Ghostbusters

Ivan Reitman · 1984 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Three parapsychologists lose their university grant, hang out a shingle in a disused firehouse and go into business trapping the dead in a city that has suddenly got plenty. A cellist's refrigerator contains a doorway, her neighbour is being courted by the same force, and an inspector wants the containment unit switched off. Reitman fused Saturday Night Live improvisation with effects spectacle.

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