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movie Ghostbusters

Released: June 8, 1984
Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
Comedy Fantasy

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

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    Defocused October 29, 2014 Ghostbusters
    20 That's Not a S'more

    Dan explains ectoplasmic bayer filtering and anamorphic apparitions. Joe saves the day with a straw and a lid.

    Ghostbusters (1984).

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    The Incomparable Mothership October 30, 2011
    64 Ghosts Cause Cancer

    When you want to get in the Halloween spirit, who you gonna call? Join us in celebrating 1984’s supernatural comedy classic, “Ghostbusters.” Are ghosts a serious environmental hazard requiring the intervention of the EPA? Why do the Ghostbusters transform from college professors into blue-collar plumbers when they put on their jump suits? Is Roasted Terror Dog with Human Nougat the worst candy ever devised? And which one of our panelists attended a cat-themed bat mitzvah in the same ballroom destroyed by the Ghostbusters?