I am just waiting for when they bring out a new incarnation of this old classic on the big screen again as it seems to be the trend nowadays. It features some of the best comedy actors to ever grace the movies. Bill Murray plays Dr Peter Venkman, and carries with him a sarcastic and childlike mischievousness and Dan Akroyd plays Dr Raymond Stanz a fast talking brainbox who never switches off. Harold ramis features also as Dr Egon Spengler, a slow drawling man of science who never seems to ever be wrong about anything. What this film is basically about is the rise in strange goings-on in the neighbourhoods and city centre, initially of New York. As experts ...  Read the complete review

The 80s was a great time for comedies, and Ghostbusters was no exception to this statement. Released in 1984, the initial idea of Ghostbusters came from the minds of comedic actors Dan Akyroyd and Harold Ramis, who also happen to be two of the main stars of the film. The film focuses on three parapsychologists, Peter Venkman [Bill Murray], Ray Stantz [Dan Akyroyd], Egon Spengler [Harold Ramis] who establish their own paranormal exterminator service, the "Ghostbusters." The first ghost they are called to capture is Slimer, the overweight, green ghost who gorges on huge amounts of food, and covers people with a bright green slimy goo. After an ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on The Student Room and Flixster Ghostbusters is a film that fills me with a great sense of nostalgia. I don't think the film is as good as I felt it was as a kid, but it's still an insanely original and extremely fun and charming film thanks to a clever script, crazy visual effects and a wonderful cast of characters. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) are a bunch of scientists who decide to investigate paranormal activity, but have little money, and so start off very small. However, once they catch their first whiff of a ghost (a green goblin-like ghost called ...  Read the complete review

Despite the vastly inferior special effects by today's standard, Ghostbusters really hasn't aged at all. No matter how many times you've seen it, you'll still want to watch it over and over again and laugh in admiration at the leading characters; this was a milestone in the genre of Sci-Fi Comedy, and one of the most definitive movies of the 1980s. Ghostbusters is actually a lot more intelligent than the title first suggests. It involves three scholars, (Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis) specializing in parapsychology, being kicked out of University for their unorthodox approach to research, and then deciding to go into business for themselves. They buy into an ...  Read the complete review

I just had to write a review about this film and what can I say apart from they dont make them like they used to. I seen this film growing up as a kid and to this day I still get satisfaction from watching it. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as three university scientists who soon go into business for themselves to do what Peter (Murray) believes they were meant to do and become Ghost Busters. The film starts off a bit slowly then hits the high notes and there is one very funny scene in particular involving Bill Murray testing ESP negativity on 2 university students. Always makes me laugh when the kid keeps ...  Read the complete review