Ditto for the cleaning lady. When the cart exploded her reaction was actually directed towards the crew, as she wasn't prepared for such a big pyrotechnic.
I always find it ironic and never noticed as a kid, the "key master" is constantly locking himself out of his own apartment. "The next time someone asks if you're a God you say YES!!" 🤣
Those of us that grew up on Rick Moranis movies mourned with him when he lost his wife, and mourned again when when he retired to be a full time parent. Strange Brew, Little Shop of Horrors, Spaceballs, Honey I Shrunk The Kids (three varieties), The Flintstones; he did so many for kids and teens every time there is talk about a cameo or potential comeback and entire generation gets hyped up.
The obelisks on the rooftop aren't just decoration. They're there because the whole rooftop is a temple devoted to Gozer and designed by the insane, misanthropic, apocalyptic doctor/architect/cult leader Ivo Shandor. Ray explains to Venkman (and us) that the whole building was built to concentrate supernatural energy. If you play the plot straight then it's a cosmic horror story, of the sort that HP Lovecraft wrote. And yes; the film was a massive hit when it was released!
There was a huge conspiracy theory back in the day that Elvis had faked his own death and was in hiding somewhere. That's what was meant by the "How's Elvis and have you seen him lately?" question from the interviewer.
LOL how much the form of the destructor entertained you... I love how you weren't spoiled beforehand 😂 Thanks for bringing some laughs into a day that could've been more stressful
There was a sort of comedy pipeline back then, in the 70s and 80s. A lot of these guys, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray and others, came up through smaller comedy troupes, writing and performing, making comedy records, writing for the National Lampoon, and making Saturday Night Live (back when it was original and funny) and SCTV. Making Venkman kind of a sleazeball to begin with shows they were more fearless with comedy back then. Now Hollywood has a sort of scriptwriting bible that says that the hero must "save the cat" at the beginning of the movie so you know that he's the good guy and you should root for him, which goes against everything we know about how comedy works. The author of this Hollywood guidebook afaik wrote only a couple of screenplays himself and both bombed. Hollywood wants to believe in these guidelines just the same, because they're playing it safe. That's why everything now is a remake or a reboot. You consume product and get excited for next product.
33:55: There is indeed. Would you like to know? There is a lot TO know. Short version: I was the last student of John DeCuir, the guy who designed the set, when I was a film student at AFI (class of 2010). It's deep occult Hollywood, but, basically a true story. Dan Aykroyd knows his paranormal lore very well. Gozer's gate is an "illuminated pyramid". Think of the Third Eye. There's a lot of Masonry in there as well. Both Aykroyd and myself are Masons and know that side of things too. Dana is the Scarlett Woman of Hollywood ritual, and much more.
@@alaneskew2664 Yes. By blood. They made a big deal about that in Hollywood. Got invited to "those" kinds of parties, before I ever knew what Hollywood was REALLY about.
@@alaneskew2664 Many ways, all adding up, but I didn't see them at the time as I was so busy with "life". But I had special access few others get. AFI is the elite school, so the students came from "those people". They talked about the creepy stuff and I just didn't "get it" . . . at first. But eventually I left altogether in 2011. Barely with my life, kind of: Marriage, career, dreams, all gone. They groomed me, I said no, and it cost me. They sucked my wife into the cults and suddenly she was gone. And "You'll never work in this town again, kid" kinda stuff.
Rick Moranis is really the unsung hero of this film. The party scene has one long unbroken take where Louis mingles, and Moranis improvised the whole scene, including the price of salmon in Nova Scotia. For more Moranis-as-80s-nerd films, see Streets of Fire and especially Little Shop of Horrors.
From 1983, I watched "STRANGE BREW" (with Rick Moranis) it's the most ridiculous movie I have ever watched in my entire life. Rick Moranis was in GHOSTBUSTERS & GHOSTBUSTERS II, also. The hostess of the 1984 GHOSTBUSTERS movie shadowcat, was very pleasant to listen to. I would definitely watch more of her reviews on vintage movies. She was great!
I love Louis. He definitely could have easily fallen into Nice Guy territory, but he was just genuinely a decent human being. I also thought it was a shame that he had such a crush on Dana, because I got the vibe that the blonde girl in the pink sweater, at his party, was kind of interested.
This came out when I was a kid and I think it was the first soundtrack I ever bought. It was that or the one for Beverly Hills Cop. At the time I had a fancy Panasonic walkman that would automatically repeat through a tape and those were both on loop.
Great reaction! I remember this is one of the major films my older brother rented on VHS it took a good year + for films to come to home video (Which is surreal now) For 1984 it’s a interesting mash-up of Horror & comedy (Very dark) with characters actually smoking, the tone balances from silly comedy to very interesting horror (Ghostbusters II was watered down just like TMNT II) Once merchandise, toys, cartoons & cereal came into play it effected the sequel a lot (But, Ghostbusters II is very underrated) the unsung heroes of this film are Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, & Annie Potts (Next time anyone watches this film pay attention to each one of those (4) they are without a doubt pulling a Larry Fine 👍👍👍 The only real negative surrounding the film is the plagiarism of “I want a New Drug” it’s crazy a big Hollywood studio didn’t clear the song or catch that the melody was very familiar
There’s an official Ghostbusters video game, originally made in 2009, that was actually written by Ackroyd and Ramis, voiced by almost all the original actors, and was the last official appearance of Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler before his passing (RIP, Harold Ramis :( ) it was sort of considered the ‘unofficial’ third Ghostbusters movie before the release of Afterlife… It’s available on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and a slightly more cartoony version on the Wii It’s one of the few licensed games that doesn’t suck, you actually suit up as a ‘rookie’ and bust ghosts with the crew
The OG Ghostbusters games were in late 1984. You were a little pixilated guy with a proton pack at the bottom of the screen and you had to capture Slimer. If you missed and didn't get him in the trap he'd fly off, come back and knock you over and leave as your character said, "He slimed me.". The Commodore 64 was known for its advanced sound and so it was a state of the art computer voice. I never did beat Staypuff.
