If it had followed the treatment written by Spielberg and Mathison, E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears would have shown a group of aliens descending to Earth in response to the distress call from "Zrek," which turns out to be E.T.'s real name. Oh, cool, more little E.T.s, right? Not really. These "albino mutations," who have red eyes, yellow heart-lights, and razor sharp teeth, are like E.T.'s evil siblings. They spend some time in the woods, mutilating cattle and capturing plants and "animal-like beings" in their weird "light cages" before Elliot, Gertie, and their friends show up mistakenly thinking E.T. is back. Then the kids are interrogated and Elliot is tortured until he passes out while crying for E.T. to save him. Sounds like the perfect follow-up to a family-friendly classic, huh?

Eventually, E.T. shows up, saves the kids, hugs everyone, then immediately flies away again, so he's back on Earth for approximately 15 minutes of screen time in an otherwise terrifying movie in which kids are abducted and assaulted. (A scan of the whole treatment is available here.) And yes, it's obviously a rough thumbnail of what would, of course, be a longer, more detailed story, but building another beloved classic on that dark framework seems like a stretch. Not to mention we don't think the Hershey Company would be too thrilled to see Reese's Pieces being gleefully shredded by the razor-sharp teeth of sadistic intergalactic torturers.