Finally sat down to watch a movie we should have seen a long time ago! Better late than never! Definitely excited for part 2 and for the new release coming up! Thank you all for the support!

Rick Moranis is the Keymaster and continuously gets locked out of his apartment.

"Listen! Do you smell something?" The most underappreciated line in the movie.

"Where do those stairs go?" "They go up" My favorite movie line ever....LOL

Keymaster always getting locked out, Gatekeeper always closing the door on Keymaster, Keymaster finally opens the door of Gatekeeper, Kaymaster and Gatekeeper become dogs that are behind closed doors. The brilliance of Aykroyd and Ramis's script cannot be overstated.

You guys should watch "My Cousin Vinny" if you've never seen it.

I don't know. My absolute favourite line and it's delivery was Egon's "I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought". Of course, back when I first saw it in the 80s I didn't get what could be funny about its delivery. Now it cracks me up.

William Atherton plays "dickless" EPA official Walter Peck, and he also plays reporter Dick Thornberg in Die Hard. He's played some of the most iconic jerkwad 80's movie characters.

"Listen, do you smell something?" - never gets old!

Fun Fact: when Dana's eggs start cooking on her counter you can also see a bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows.

The "dickless" joke is truly timeless and Murray's delivery was so perfect. The actor who played Peck got sh*t from New Yorkers for months afterwards, they even picked fights with him.

I was 7 when this movie came out - my parents told me they were going to see a romantic comedy one night and left me home with a babysitter. Then they came home a few hours later super excited to tell me they had just seen Ghostbusters but they wanted to make sure it was "ok" for me to see first. They took me the next weekend! Loved your reaction, keep up the great work!

The actor, William Atherton, that portrays "Walter Peck" said that the next Monday or week after the premiere he was walking down the street and a school bus load of kids went driving by and they were yelling at him chanting "Dickless". So freakin hilarious!

This movie was the first film that had a “sneak” advertising campaign. First, for several months, posters on the New York subway platforms stated “Coming to save the world, June 8.” I thought it was an ad for a political movement. Then a second series of posters appeared, stating “coming to save the world, June 8” with a big layer of green energy at the top of the poster. Then a third poster appeared, with the same caption and with three ghostbusters looking upwards with fear at the green energy cloud, but with no name of the film. Finally, the full poster with the name of the film appeared. For about 6 months, NY subway riders were wondering what theses posters were about.

The role Rick Moranis plays, was originally suppose to be played by John Candy. For a few weeks he tried to "understand" the role, he continually wanted to use a German accent and said he couldn't wrap his head around the role, and apologized and said he felt someone else would be better for the role. He suggested they ask Rick Moranis, since they both had worked on SCTV. Rick Moranis read the part and instantly knew what to do, and immediately got the role.

When I was starting out as a clerk at Blockbuster, some of my favorite shifts were with the assistant manager who was a card carrying member of the Church of the Subgenius. One slow weekday morning I needed to get into the locked stockroom in the back and I walked up to the front counter where he was working and all I had to say to him was "Keymaster!" -- Without a beat he tossed me the keys and said "Gatekeeper!" After I was done back there, I gave him the keys back, telling him, "There is only Zuul."

"Do you want this body?" "Is this a trick question?"

The device Venkman uses at Dana’s apartment is known as a “sniffer” and is used by utility crews to detect low-flowing gas leaks especially in tight spots. I learned this when I was 13 and a family friend who worked as a building engineer was watching the VHS with us told us about it.

The scene were Louis is consumed by the demon dog and all of the restaurant patrons just went back to eating was a commentary on how NYC was in the 1980’s: A festering mess where violent acts happened all around everyone and the people with money could simply ignore it.

It makes sense that Ray would be the heart of the Ghostbusters, and the most passionate about it, because That's Dan Aykroyd. He and his entire family is really into paranormal investigation, and he was the one who originally came up with the idea for the movie.

Another great Bill Murray/Harold Ramis collaboration is the movie "Stripes".

LoL notice that the key master is the one constantly being locked out

I was today years old when i realized that Egon was quietly signaling to Venkman the (made-up) costs of Slimer's capture in the hotel. I was always just watching Murray. It's funny how you catch things you missed from movies you hadn't rewatched in a long time (i've caught a ton of background shenanigans i'd missed in old Mel Brooks films despite multiple rewatches). Love the channel!

FUN FACT: Sigorney Weaver auditioned for this right after doing the first Alien film. The cast weren't sure she'd be interested, since she had just came off as such a bad ass in Alien. But durring her audition she got on all fours and started barking like a dog while acting possessed. She has such a fantastic sense of humor!!

"More of a guideline than a rule" is the funniest and truest thing ever.

Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants they chose a new form for him... that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you.

