After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler experience … See more

• Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
• Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz
• Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
• Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler… See more

Ghostbusters was inspired by Dan Aykroyd's fascination with and belief in the paranormal, which he inherited from his father, who later wrote the book A History of Ghosts; his mother, who claimed to have seen ghost… See more

During the thirteen-month production, all the major special effects studios were working on other films. Those that remained were too small to work on the approximately 630 individual effects shots needed for … See more

Ghostbusters was screened for test audiences on February 3, 1984, with unfinished effects shots to determine if the comedy worked. Reitman was still concerned audiences would not react well to the Mars… See more

Ghostbusters opened to generally positive reviews. Roger Ebert gave it three and a half out of four, citing it as a rare example of successfully combining a special effects-driven blockbuster with "sly" dialogue. Ebert noted the e… See more