"Ghostbusters" was definitely a hit immediately. Movies didn't open on as many screens back then, so if you lived in a small town like me, it was a month or two before a movie got to a theater near you. so you had the hype for a while before you could see it. Thankfully, by 1984, it was only a month or two. The first "Star Wars" movie took 6 months to finally play in my town. The song was also an instant hit, and helped build up anticipation. It might take a couple of months to get to see a movie, but songs were released worldwide pretty much instantly, and in the early days of music videos, the studio got free advertising every time the video played on TV! I had a friend who was obsessed with "Ghostbusters". I think he saw it five times in the theater, and during one of his viewings, he smuggled a small cassette recorder into the theater, and recorded the audio of the movie - along with the audience's reaction, of course. It was often six months to a year before movies were released on video cassettes, and even then, they weren't priced to own, so the audio recording held my friend over until he was able to tape it off of cable TV a couple of years later.
@@shadowcatreacts Of course, a shadowcat would love a hamster! 😺 My username is a long story, but it was chosen on a forum by an online friend who has since passed on. I continue using it as a tribute to her. I've lost touch with the friend who recorded the movie's audio on cassettes, but I doubt he would still have them. It would be kinda cool to hear them close to 40 years later. But I'm sure people reacted to the movie the same way they would today. The movie is rather timeless. Maybe the visual effects have aged a bit, and maybe Venkman's (Murray's) horndog act is viewed a little bit like a stalker today (we didn't even have a word for it back then). But the rest of it holds up.
3:15 Actually, $5 in 1986 is worth $13.56 today, and considering that each question took about 20 - 30 seconds for both to answer each question it would take about 25 - 30 minutes to go through all 75, so he would actually be getting better pay-rate and going through less pain than a line cook or fry jockey.
People always freak out when they ask the lady at the he beginning of she's menstruating but that's actually realistic. Menstruation has a possible connection to poltergeist phenomenon. Paranormal researchers believe poltergeists aren't ghosts but peoples psychic ability running wild.
"Lunatic" and "Hysteria" both have connections to mensuration and demonic connotations. Wildly misogynistic and archaic ones, but it's definitely there.
Ghobusters is such a great mix of comedy and some genuine horror. Love it Also yeah I love Lois the neighbour too, he's the perfect comic relief and the irony of him being the Keymaster when he's always getting locked out of his apartment is such a funny detail. You should definitely check out Rick Moranis other famous movies like "Honey, I shrunk the kids" or "Spaceballs".
-If you go to NYC, you can see the real Ghostbusters; firehouse used for the exterior shots. It's still a working firehouse. The interior was filmed at a different firehouse in LA. -Dan Aykroyd, who has long had an interest in the occult, first came up with the idea. His first screenplay was a lot more complicated. It took place in the future and involved a small ghost extermination business competing with larger, more successful businesses. The paired him up with Harold Ramis, who made the screenplay much simpler. -Winston was originally supposed to be played by Eddie Murphy, who was a HUGE star at the time. When Ernie Hudson (just an unknown working actor) was cast instead, his role ended up getting progressively smaller in rewrites, until he didn't get introduced until halfway through the movie. If you like Rick Moranis, I suggest "Spaceballs", where he plays a parody of Darth Vader, and the sketch comedy series "SCTV" where he and Davie Thomas play these goofy stereo typically Canadian beer-drinking brothers named Bob and Doug McKenzie.
That's a shame because Wilson was kind of us in the movie. I was a teen when it came out and I did a bunch of jobs where I had no idea what was going on but was game.
Glad you did this one. :) Even after almost 40 years there are still two things that stick out to me...1. Bill Murray plays a self-centered pig really well (Groundhog Day also comes to mind) and 2. I still find it funny that the Key Master keeps getting locked out of his own apartment
The song was an instant classic, that was the magic of this era. The singer even came in a French popular TV show to sing it. Seen it in theater, I was 8, going back home I kept telling me « it’s the best film I ever watched! ».
A lot of dark and clever humor. Get the sexual joke about Dana being possessed by the gatekeeper and Louis being possessed by the key master and Louis having trouble with locked doors?
@@futuramayeahight on both counts. Originally, Second City was a comedy troupe founded in the early 70's in Chicago. They provided the original cast for SNL in its pilot season of 1975. They're success rate led to a TV series with sketches performed by mostly Second City alumni. Second City Television... SCTV! That was produced originally in Canada. Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, and John Candy were part of the original TV cast! ❤
I just have to point out that the tunguska blast of 1909 was not 1909 it was actually 1908 and it was a real incident that actually did happen which they messed up when they mentioned in the movie
With inflation, the $4800 that Ray paid for the car would come out to $14,200 in today’s money. Although even on todays money, $4800 would have still been too much for that car.
Rick Morranis and the demon dog at the window of the restaurant. It's a New York thing. There's always some crazy weird thing happening somewhere . A crazed Vietnam vet swinging around a roast chicken while singing Phantom of the Opera but replacing every 5th word with "Fuck Titties!!!", so if it doesn't effect you immediately, move along and ignore it. It's a New York thing.
That scene was actually inspired by a real event that happened in the 1970's in New York. Some guy was being murdered on the street and the people in the fancy restaurant just ignored it.
