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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984
PG
105 min
Action Comedy Fantasy

Plot Summary

Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler work at Columbia University. where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on their students. As they are kicked out of the University, they really understand the paranormal and go into business for themselves. Under the new snazzy business name of 'Ghostbusters', and living in the old firehouse building they work out of, they are called to rid New York City of paranormal phenomenon at everyone's whim. - for a price. They make national press as the media reports the Ghostbusters are the cause of it all. Thrown in jail by the EPA, the mayor takes a chance and calls on them to help save the city. Unbeknownst to all, a long dead Gozer worshiper (Evo Shandor) erected a downtown apartment building which is the cause of all the paranormal activity. They find out the building could resurrect the ancient Hittite god, Gozer, and bring an end to all of humanity. Who are you gonna call to stop this terrible world-ending menace?

7.8
IMDb Rating
95%
Rotten Tomatoes
71
Metacritic
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Ratings & Reviews

7.8
IMDb Rating
95%
Rotten Tomatoes
71
Metacritic

Technical Details

105 min
Runtime
08 Jun 1984
Release Date
PG
Content Rating
Movie
Content Type
1984
Year
Genres
Action Comedy Fantasy

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User Reviews

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

10.0/10
Recent

Like my review of Footloose, this is a classic, everyone has seen it, everyone loves it. It's one of those movies that came from your childhood and lasts well into the adult manboy years. So, we're going to do a comparison with the remake. For starters..the Ghostbusters plays it straight. The comedy is presented like a drama and that is usually the absolute best way to do comedy...straight. And conversely the remake is just sort of over the top. And when comedies try that hard to be com...

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John Chard

John Chard

8.0/10
Recent

They came, they saw, they briefly conquered the 80s. A trio of misfit parapsychologists set up business as Ghostbusters. Ideal really because although slow at first, their business starts to boom as New York comes under threat from a supernatural force. Dan Aykroyd had this idea about space Ghostbusters in the future and the plan was to have himself and fellow Blues Brother, John Belushi, star in it. Pitching it to producer and director Ivan Reitman saw the basic concept retained but even...

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Ahmetaslan27

5.0/10
Recent

Probably since my childhood days I was fond of this movie, but now it is not impressive anymore. However, the music and sound clips were impressive

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08 Jun 1984
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