Eileen Brennan,
Tim Curry,
Madeline Kahn,
Christopher Lloyd,
Michael McKean,
Martin Mull, and
Lesley Ann Warren. The film was produced by
Debra Hill.