31:05 "Gozer the Gozerian, good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county and state of New York, I order to you cease any and all supernatural activity and return, forthwith, to your place of origin or to the next convenient parallel dimension." 😒 Good god. They brought their _lawyer._
People commented before that was Peter getting back at Ray for sending him out first during the library scene. Good callback I didn't even notice till it was pointed out.
"...5 bucks... to get shocked over 75 times..." Well, let's be reasonable. That'd be almost $15 today! ... ... ... "...isn't he famous at this point...?" Maybe? I mean... it depends on how much coverage is out there and how much that guy follows the news. Not everyone is on top of every story. "...how many cases of ghost sightings have there been..." You mean instances where these three caused hallucinations via drugs and put on a light show? "...the fact that he's still thinking they're pulling one over on everyone..." There's a point there, _but..._ to be fair... when something like this comes up, all the crazies come out. It's New York, well known for their crazies. However the fact that there's suddenly _so many_ of them in a tight, tight cluster (as in hundreds within _hours_ and all across the city) is _either_ a sort of mass hallucination (possible) or something to worry about. The fact that there are several _reputable_ sources (not just random people) helps. "...comedy movies... don't get made that much anymore..." The problem is that _every_ movie has become a comedy. There are more jokes per minute in almost _any_ modern movie than there were/are in _intentional_ comedies. As a result, you don't get pure comedies _nearly_ as much because Hollywood has just put all the jokes from them in other movies. I think this started around 2005 with some writer or director saying something to the effect of 'things can be serious, but crack a joke once in a while'. So _now_ movies that are _trying_ to be comedies have to make the jokes _vastly_ better in order to be seen as funny. As a result, they aren't getting made as often, or 'comedy' is mixed in as a descriptor, at best. This degrades the action/horror movies and destroys the comedies. "...was [the Ghostbusters song] an immediate smash hit?..." Ghostbusters, the movie, was released on June 8, 1984. The song was released on June 16, 1984 and came in at number 68 in the top 100 in the USA. It hit number 1 on August 11 of that year, and _stayed there_ for three weeks. It got up to number 2 in the UK in September. So... take that how you want. Have a nice day!
4:25 "You're, uh, skatin' on _mighty thin ice,_ there." Well, I mean, it's part of the philosophy of _science._ You don't look for the most _diplomatic_ explanation, that offends as few _people_ as possible. You look the for one that makes as few _assumption_ as possible. Unfortunately, sometimes, that one can be pretty _insulting._ 🤷
Too late as most science has been politicized and it's continuing to spread. Say the wrong thing and get excommunicated. The sign were there even back then. What they would do for the grant money. Shoulda known that it'd push them there eventually. The thing that made me take notice was a decade ago some guy gets another win for all of humanity and they wanna burn him over a shirt a lady friend gave him. Dude was covered in tattoo and they were all focused on looks over accomplishments. Poor nerd cried.
shadowcat, i saw trailers on youtube for 2 new comedy movies that look funny , No Hard Feelings , with Jennifer Lawrence , and Joyride, an Asian Bridesmaids movie?
Hi Miss Shadowcat!🙂Ghostbusters is a comedy classic. The sequels "Ghostbusters II" (1989) and "Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) are worth watching, too. Great reactions to your very first Ghostbusters film, Miss Shadowcat!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Shed be better off watching "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon than Afterlife. At least the cartoon came up with some new ghosts and villains and didnt fallback on memberberries. It failed in the exact opposite way of the reboot... the reboot was dismissive of what came before... Afterlife straight up WORSHIPS it like a fawning faboy and thinks Ghostbusters needed sepia toned sentimentality.
Dan Aykroyd said that the green 'Onionhead' ghost (AKA 'Slimer' ) was supposed to be the ghost of John Belushi, who was supposed to be in the movie but passed away before filming started.
So what's next? "The Blues Brothers." You'll love it. The most recent comedy movie I saw, by the way, was "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (2019) starring (naturally) Weird Al Yankovic. You're right that there aren't many.
The song was everywhere. As was the merchandise. Remember, this was pre-internet, so we weren't constantly plugged in to media sources. The main way movies stayed relevant past the experience in the cinema was through replays on TV and merchandising.
My favorite part was when they threatened to put the ghost back when the dude refused to pay them like im with them whos doing all that without getting paid😂
Louis was played by Rick Moranis. He is hilarious and lovely. Three movies of his you must watch: Spaceballs: A Star Wars parody by Mel Brooks. He plays the Darth Vader equivalent, Dark Helmet. It's an absolutely bonkers movie. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: He plays a lovable inventor that accidentally shrinks his kids and their friends to the size of a grain of rice, who then go on an adventure through the back yard, trying to find their way home. Fantastic family film. Little Shop of Horrors: The best musical ever made. He plays a similar character to Louis - a meek, downtrodden, sweet loser. But his life is turned upside down when he becomes the owner of a sentient, maniacal, carnivorous plant.
I loved your dancing at the beginning, I was like “AYE!” The song was definitely a hit right away. I was 10 in 1984 and I watched MTV as much as possible waiting to watch the video. The song peaked at No. 1 in the summer of ‘84 on the Billboard 100! BTW, my name is also ‘Lewis’ just like your favorite character! Just sayin’! ;-)
I still need to get the full length reactions from before I set up my Patreon up, so it's not yet unfortunately. But I can get it up in about half a day if you want to watch it 🙂
You missed the best joke of the movie. "Everything was going fine until the power grid was shut off by dickless here." "Is this true?" "Yes it's true, this man has no dick."
I don't remember if it was in the edit but how mad Egon got when dickless blamed it all on them. "Your mother!" I felt that. In the streets right after the explosion.