One of my favorite bits is the elevator scene at the Fredrick Hotel when they flip on the Proton Pack for the first time. The physical comedy there is so subtle, it's hilarious. I love the dry humor throughout the entire film. Made me lifelong fan.

Finally a reactor that appreciates the locked door gag as much as I do. Also Louis is my favorite character too.

William Atherton who played Walter Peck in this, would a few years later go on to play the equally annoying reporter Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2. Another Die hard connection is that Reginald VelJohnson who plays officer Al Powell in Die Hard also plays the police officer that comes to collect the ghostbusters from their jail cell.

I so glad you guys found out who you can call if there is something strange in your neighborhood.

Easily in my top 5 comedy films ever. Peter Venkman is one of the best characters of all time, I find it incredible that the role was written with someone else in mind, Bill Murray really makes it his own though. Annie Potts as Janine is such an underrated character as well. Fun fact, she is also the voice to Bo Peep on the Toy Story films

Bill Murray is such a huge presence in the film that I can’t imagine how it would have played out with John Belushi in Venkman’s role as originally planned. IIRC Dan Ackroyd suggested that the hotel slimer was Belushi’s ghost.

I love how calm and collected Venkman manages to be when he encounters possessed Dana.

I really like Ghostbuster 2 some don't but I enjoy it. The actor Peter MacNicol who plays the character of Janosz was having a lot of fun with his role and it made more funny for me.

The spontaneous eruption of laughter when the Stay Puft marshmallow man appeared in the theater onscreen, is the best memory I have of this movie. However, the radio overplayed the Ghostbusters theme. It was playing everywhere you went and began to get annoying, as I recall.

The irony of Lewis being the key master when he keeps forgetting his keys.

One of the few movies ( along with Men in Black) that accurately captures the energy and attitudes of New Yorkers. One of the overlooked jokes is that Lewis is constantly being locked out of his apartment, but he later becomes The Keymaster.

You need to watch "Stripes" and "Caddyshack" - two of Bill Murray's best movies.

I saw this in the theater when I was in high school. This was the most amazing movie I ever saw back then. And the effects still hold up really well today.

Bring back Rick Moranis.

This comedy had everything. The cast, the music, the effects, the locations. It all adds up to a huge summertime hit. Saw this nine times in the theater. Visited New York in 86 and hunted down locations. The apartment building and church off Central Park were the easiest to find. The sequel was ok, and the reboot was so so. Looking forward to the new one however. Love your reactions! Look into reviewing Blues Brothers. Another great Sigourney comedy performance is in Working Girl.

I was just about to head off for the night... and then I saw this video was uploaded one minute ago. And there goes that extra hour of sleep I anticipated.

You had me at "protein pack"...

"When someone asks if you're a GOD you say YES!!!"

"The flowers are still standing!" I still say that everytime I knock something over by mistake.

Saw this opening night with my best friend. We had no idea what to expect and it was awesome. So quotable!

Honestly...on any given day, Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time 😎 I actually wrote a paper on how much I loved it in college! "I ain't afraid of no ghosts"👻👻👻

Back to watching Mr. Schmitt and Sam doing another reaction!🥰 And as always, I appreciate your insights, reactions, and honesty (no click-bait thumbnail with exaggerated, Photoshopped expressions and hyperbolic statements such as, “Funniest movie ever!!!” or, “Is this the scariest movie of all time!?”). Keep it up!👍

The restaurant was Tavern on the Green in Central Park. The restaurant scene is a nod/joke to how indifferent New Yorkers are to crazy stuff happening in New York and the diners we barely distracted by Rick Moranis' character being attacked by the creature.

This has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. It still makes me laugh.

Now you wonder, how The Exorcist would have played out, if Venkman had been there completely no selling the demonic presence. :D

Fun fact: Bill Murray (Venkman) was getting super sick of all the gross goo they were covering him in for the film, and absolutely REFUSED to be covered in shaving cream for the defeat of Stay Puft. Dan Ackroyd (Ray), on the other hand, absolutely loved it, and kept telling them to add more cream on top of him even as it was getting too heavy to stay on 😂

Winston's the everyman of the group, the one who we can identify with most as outsiders looking in. :) I love this film, I hope the new one measures up.

This was (according to my parents and brothers) my very first movie. I saw it during its re release in 1985. I also had the privilege of watching the cartoon series every Saturday morning. It was popular all the way until I was in kindergarten in 1990. The kids (including myself) always brought some Ghostbusters merchandise for show and tell; even I had a Ghostbusters jumpsuit. Also had a proton projector gun and had fun hunting for ghosts. I over came by fear of sleeping in the dark thanks to this franchise. Basically since this was a huge influence on my early childhood, it still has an emotional attachment for me today. This movie is a big example of when producers and directors used to have creative control over their films. Plus the soundtrack including Mick Smiley’s Magic, helped to amplify this movie to its successful level. The effects and comedy are nearly flawless too

A fascinating detail. Zuul is a guard dog who barks at anyone who's not supposed to be there. Vinz Klortho is a big friendly dog who's obedient and will hand you anything like an unending game of fetch.

