Rediscover the famous band of ghost hunters with this superb Ghostbusters Poster, legendary and unforgettable comedy!
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Description of this Ghostbusters Poster
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis play Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-hunting business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, along with Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Ernie Hudson in supporting roles.
Drawing on his own fascination with spirituality, Aykroyd conceived Ghostbusters as a project starring John Belushi and himself, in which they would venture across time and space to combat supernatural threats. After Belushi’s death in 1982, Aykroyd’s concept was deemed financially unfeasible, so Ramis was hired to help rewrite the script to set it in New York City and make it more realistic. It was the first comedy film to use expensive special effects, and Columbia Pictures, concerned about its relatively high budget of $25–30 million, had little confidence in its box office potential. Filming took place from October 1983 to January 1984, in New York City and Los Angeles. Due to competition for special effects studios among the various films in development at the time, Richard Edlund used part of the budget to found Boss Film Studios, which used a combination of practical effects, miniatures, and puppets to produce the gruesome visuals.
Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984, to critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon. The film was well-received for its blend of comedy, action, and horror, and Murray’s performance was often praised. It grossed $282.2 million during its initial theatrical release, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984 in the United States and Canada, and the highest-grossing comedy of all time. It was the number one film in theaters for seven consecutive weeks and one of four films to gross over $100 million that year. Additional theatrical releases brought the total to approximately $295.2 million, making it one of the most popular comedies of the 1980s. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Its theme song, “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr., was also a number one hit.
Thanks to its effect on popular culture and its devoted fan base, the success of Ghostbusters launched a multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise. This franchise includes the popular animated television series The Real Ghostbusters (1986), its sequel Extreme Ghostbusters (1997), video games, board games, comic books, clothing, music, and haunted attractions. Ghostbusters was followed in 1989 by Ghostbusters II, which fared less well financially and critically, and attempts to develop a second sequel were halted in 2014 following Ramis’s death. After a 2016 reboot received mixed reviews and underperformed financially, a second sequel to the 1984 film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, was released on November 19, 2021.
After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler have their first encounter with a ghost at the New York Public Library, the university’s dean dismisses the credibility of their paranormal research and fires them. The trio responds by creating “Ghostbusters,” a paranormal investigation and elimination service based in a disused fire station. They develop high-tech, nuclear-powered equipment to capture and contain ghosts, but business doesn’t go well at first.
After a paranormal encounter in her apartment, cellist Dana Barrett calls the Ghostbusters. She reports seeing a demonic, dog-like creature in her refrigerator uttering a single word: “Zuul.” Ray and Egon research Zuul and Dana’s apartment building, while Peter inspects her apartment and unsuccessfully attempts to seduce her. The Ghostbusters are hired to remove a gluttonous ghost, Slimer, from the Sedgewick Hotel. After failing to properly test their equipment, Egon warns the group that the crossing energy flows from their proton weapons could cause a catastrophic explosion. They capture the ghost and place it in an ecto-containment unit beneath the fire station. Supernatural activity rapidly increases in the city, and the Ghostbusters become famous; they hire a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore, to handle the growing demand.
Suspecting the Ghostbusters, Environmental Protection Agency inspector Walter Peck asks to evaluate their equipment, but Peter rebuffs him. Egon warns that the containment unit is nearly full and supernatural energy is spreading throughout the city. Peter meets with Dana and informs her that Zuul was a demigod worshipped as a servant of “Gozer the Gozerian,” a shape-shifting god of destruction. Upon returning home, she is possessed by Zuul; a similar entity possesses her neighbor, Louis Tully. Peter arrives to find the possessed Dana/Zuul claiming to be “the Guardian of the Gate.” Louis is brought to Egon by police officers and claims to be “Vinz Clortho, the Master of Keys.” The Ghostbusters agree to separate them.
Peck returns with law enforcement and city workers to arrest the Ghostbusters and deactivate their containment unit, causing an explosion that releases the captured ghosts. Louis/Vinz escapes in the confusion and goes to the apartment building to join Dana/Zuul. In prison, Ray and Egon reveal that Ivo Shandor, leader of a Gozer-worshipping cult in the early 20th century, designed Dana’s apartment building to serve as an antenna to attract and focus spiritual energy to summon Gozer and bring about the apocalypse. Faced with the supernatural chaos reigning in the city, the Ghostbusters convince the mayor to free them.
The Ghostbusters go to the roof of the building, while Dana/Zuul and Louis/Vinz open the portal between dimensions and transform into demonic dogs. Gozer appears in the form of a woman and attacks the Ghostbusters, then disappears when they try to fight back. His disembodied voice instructs the Ghostbusters to “choose the form of the destroyer.” Ray inadvertently remembers a beloved corporate mascot from his childhood, and Gozer reappears as a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man who begins destroying the city. Against his earlier advice, Egon instructs the team to cross-reference their proton energy streams at the dimensional gate. The resulting explosion destroys Gozer’s avatar, sending him back to his dimension, and closes the portal. The Ghostbusters rescue Dana and Louis from the rubble and are welcomed as heroes on the streets.