One of the best things about this film are the really subtle jokes. Like the fact that Venkman's experiment is totally working at the beginning, he's just such an ass that he doesn't notice. I love this movie so much.
In Venkman's defense, ancient superstitions held that there was a connection between a woman's menstrual cycle and the paranormal. Both because of it's connection with the lunar cycle and because of it's connection with pregnancy (the creation of a new life).
In ancient peoples' defense, I've seen people who act genuinely possessed during hormone swings. I'm only half-joking, some people have poor impulse control and chemical changes doesn't help anything. It's fascinating that you brought up pregnancy. People still argue about the science, but most research seems to show slightly higher delivery rates with lower barometric rates, or with storms (pressure again no doubt.)
@@mr44mag there is a superstition that the moon drives us crazy seeing enough crazy people i wouldn't doubt anything could set them off we do have Circadic rhythms to worry about so it's not too far fetched
This is one of the all-time movie classics. I absolutely love the idea of using science to thwart the supernatural. And the idea of exorcists as blue-collar exterminators, basically. This movie is great and original on so many levels. I really love how the ghost threat escalates from classic, silly, scare-you ghosts up the the level of Lovecraftian, extra-dimensional, universe-destroying horrors. Also, the reveal of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man is one of my favorite moments in all of movies. Ray, as the most innocent and child-like member of the team, tries to conjure up the image of something he loves from his childhood that could never hurt anyone. And to see it manifested as a gigantic, building-smashing abomination of pure horror is just brilliant! This movie just rules.
None these young people watching movies have the patience nor attention span to simply allow a movie to play out, thus watching with captions in their native tongue. They continually try to guess/want to know where a story is headed, which is annoying in itself. So the try to guess where the story is headed, also annoying, and they are always wrong. Just shut up with the prognastication and be comfortable enough in your own skin to allow the experience as intended.
If you haven't looked it up I do recommend looking into story of this film. Not only the writing and eventual production, but also I was Sony or rather Columbia pictures at the time before the Sony merger faced a lawsuit over the name. How it became a smash film and then into a successful Saturday morning cartoon( which reignited the court issues that the film had experienced) to the less-than-stellar received sequel despite the fact that the production value and the film itself is actually rather good. The Long March through development hell pledge to a less-than-stellar reboot of the franchise. The failure of which caused Sony to go back to the drawing board and decides to gift directing duties for an actual legacy sequel to the son of Director Ivan Reitman. There is a reason that the legacy of this film has survived for 39 years
I love that the key master kept locking himself out of his own apartment before he was possessed.
I know! I didn't catch that joke until YEARS later.
I didn’t catch it until I read your comment
And "The Gatekeeper" kept him at arm's reach until she was possessed.
Fun fact Sigourney Weaver didn't know the eggs on the counter was going to start cooking her reaction was genuine
I’d still like to know how they did that. What a waste of good eggs.
Ditto for the cleaning lady. When the cart exploded her reaction was actually directed towards the crew, as she wasn't prepared for such a big pyrotechnic.
I always find it ironic and never noticed as a kid, the "key master" is constantly locking himself out of his own apartment. "The next time someone asks if you're a God you say YES!!" 🤣
"was this an immediate smash hit"
Oh yeah, it was huge even before the music video came out which was why so many people did cameos in it.
Those of us that grew up on Rick Moranis movies mourned with him when he lost his wife, and mourned again when when he retired to be a full time parent.
Strange Brew, Little Shop of Horrors, Spaceballs, Honey I Shrunk The Kids (three varieties), The Flintstones; he did so many for kids and teens every time there is talk about a cameo or potential comeback and entire generation gets hyped up.
the song was an immediate smash hit
Absolutely. I mean, how could it not be? Such a great song.
It was a rewrite of I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis.
@@RandomNonsense1985 you mean ripoff.....lewis ended up winning a settlement.
"A capable scientist not putting his skills towards anything useful" an excellent summation of Peter Venkman!
Oh they saw the terror dog, they just didn't care (typical New Yorkers)
The obelisks on the rooftop aren't just decoration. They're there because the whole rooftop is a temple devoted to Gozer and designed by the insane, misanthropic, apocalyptic doctor/architect/cult leader Ivo Shandor. Ray explains to Venkman (and us) that the whole building was built to concentrate supernatural energy. If you play the plot straight then it's a cosmic horror story, of the sort that HP Lovecraft wrote. And yes; the film was a massive hit when it was released!
There was a huge conspiracy theory back in the day that Elvis had faked his own death and was in hiding somewhere. That's what was meant by the "How's Elvis and have you seen him lately?" question from the interviewer.
LOL how much the form of the destructor entertained you... I love how you weren't spoiled beforehand 😂 Thanks for bringing some laughs into a day that could've been more stressful
Had a lot of fun with your reaction. Always thought they should have shown more of Gozer. She was cool and scary at the same time :D
There was a sort of comedy pipeline back then, in the 70s and 80s. A lot of these guys, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray and others, came up through smaller comedy troupes, writing and performing, making comedy records, writing for the National Lampoon, and making Saturday Night Live (back when it was original and funny) and SCTV.
Making Venkman kind of a sleazeball to begin with shows they were more fearless with comedy back then. Now Hollywood has a sort of scriptwriting bible that says that the hero must "save the cat" at the beginning of the movie so you know that he's the good guy and you should root for him, which goes against everything we know about how comedy works. The author of this Hollywood guidebook afaik wrote only a couple of screenplays himself and both bombed.
Hollywood wants to believe in these guidelines just the same, because they're playing it safe. That's why everything now is a remake or a reboot. You consume product and get excited for next product.