"Hey, better late reaction than never" its great you guys watched this classic. Growing up watching this as a kid was cheesy to say magical. There's that inner child in me that still holds on hope being a actual Ghostbuster one day. Anyway, love your guys reactions.

I love how when they introduce Venkman, the kid he kept shocking was guessing the cards that were coming up, until he guessed the actual card. So he actually had some kind of ESP, but Venkman was too busy trying to impress the girl to notice. :D

0:53 And don't forget the animated show, that was a lot of fun.

I really love your channel guys. Your reactions, your laugh, your closeness with each other... it's all priceless. Your review and commentary is far and away better than other reactors I'm subscribed to. I've been a long time fan and I just want to Thank you for your channel. Things are tough right now and I just can't swing being a patrion at the moment, but soon.

Fellow Janine Melnitz lovers - - the actress is Annie Potts. She's done a lot, but I think she's most known for playing Mary Jo Shively on a 1980s sitcom called Designing Women. It's a brilliantly written, very funny show, a total classic, worth checking out.

I've seen a bunch of reactions to this and everyone is always confused at the scene where Rick Moranis character is at the restaurant and the ppl in the restaurant just stop to look at him then go back to eating. The joke is that ppl don't actually care about what's happening, they look for a second then go a back to what they were doing, it's pretty much ppl minding their business, that's the joke.

Ghostbusters...lightning in a bottle at it's finest ! The kind of movie, you can try to recreate or make sequel and it never will be close to equal ! The timing and the confluence of too many element at the same time to make it a perfect comedy can't be recreated a second time !

Ghostbusters was the first ever film we rented out for our VHS video recorder and was amazed you could watch a film from a pre recorded tape.

Even though the Marshmallow at the end was just shaving cream, Bill Murray refused to be covered in it. Which is why Venkman is so iconically clean at the end like he's used someone else for a shield :D

My brother brought myself and my twin sister to the cinema to see the Three Amigos but we weren't allowed in because we were too young. So we ended up seeing Ghostbusters instead. The library scene scared the living daylights out of us. Great film and love the soundtrack

1984 was a great year for movies, so many good ones. IIRC it came out the same time as Gremlins. I lived on an island with no cinema, so visiting a friend in London we all went out for a moviefest but had to choose; I saw Gremlins, my friend saw Ghostbusters. Our chat afterwards was slightly mad. :D

The Ghostbusters headquarters is an old single bay firehouse. The pole they use when the first call comes in is for the second floor, where the dining and "relaxation" areas of the firehouse were. The other pole, in the background, would be for coming down from the third floor sleeping area.

Patience & Fortitude, perks of many school trips to the NYC library & meeting friends by the lions while learning their names.

I remember watching this at the theater at 7 years old back in 84. It was an amazing experience for a kid.

“A**hole Guy” was also the “A**hole Reporter Guy” in Die Hard. William Atherton is the actor. Talk about someone who plays a specific type of character well, right? There was also a quickie shot of a black policeman, who was John McClain’s contact Sgt. Powell in Die Hard, the actor being Reginald VelJohnson.

A lot of us “old folks” remember the Saturday morning cartoon which continued the adventures of the Ghostbusters. They also had a weekly syndicated show as well.

My favorite part of the movie is right at the beginning, when Venkman is running his experiment on the two volunteers. He's so concerned with hooking up with the girl that he doesn't even seem to notice that his theory of negative reinforcement improving psychic ability is actually working. The guy keeps guessing the cards the girl was given at first, then gets the card he's given later.

I was 10 years old when this movie came out, and I was Absolutely obsessed by it. I even created my own comic parody of it called "The Custard Busters".

Literally one of THE BEST movies ever in my opinion, I'm hyped for Afterlife and Ghostbusters 2 is just as good as the 1st in my opinion so I highly recommend it, they are called Ghost Busters but alot of the stuff they fight aren't even ghosts but it's still one of the greatest names ever. Here is some fun lore on Slimer (the first ghost they capture) Slimer is not the ghost of a dead person and instead he is the embodiment of sloth and gluttony that is found in the hotel itself so not all of the ghosts where even ever humans in this universe, I think it's safe to say that any ghost that doesn't look like a human was never a human but is just some THING that came into existence due to psychic energy being stored up and then finally forming into a being. Fun Fact: There is a Ghost Busters video game that is canonically the 3rd installation in the universe, it features all of the OG Busters including the player character and it is supposed to be Ghost Busters 3 so Afterlife is Ghost Busters 4, I think that's the first time a video game fills in for a movie in a movie series.

