Ghostbusters (1984 film)
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| Name: | Ghostbusters |
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| Creator: | Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis |
| Date(s): | 1984, a sequel in 1989 |
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| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Ghostbusters official Site Cover art for Pop Stand Express #4 by Suzy Sansom |
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Ghostbusters is a supernatural comedy film, released in 1984.
It had a 1989 film sequel called "Ghostbusters II."
The films center around a group of eccentric New York City parapsychologists who investigate and capture ghosts for a living after they discovered that ghosts were real and were able to neutralize them. They moved into a old firehouse, redid an old ambulance/hearse 1959 Cadillac named "Ecto-1" and went into business.
Franchise
The film spawned an extensive franchise.
Soon after first original film, a cartoon sequel, The Real Ghostbusters, was released.
In the 90s, a sequel or spinoff cartoon series Extreme Ghostbusters with a new group of Ghostbusters taking over under the leadership of Egon.
Various video games, role playing games and comic books have been released throughout the years.
A third film was released in July 2016, Ghostbusters, after living in development hell for years, this time with a female group cast[1] starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.
Main Characters
- Peter Venkman (portrayed by Bill Murray)
- Raymond Stantz (portrayed by Dan Akroyd)
- Egon Spengler (portrayed by Harold Ramis)
- Winston Zeddemore (portrayed by Ernie Hudson)
- Janine Melnitz (portrayed by Annie Potts)
- Dana Barrett (portrayed by Sigourney Weaver)
- Louis Tully (portrayed by Rick Moranis)
Fandom
Cosplay
In Australia, at the Sydney premiere night for "Ghostbusters" in November 1984, fans Ian McLean and Karen Lewis won the "Best Couple" award for turning up as "Peoplebusters" from Rent-a-Ghost. Armed with fly swats, these spooks entertained the crowds in the foyer and posed for many photos with movie patrons. The characters made numerous appearances at fannish events throughout the 1980s, including Bob Johnson's Star Trek Marathons, local and interstate SF media conventions, and even as panellists in the Harpic Productions' game show, CometCon Blankety Blanks (an Astrex Minicon).
Peoplebuster on premiere night, 1984.
Peoplebusters at the Marathon, 1984.
Peoplebuster (Simon James) on "Blankety Blanks", 1986.
Pairings and Relationships
Example Fanworks
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Fanfiction
Fanart
Peter Venkman and Janine Melnitz from the original film, artist is Barbara Frances-Simon, from Southern Lights #2 (1986)
Peter Venkman and Raymond Stantz, from the original film, artist is Barbara Frances-Simon, from Southern Lights #4 (1988)
Fan Comments
2009
I loved the Ghostbusters so hard when I was a kid. My dad helped me make a shortfilm with a bunch of my friends when I was 8. He let me put homemade Ghostbusters logos on the family car, bought a yellow flashing dome light for the car(couldn't legally get blue, you know). We got these squirtguns with backpacks to be proton packs, and rigged an old tacklebox for a ghost trap. Used sparklers as the light fx and a TRG toy for the sound. My cousin was our ghost... it was great. My dad was perhaps more into it than we were, just because he was fascinated by video cameras at the time. [2]
Meta
- The Power of Science by calliopes_pen, an Egon Spengler/Janine Melnitz essay for ship_manifesto (January 2006)
References
- ^ Ghostbusters 3: An All-Female Cast And No Bill Murray For New Ghostbusters Movie. The Spreadit. Published September 6, 2014. (Accessed 8 September 2014)
- ^ from Dawud786 at The Real Ghostbusters!