33:55: There is indeed. Would you like to know? There is a lot TO know.
Short version: I was the last student of John DeCuir, the guy who designed the set, when I was a film student at AFI (class of 2010). It's deep occult Hollywood, but, basically a true story. Dan Aykroyd knows his paranormal lore very well.
Gozer's gate is an "illuminated pyramid". Think of the Third Eye. There's a lot of Masonry in there as well. Both Aykroyd and myself are Masons and know that side of things too. Dana is the Scarlett Woman of Hollywood ritual, and much more.
Hey Matt are you any relation to Cecil B. DeMille?
@@alaneskew2664 Yes. By blood. They made a big deal about that in Hollywood. Got invited to "those" kinds of parties, before I ever knew what Hollywood was REALLY about.
@@MattDeMille so how did you find out?
@@alaneskew2664 Many ways, all adding up, but I didn't see them at the time as I was so busy with "life". But I had special access few others get. AFI is the elite school, so the students came from "those people". They talked about the creepy stuff and I just didn't "get it" . . . at first. But eventually I left altogether in 2011. Barely with my life, kind of: Marriage, career, dreams, all gone. They groomed me, I said no, and it cost me. They sucked my wife into the cults and suddenly she was gone. And "You'll never work in this town again, kid" kinda stuff.
I love how no one expects the legitimately terrifying ghost at the beginning. lmao
Rick Moranis is really the unsung hero of this film. The party scene has one long unbroken take where Louis mingles, and Moranis improvised the whole scene, including the price of salmon in Nova Scotia.
For more Moranis-as-80s-nerd films, see Streets of Fire and especially Little Shop of Horrors.
From 1983, I watched "STRANGE BREW" (with Rick Moranis) it's the most ridiculous movie I have ever watched in my entire life. Rick Moranis was in GHOSTBUSTERS & GHOSTBUSTERS II, also. The hostess of the 1984 GHOSTBUSTERS movie shadowcat, was very pleasant to listen to. I would definitely watch more of her reviews on vintage movies. She was great!
Don’t forget spaceballs and honey I shrunk the kids
Don't forget Spaceballs.
As a based Louis Tully enjoyer, don't miss out on his crowning moment of awesome in Ghostbusters 2!
I love Louis. He definitely could have easily fallen into Nice Guy territory, but he was just genuinely a decent human being. I also thought it was a shame that he had such a crush on Dana, because I got the vibe that the blonde girl in the pink sweater, at his party, was kind of interested.
This came out when I was a kid and I think it was the first soundtrack I ever bought. It was that or the one for Beverly Hills Cop. At the time I had a fancy Panasonic walkman that would automatically repeat through a tape and those were both on loop.
Great reaction! I remember this is one of the major films my older brother rented on VHS it took a good year + for films to come to home video (Which is surreal now) For 1984 it’s a interesting mash-up of Horror & comedy (Very dark) with characters actually smoking, the tone balances from silly comedy to very interesting horror (Ghostbusters II was watered down just like TMNT II) Once merchandise, toys, cartoons & cereal came into play it effected the sequel a lot (But, Ghostbusters II is very underrated) the unsung heroes of this film are Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, & Annie Potts (Next time anyone watches this film pay attention to each one of those (4) they are without a doubt pulling a Larry Fine 👍👍👍 The only real negative surrounding the film is the plagiarism of “I want a New Drug” it’s crazy a big Hollywood studio didn’t clear the song or catch that the melody was very familiar
You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie.
There’s an official Ghostbusters video game, originally made in 2009, that was actually written by Ackroyd and Ramis, voiced by almost all the original actors, and was the last official appearance of Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler before his passing (RIP, Harold Ramis :( ) it was sort of considered the ‘unofficial’ third Ghostbusters movie before the release of Afterlife…
It’s available on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and a slightly more cartoony version on the Wii
It’s one of the few licensed games that doesn’t suck, you actually suit up as a ‘rookie’ and bust ghosts with the crew
The OG Ghostbusters games were in late 1984. You were a little pixilated guy with a proton pack at the bottom of the screen and you had to capture Slimer. If you missed and didn't get him in the trap he'd fly off, come back and knock you over and leave as your character said, "He slimed me.". The Commodore 64 was known for its advanced sound and so it was a state of the art computer voice.
I never did beat Staypuff.
Notice that Lewis, the Keymaster, is always getting locked out of his apartment.
"Ghostbusters" was definitely a hit immediately. Movies didn't open on as many screens back then, so if you lived in a small town like me, it was a month or two before a movie got to a theater near you. so you had the hype for a while before you could see it. Thankfully, by 1984, it was only a month or two. The first "Star Wars" movie took 6 months to finally play in my town.
The song was also an instant hit, and helped build up anticipation. It might take a couple of months to get to see a movie, but songs were released worldwide pretty much instantly, and in the early days of music videos, the studio got free advertising every time the video played on TV!
I had a friend who was obsessed with "Ghostbusters". I think he saw it five times in the theater, and during one of his viewings, he smuggled a small cassette recorder into the theater, and recorded the audio of the movie - along with the audience's reaction, of course. It was often six months to a year before movies were released on video cassettes, and even then, they weren't priced to own, so the audio recording held my friend over until he was able to tape it off of cable TV a couple of years later.
Whoa that's so cool. I'd love to know how initial audiences reacted to certain moments!
And unrelated, but I love your username so much! 🐹
@@shadowcatreacts Of course, a shadowcat would love a hamster! 😺 My username is a long story, but it was chosen on a forum by an online friend who has since passed on. I continue using it as a tribute to her.
