Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		2.5
Extras		1.0
Overall		3.0

Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman November 9, 2025

Paramount has released the fan-favorite, board game-based 1985 film 'Clue,' starring Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, and Lesley Ann Warren, and directed by Jonathan Lynn, to the UHD format. New specifications include 2160p/Dolby Vision video. This UHD issue carries over the same DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack from the 2012 Blu-ray (which is included). The UHD disc proper houses no extras, but the Blu-ray disc includes the sparse supplements that accompanied that original release. At time of writing, this release exclusively ships in SteelBook packaging. Note that this film has also been released to the 4K format by Shout! Factory in 2023. I did not review, nor do I have access to, a copy of that issue, so this review will treat this Paramount disc independently of the Shout! issue.

For a full film review, please see my thoughts accompanying the 2012 Blu-ray by clicking here. Additionally, there is a review from Neil Lombard accompanying the 2023 Shout! UHD that can be read here.

Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Somehow it doesn't feel like it's been 13+ years since Clue first released to Blu-ray; if you would have asked my (increasingly older, less sharp) brain to peg a release date, I would have guessed maybe around 2020. I'm not sure why; I'm usually pretty good with dates and times. But I digress. The old 2012 release fared well enough at 1080p, and much the same may be said of this UHD. It fares well, looks good, satisfy basic needs for the jump to the UHD format, but I don't think this will be a reference catalogue image for anyone who owns more than a small handful of 80s films brought to the format.

The presentation at 2160p is billed as being sourced from a "new 4K restoration." The picture does indeed looks quite nice overall, offering a faithfully filmic veneer that enjoys a healthy, grainy appearance that maintains the look of film throughout, Certainly some iffy compression is evident here and there, especially along some of the darker locales and against warmer woods in the mansion's interior, and especially where shadowy backgrounds and warm woods meet (look around the 32-minute mark for some good examples). Yet front and center the image looks good, and I would daresay even, often, great. It's very sharp, boasting precise details down to the finest fabric elements and facial stubbles, freckles, and other details. The house looks magnificent, with those wood accents, book-lined shelves, and other regal and resplendent elements appearing tangibly sharp and warmly inviting, allowing the viewer to be effortlessly transported into the various rooms of Clue.

The Dolby Vision grading brings a newfound sense of color stability to the film. There are a lot of low light and warm hues to be seen around the film, and they present with a level of richness and accuracy that easily bests the 2012 Blu-ray, which never looks poor color-wise, but the film definitely sees far greater stability and accuracy and realism here. Brighter locales -- a kitchen scene around the 35-minute mark that is well-lit, for example -- shows plenty of rich and lovely tones that may not pop off the screen -- nothing in Clue is really meant to colorfully jump off the screen -- but that enjoy a wonderful accuracy and richness that the old SDR colors on the Blu-ray cannot hope to match. Black level depth is never quite perfect, looking a bit soupy and murky and overpowering in a few places, and a little light, pale, purple-ish, or gray-ish in others. Whites are never pushed to the extreme of brilliance, but they are definitely bolder and cleaner than anything the Blu-ray offers.

Overall, Paramount has done a good job on this one. Could things have been tightened up here and there? Sure, but I think only the most demanding of videophiles will be more than mildly annoyed by some of those areas in need of just a little TLC.

Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

There appears to be no difference between the included DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack and the presentation from the 2012 Blu-ray. For a full audio review, then, please click here.

Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This UHD release of Clue contains no supplemental content on the UHD disc, but the bundled Blu-ray, which is identical to the 2012 issue, is included and contains a small quantity of extras. See below for a list of what's included. A few words about the extras can by found clicking here.

• View Ending A
• View Ending B
• View Ending C
• View Trilogy Ending
• Theatrical Trailer

The SteelBook packaging is very nice. The glossy front panel features a black backdrop against which is the house, a dark and deep gray-blue color, where the story unfolds. It's disproportionately small and features six windows and a front door, all open and illuminated, giving the only bright spots on an otherwise dark front panel, In each window, and at the door, are one of the seven main characters in the film. The rear panel features a pile of Clue game cards, some showing the back but those in the center turned onto the face side to show a still of each of the main characters in the film. The spine is simple (which I love). It's black with the film's title in red, center, and a white Paramount logo at the top.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features, very simply, the main cast in costume posing for a group photograph.

Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Paramount has done close to the bare minimum to bring Clue to the UHD format. It recycles audio and supplements from the 2012 disc while adding the 2160p/Dolby Vision video transfer and housing the release in SteelBook packaging. While there's room for improvement on the transfer, I think most viewers will walk away more or less satisfied. The SteelBook is nice as well. Recommended.