"A term" is known for having three endings, each of which was shown in cinemas with different film printing - some theaters would even advertise that ends. In an interview in 2023 with Empire, Tim Curry and director Athonatan Lynn spoke about the physical demand of the monologue leading to the end of the film: a word explanation for the killings in which Wadsworth runs around the castle, delivering an exhibition at a quick fire. It was enough to make Curry seek medical help for exhaustion.

In that interview, Curry revealed that there was Fourth Finishing the "term" that he almost made on the screen. "I ran around the house killing everyone," Curry recalls.

Indeed, that fourth end is still in the script, which you can find online if you look hard enough. In it, Wadsworth reveals that he was the real mind. It turns out, he just hooked. He was tired of being a perfectionist. He tried to be a perfect husband, but his wife killed himself. He tried to be the perfect butler, but ended up killing his boss. Therefore, he decided to commit the perfect murder and gave an audience.

Watsworth even poisoned all survivors for dinner, so they would die after he ended with his monologue. Before he can lock them in Manor, the FBI arrives, but Watsworth distracts them by recounting the whole story once again. Stunningly, the police do not realize that Wadsworth locked everyone in Manor and he escapes, stealing a police officer and riding in the horizon.

Of course, this is a "term" and no one really gets away from that. The scene ends with Wadsworth listening to the angry bad on the German shepherd in the back. Cut them into loans, know "shake, strike and roll". Although the stage has never been released, it is still in the film novel, and the footage of it has been on the Internet - as you can see Here. According to the script, this was supposed to be the third end.

So what happened? Well, as Lynn told Empire, "it wasn't funny enough. It wasn't surprising enough. The film ended up on anti-climax. So I just took it out. Three were enough."