I've lost touch with the friend who recorded the movie's audio on cassettes, but I doubt he would still have them. It would be kinda cool to hear them close to 40 years later. But I'm sure people reacted to the movie the same way they would today. The movie is rather timeless. Maybe the visual effects have aged a bit, and maybe Venkman's (Murray's) horndog act is viewed a little bit like a stalker today (we didn't even have a word for it back then). But the rest of it holds up.
The ghost "sex" dream sequence was a deleted sequence that was then reused... I guess for a funny moment
The song got busted for copyright infringement due to its similarities to Huey Lewis and the News' I Want a New Drug
3:15 Actually, $5 in 1986 is worth $13.56 today, and considering that each question took about 20 - 30 seconds for both to answer each question it would take about 25 - 30 minutes to go through all 75, so he would actually be getting better pay-rate and going through less pain than a line cook or fry jockey.
People always freak out when they ask the lady at the he beginning of she's menstruating but that's actually realistic. Menstruation has a possible connection to poltergeist phenomenon. Paranormal researchers believe poltergeists aren't ghosts but peoples psychic ability running wild.
"Lunatic" and "Hysteria" both have connections to mensuration and demonic connotations. Wildly misogynistic and archaic ones, but it's definitely there.
Ghobusters is such a great mix of comedy and some genuine horror. Love it
Also yeah I love Lois the neighbour too, he's the perfect comic relief and the irony of him being the Keymaster when he's always getting locked out of his apartment is such a funny detail.
You should definitely check out Rick Moranis other famous movies like "Honey, I shrunk the kids" or "Spaceballs".
23:03 because those don't care what happens to those outside their circle
yah this one and beetlejuice were my favorite young
I saw beetlejuice in theaters and Ghostbusters on VHS.
Bad ads are gold. I also must get anything that's taking the internet by storm.
The Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man bit was so funny when I was a kid. The Zuul bit was scary and then they hit you with the eternal smile of evil.
I mentioned it elsewhere, but I recommend A Fish Called Wanda and Four Weddings and a Funeral as great comedies.
21:12 Oh, Dana, _why_ did you not move _out?_ You _saw_ that your building in general, and your _fridge_ in particular was haunted.
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-If you go to NYC, you can see the real Ghostbusters; firehouse used for the exterior shots. It's still a working firehouse. The interior was filmed at a different firehouse in LA.
-Dan Aykroyd, who has long had an interest in the occult, first came up with the idea. His first screenplay was a lot more complicated. It took place in the future and involved a small ghost extermination business competing with larger, more successful businesses. The paired him up with Harold Ramis, who made the screenplay much simpler.
-Winston was originally supposed to be played by Eddie Murphy, who was a HUGE star at the time. When Ernie Hudson (just an unknown working actor) was cast instead, his role ended up getting progressively smaller in rewrites, until he didn't get introduced until halfway through the movie.
If you like Rick Moranis, I suggest "Spaceballs", where he plays a parody of Darth Vader, and the sketch comedy series "SCTV" where he and Davie Thomas play these goofy stereo typically Canadian beer-drinking brothers named Bob and Doug McKenzie.
That's a shame because Wilson was kind of us in the movie. I was a teen when it came out and I did a bunch of jobs where I had no idea what was going on but was game.
The real gem on SCTV is John Candy as Johnny LaRue or Dr. Tongue.
And yes, the song was a huge hit.
Before the 2000s they more often actually put real effort into the writing lol. Of course the downfall had started in the 90s.
was a fun song and a clever form of promotion. radio stations paying you to advertise your movie for you.
this would be a great time to watch "The Life Aquatic" also Bill Murray.
Lewis is my favorite character in this movie, too.
"Listen! You smell that?"
Glad you did this one. :) Even after almost 40 years there are still two things that stick out to me...1. Bill Murray plays a self-centered pig really well (Groundhog Day also comes to mind) and 2. I still find it funny that the Key Master keeps getting locked out of his own apartment
Great reaction. 2 must see films life of Brian / Schindler’s list , complete opposites but still great 👍 love to watch yee from Ireland 🇮🇪
That is interesting. Doors to kitchens used to be a thing, but you don't see them anymore. Never noticed that.
The song was an instant classic, that was the magic of this era. The singer even came in a French popular TV show to sing it.
Seen it in theater, I was 8, going back home I kept telling me « it’s the best film I ever watched! ».
A lot of dark and clever humor. Get the sexual joke about Dana being possessed by the gatekeeper and Louis being possessed by the key master and Louis having trouble with locked doors?
Dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!
4:35 "They're just... stacked books?"
Maybe the ghost has OCD.
Bill Murray is a ad-libber so a lot of his dialogue was his own quit wit in the moment.
On set they called him "one take Bill'. He'd nail it on the first take.
shadowcat, most of the actors ? were in Saturday Night Live the tv show, Louis was from the Canadian version SCTV , he is Rick Moranis
Canadian or from Chicago, now i forget
@@futuramayeahight on both counts. Originally, Second City was a comedy troupe founded in the early 70's in Chicago. They provided the original cast for SNL in its pilot season of 1975. They're success rate led to a TV series with sketches performed by mostly Second City alumni. Second City Television... SCTV! That was produced originally in Canada. Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, and John Candy were part of the original TV cast! ❤
I miss the 80s
I just have to point out that the tunguska blast of 1909 was not 1909 it was actually 1908 and it was a real incident that actually did happen which they messed up when they mentioned in the movie
With inflation, the $4800 that Ray paid for the car would come out to $14,200 in today’s money. Although even on todays money, $4800 would have still been too much for that car.