Fun Fact: the green ghost “Slimer” is supposedly based on the late John Belushi. He was actually the first choice to play Venkman, but sadly he passed away before they shot the film. Slimer was actually called “Onionhead” in the script. It wasn’t until the cartoon came out after the film did he earn the name “Slimer”.

Another excellent edit. You guys always leave in almost every funny line. I don't know why, but your commentary doesn't get in the way, and it's fun listening to your comments. The picture looks great, you pull yourselves to the corner a lot, and you're not obscuring the movie with an awful logo or making it semi-transparent. Couldn't believe you guys didn't see this. What a treat. Went through all my bookmarks of people doing really short edits with all the stuff I mentioned below, skipped them, then saw another TBR Schmitt edit of a great movie posted. Again, what a treat! Watching an edit here makes almost every other channel disappointing. Very nice work. Oh, and you guys ALWAYS look smashing. :) The line I really enjoyed you leaving in was, "...and you can keep the five bucks..."

It's hard to overstate how hyped this movie was when it came out. The music video seemed to be on every 15 minutes on MTV (and the song on the radio), and in that new medium served as a viral video might in the early days of social media. Happily it delivered. I believe that Aykroyd wrote the screenplay with the idea that John Belushi would star but sadly the actor died before that could happen. I also recall that Eddie Murphy was a prospect for the team but my guess is his dance card was full throughout that decade. Pure classic, glad you both enjoyed it.

Such a fun movie. Miss this type of humor.... Murray was great

If you noticed in the scene where the eggs popped onto Dana's counter & started cooking, there was a bag of stay puft marshmallows that she bought with the other groceries. That's some damn good foreshadowing right there! *Also, the thing about "the little guy" being the keymaster & throughout the movie he's always forgetting his keys & getting locked out of his apartment. I remember being taken to the movies for a school outing & the entire class all wanted to see Ghostbusters, but the teachers said no because they thought it would've been too scary...so we saw The Karate Kid instead. Hey, no complaints...just saying.* Great Reactions BTW!

I love the part where they run out of the library: “Did you see it? What was it?” “We’ll get back to you.” “Get her…that was your whole plan? Get her.”

I don't remember what the line was exactly, but Peter saying he was studying the effects of negative reinforcement on the development of psychic ability actually kind of checks out with the way he was running the experiment. I wouldn't exactly call it ethical, but he's looking for an improvement in the ability of the subject to guess correctly, by telling him he was wrong and administering punishment regardless of the outcome, while doing the exact opposite to another subject right in front of him. When he says his theory is correct, he's jumping the gun a bit, but he says it because the dude walks out the first time he guesses correctly and is punished anyway. It's not enough data by itself, but it does vaguely point in that direction. Of course, that's undermined by the obvious unfairness of the situation through Peter's flirting. He'd need to do this to a lot of people and have them sit through a lot more than the first correct guess to gather the kind of data he needs to prove his theory.

Yes the "dickless" joke is funny every time but Murray has dozens in this movie that I wait for every time I watch this.

Another highly underrated film with Rick Moranis (and Steve Martin) is My Blue Heaven. A mafia movie unlike any you've every seen. Comedy gold! And I would love to see your take on Strange Brew with Moranis and his TV and film brother Dave Thomas as the McKenzie brothers Bob and Doug. Silly, campy fun!

Did anyone catch the line...." LISTEN!! Do you smell something?" Classic.

The card set was used in the Tears for Fears Video Head Over Heels, notice the flying index cards! Randy Marsh has been in this Library, look Ectoplasim! Totally Discrete! I remember my dad laughed so hard when he says what a lovely singing voice you must have, he had tears in his eyes! Ron Jeremy!

Good movie, good reaction. You might consider "Death Becomes Her", "Arsenic and Old Lace", Dracula, Dead and loving it." All are very funny.

One of my fave comedies of all-time. Fun fact: John Candy was originally approached to play Louis Tully but for reasons unknown he wanted him to have a thick German accent with a pair of dogs. Ivan Reitman politely passed. Also - Venkman was to be played by John Belushi but sadly died and Murray stepped in as a favor for Dan & Harold. The rest is history.

Excellent, as always. Finally bit the bullet and Patreon'd. As an older fellow, who actually remembers watching this in theatres, this made me laugh out loud several times. And not just when you were commenting on how amazed you were. So thank you for bringing back great films, and reviewing them after you've watched them. They are a timemachine, and a window into the past. As well as a mirror into what is happening now. Keep it up. And I'll keep watching.

"That's an ugly ghost!" