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Ghostbusters
Release Date	June 8, 1984
Genre	Fantasy, Comedy, Sci Fi
Director	Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter	Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis Rick Moranis
Stars	Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Sigourney Weaver Harold Ramis Rick Moranis Annie Potts William Atherton Ernie Hudson
Studio	Columbia Pictures

Ghostbusters is a 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis who also appear in the film as Dr, Raymond Stantz and Dr. Egon Spengler. The film also stars Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett, and Rick Moranis as Louis Tully. Stantz, Spengler, and Venkman are unemployed experts in parapsychology. They decide to start up an unusual business called Ghostbusters, spectral investigation and removal service. Venkman learns that a spectre known as Zuul is haunting the apartment of the object of his affections, Dana Barret. The haunting is just one of many however. Paranormal events are on the rise that lead to the Ghostbusters facing off against the ancient Sumerian God, Gozer the Gozerian.

The film proved popular and launched a 1989 sequel, Ghostbusters II, a 1986 animated series from Filmation, and a 1986 video game.

Use of the Term

In 1940, Ghost Breakers starred Bob Hope. In 1946, The Bowery Boys were Spook Busters. In 1975, a live-action show debuted (with Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, and Bob Burns as a gorilla) called The Ghost Busters. An agreement was reached which allowed the 1984 movie to use the similar name. After the success of that movie, Filmation produced a cartoon version of the 1970s show, which is what lead to the cartoon adaptation of the movie being called The Real Ghostbusters. The term also has been used by paranormal investigators.

Related Terms and Articles

• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Ghostbusters (animated series) (1986) (not connected to the movie)
• The Real Ghost Busters (1986)
• Extreme Ghost Busters (1997)
• Freddy VS Ghostbusters (2004)
• ghostbusters (video game) (1986)

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