Rick Morranis and the demon dog at the window of the restaurant. It's a New York thing. There's always some crazy weird thing happening somewhere . A crazed Vietnam vet swinging around a roast chicken while singing Phantom of the Opera but replacing every 5th word with "Fuck Titties!!!", so if it doesn't effect you immediately, move along and ignore it. It's a New York thing.
That scene was actually inspired by a real event that happened in the 1970's in New York. Some guy was being murdered on the street and the people in the fancy restaurant just ignored it.
It was also a statement of how the ‘rich elites’ found anyone ‘beneath’ them
As unimportant/disposable
Though it could have been different had Winston's role been larger.
I hope you do the other movies as well. They are wonderful
Just started. Predicting stress tears. I'm glad I am not the only person in the world that get stress tears over everything.
Haha sorry to disappoint on the stress tears front but happy to hear there's another stress cryer out there?!! Omg! Btw how is making music going??
Thumb up if you remember card catalogs in your school library!
31:05 "Gozer the Gozerian, good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county and state of New York, I order to you cease any and all supernatural activity and return, forthwith, to your place of origin or to the next convenient parallel dimension."
😒 Good god. They brought their _lawyer._
People commented before that was Peter getting back at Ray for sending him out first during the library scene.
Good callback I didn't even notice till it was pointed out.
shadowcat, if you look at the number of movies that came out in 1984 compared to other years, it had alot of movies
"...5 bucks... to get shocked over 75 times..."
Well, let's be reasonable. That'd be almost $15 today! ... ... ...
"...isn't he famous at this point...?"
Maybe? I mean... it depends on how much coverage is out there and how much that guy follows the news. Not everyone is on top of every story.
"...how many cases of ghost sightings have there been..."
You mean instances where these three caused hallucinations via drugs and put on a light show?
"...the fact that he's still thinking they're pulling one over on everyone..."
There's a point there, _but..._ to be fair... when something like this comes up, all the crazies come out. It's New York, well known for their crazies. However the fact that there's suddenly _so many_ of them in a tight, tight cluster (as in hundreds within _hours_ and all across the city) is _either_ a sort of mass hallucination (possible) or something to worry about. The fact that there are several _reputable_ sources (not just random people) helps.
"...comedy movies... don't get made that much anymore..."
The problem is that _every_ movie has become a comedy. There are more jokes per minute in almost _any_ modern movie than there were/are in _intentional_ comedies. As a result, you don't get pure comedies _nearly_ as much because Hollywood has just put all the jokes from them in other movies. I think this started around 2005 with some writer or director saying something to the effect of 'things can be serious, but crack a joke once in a while'. So _now_ movies that are _trying_ to be comedies have to make the jokes _vastly_ better in order to be seen as funny. As a result, they aren't getting made as often, or 'comedy' is mixed in as a descriptor, at best. This degrades the action/horror movies and destroys the comedies.
"...was [the Ghostbusters song] an immediate smash hit?..."
Ghostbusters, the movie, was released on June 8, 1984. The song was released on June 16, 1984 and came in at number 68 in the top 100 in the USA. It hit number 1 on August 11 of that year, and _stayed there_ for three weeks. It got up to number 2 in the UK in September. So... take that how you want.
Have a nice day!
Louis is a fan favorite. You don't have to worry about that opinion.
4:25 "You're, uh, skatin' on _mighty thin ice,_ there."
Well, I mean, it's part of the philosophy of _science._ You don't look for the most _diplomatic_ explanation, that offends as few _people_ as possible. You look the for one that makes as few _assumption_ as possible. Unfortunately, sometimes, that one can be pretty _insulting._ 🤷
Too late as most science has been politicized and it's continuing to spread. Say the wrong thing and get excommunicated.
The sign were there even back then. What they would do for the grant money. Shoulda known that it'd push them there eventually.
The thing that made me take notice was a decade ago some guy gets another win for all of humanity and they wanna burn him over a shirt a lady friend gave him. Dude was covered in tattoo and they were all focused on looks over accomplishments. Poor nerd cried.
For being The Keymaster, he gets locked out alot.
$4,800 in 1984 would be $14,095.51 today
This was the best comedy movie since The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Yes!!! Turn it UP.
Emi!! Good to see you 😁
shadowcat, i saw trailers on youtube for 2 new comedy movies that look funny , No Hard Feelings , with Jennifer Lawrence , and Joyride, an Asian Bridesmaids movie?
They way you loved the neighbor (Rick Moranis) was adorable. Such a fun reaction!
To see him in another comedy classic, watch Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs"
Rick Moranis is a treasure. I think you'd enjoy _Little Shop of Horrors_, if you haven't seen it.
I love u, i been watching u for months and cant believe how amazing u are. I would die to have a woman like u.
Hi Miss Shadowcat!🙂Ghostbusters is a comedy classic. The sequels "Ghostbusters II" (1989) and "Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) are worth watching, too. Great reactions to your very first Ghostbusters film, Miss Shadowcat!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I hope you watch Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters Afterlife next.
Skip the all woman reboot. It's terrible
@@rodentnolastname6612 That's why I didn't mention it.
@@Jsspres I'll mention it, I'll yell at it like a dog that made a mess in the living room "BAD, BAD MOVIE!!! BAD!!!" 😀
Just watched “Afterlife” a few months ago and it was surprisingly good!
Shed be better off watching "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon than Afterlife. At least the cartoon came up with some new ghosts and villains and didnt fallback on memberberries. It failed in the exact opposite way of the reboot... the reboot was dismissive of what came before... Afterlife straight up WORSHIPS it like a fawning faboy and thinks Ghostbusters needed sepia toned sentimentality.
