E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears

E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears was a proposed sequel to E.T. - The Extraterrestial.
==Development==
With the success of E.T. - The Extraterrestial, a story treatment was written 17 July 1982 by Steven Spielberg and Melissa Matheson.
==Cancellation==
Steven Spielberg decided the sequel “would do nothing but rob the original of its virginity.”
==Reviews & Critism==
Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic) says the treatment is "a grim concept for a follow-up" and "clearly the work of a man who wanted to break away from the serenity of his greatest success. The plot comes across much too aggressive, with animal slaughter and torture" while Rich Drees (Filmbuffonline) says "with the film’s title character, E.T., not appearing until the film’s climactic scenes, the movie runs the high risk of angering audiences who would be expecting him to be the focal point of the story." However Orndorf thought it would be interesting "to see exactly how far the filmmaker would’ve taken the prickly premise."
==Online Treatment==
* writingtreatments.com (archived) - 
==See Also==
* Night Skies.
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