


I must have went some 12 to 15 years before I saw it again and I was alarmingly impressed. This was a picture I loved when I was a kid. Along with Sigourney Weaver, Moranis has the most difficult physical tasks to topple. The funniest element in GHOSTBUSTERS happens to be Rick Moranis in a splendid role as a small-time accountant who has parties for clients only and becomes mixed up in some extremely supernatural events. Aykroyd uses his standard machine gun delivery of obscure (or should I say made up) facts and anecdotes and Ramis is just enough for the ultra-dork 'Egon'.


Murray rules the screen, mauling his geeky para-psychologist partners and hitting on a young blonde while conducting shock therapy experiments on her. Together with a fun premise and above average special effects, GHOSTBUSTERS will never be a relic of the 80's and should always be a refreshingly humorous spook show. Murray also lends his own comic genius through his delivery and facial gestures (especially with his classic cross-eyed, curled-lip look). Credit Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis with "getting into Bill's mind" as Ramis puts it and presenting Murray with a gag-a-second character. Venkman' cuts loose throughout this good comedy. I was amazed to find out on the GHOSTBUSTERS 15th Anniversary DVD that Murray had little to do with the dialogue his classicly blase, fiercely cynical 'Dr. Who are you gonna call to stop this terrible world-ending menace? - Chad Grillīill Murray is one of the best wise guys in the business. They find out the building could resurrect the ancient Hittite god, Gozer, and bring an end to all of humanity. Unbeknownst to all, a long dead Gozer worshiper (Evo Shandor) erected a downtown apartment building which is the cause of all the paranormal activity. Thrown in jail by the EPA, the mayor takes a chance and calls on them to help save the city. They make national press as the media reports the Ghostbusters are the cause of it all. Under the new snazzy business name of 'Ghostbusters', and living in the old firehouse building they work out of, they are called to rid New York City of paranormal phenomenon at everyone's whim. As they are kicked out of the University, they really understand the paranormal and go into business for themselves. where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on their students. Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler work at Columbia University.