Love this movie & thank you for watching it… I think you will like GhostBusters 2 and love Afterlife
48 hundred in 84, was 48 hundred
14:25 Where's the _food_ going? Why would a _ghost_ have _digestive_ needs?
Dan Aykroyd said that the green 'Onionhead' ghost (AKA 'Slimer' ) was supposed to be the ghost of John Belushi, who was supposed to be in the movie but passed away before filming started.
So what's next? "The Blues Brothers." You'll love it. The most recent comedy movie I saw, by the way, was "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (2019) starring (naturally) Weird Al Yankovic. You're right that there aren't many.
That song is never far from my mind and can turn into an Ohrwurm with the smallest nudge.
Who you gonna call?
Those Bastards!
It's dangerously infectious!!
The song was everywhere. As was the merchandise.
Remember, this was pre-internet, so we weren't constantly plugged in to media sources. The main way movies stayed relevant past the experience in the cinema was through replays on TV and merchandising.
Slimer is harmless.
My favorite part was when they threatened to put the ghost back when the dude refused to pay them like im with them whos doing all that without getting paid😂
Louis was played by Rick Moranis. He is hilarious and lovely.
Three movies of his you must watch:
Spaceballs: A Star Wars parody by Mel Brooks. He plays the Darth Vader equivalent, Dark Helmet. It's an absolutely bonkers movie.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids:
He plays a lovable inventor that accidentally shrinks his kids and their friends to the size of a grain of rice, who then go on an adventure through the back yard, trying to find their way home. Fantastic family film.
Little Shop of Horrors: The best musical ever made. He plays a similar character to Louis - a meek, downtrodden, sweet loser. But his life is turned upside down when he becomes the owner of a sentient, maniacal, carnivorous plant.
I loved your dancing at the beginning, I was like “AYE!”
The song was definitely a hit right away. I was 10 in 1984 and I watched MTV as much as possible waiting to watch the video. The song peaked at No. 1 in the summer of ‘84 on the Billboard 100!
BTW, my name is also ‘Lewis’ just like your favorite character! Just sayin’! ;-)
Is there a full length reaction available on your patreon ?
I still need to get the full length reactions from before I set up my Patreon up, so it's not yet unfortunately. But I can get it up in about half a day if you want to watch it 🙂
@@shadowcatreacts that’s fine.
You missed the best joke of the movie.
"Everything was going fine until the power grid was shut off by dickless here."
"Is this true?"
"Yes it's true, this man has no dick."
Omg I know. My husband already gave me shit for it lol 😭
I don't remember if it was in the edit but how mad Egon got when dickless blamed it all on them. "Your mother!" I felt that.
In the streets right after the explosion.
One of the best things about this film are the really subtle jokes. Like the fact that Venkman's experiment is totally working at the beginning, he's just such an ass that he doesn't notice. I love this movie so much.
He WAS blind by the co-ed
In Venkman's defense, ancient superstitions held that there was a connection between a woman's menstrual cycle and the paranormal. Both because of it's connection with the lunar cycle and because of it's connection with pregnancy (the creation of a new life).
In ancient peoples' defense, I've seen people who act genuinely possessed during hormone swings. I'm only half-joking, some people have poor impulse control and chemical changes doesn't help anything. It's fascinating that you brought up pregnancy. People still argue about the science, but most research seems to show slightly higher delivery rates with lower barometric rates, or with storms (pressure again no doubt.)
@@mr44mag there is a superstition that the moon drives us crazy
seeing enough crazy people i wouldn't doubt anything could set them off
we do have Circadic rhythms to worry about so it's not too far fetched
looking forward to part 2
This is one of the all-time movie classics. I absolutely love the idea of using science to thwart the supernatural. And the idea of exorcists as blue-collar exterminators, basically. This movie is great and original on so many levels.
I really love how the ghost threat escalates from classic, silly, scare-you ghosts up the the level of Lovecraftian, extra-dimensional, universe-destroying horrors.
Also, the reveal of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man is one of my favorite moments in all of movies. Ray, as the most innocent and child-like member of the team, tries to conjure up the image of something he loves from his childhood that could never hurt anyone. And to see it manifested as a gigantic, building-smashing abomination of pure horror is just brilliant! This movie just rules.
Hi there
The male subject possibly had the gift.
None these young people watching movies have the patience nor attention span to simply allow a movie to play out, thus watching with captions in their native tongue. They continually try to guess/want to know where a story is headed, which is annoying in itself. So the try to guess where the story is headed, also annoying, and they are always wrong. Just shut up with the prognastication and be comfortable enough in your own skin to allow the experience as intended.
Hey Shadowcat, do you have a patreon?
Hi!! Not yet, but I'm launching one within the next few weeks 🙂
I went to see this in the theater when I was ten, and that library ghost scene scarred me for years. Gotta love PG movies of the 1980's.
I ain't fraid of no toast
What if it's got jam?
I first saw Ghostbusters in 1991 and I have been in love with it, and the sequal, ever since! One of my "desert island movies" 😊
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If you haven't looked it up I do recommend looking into story of this film. Not only the writing and eventual production, but also I was Sony or rather Columbia pictures at the time before the Sony merger faced a lawsuit over the name. How it became a smash film and then into a successful Saturday morning cartoon( which reignited the court issues that the film had experienced) to the less-than-stellar received sequel despite the fact that the production value and the film itself is actually rather good. The Long March through development hell pledge to a less-than-stellar reboot of the franchise. The failure of which caused Sony to go back to the drawing board and decides to gift directing duties for an actual legacy sequel to the son of Director Ivan Reitman. There is a reason that the legacy of this film has survived for 39 years
What's scarier? What Egon described would happen when you cross the streams? Or the fact Ray named it?