Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Way Back Wednesday - Ghostbusters

(From IMDB) Ghostbusters is a 1984 fantasy-comedy about 3 eccentric New York City "parapsychologists" who turn into ghost exterminators. It was produced and directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson.

The 3 misfits - Drs. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Raymond "Ray" Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) - are expelled from Columbia University after their research grants are terminated. To maintain their livelihood, they establish "Ghostbusters", an organization described by Venkman as a
"professional paranormal investigations and eliminations service."
They start using an old firehouse as their headquarters, a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Ambulance dubbed "Ecto-1" as transport, and hire Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts) as a receptionist.

The Ghostbusters are hired by a woman named Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), who's apartment appears to be haunted by some bizarre occurrence. Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) is her neighbor and he ends up being possessed by a demon. The most hilarious and biazzare scene in the entire movie is when the Marshmallow Man appears and begins to lay waste to the city.

Dated and very campy, this is a movie for all generations. It is a wonderful party movie!

1 comment:

Totallyscrappy said...

I loved this movie and Annie Potts and Bill Murray. Thanks for taking me way back...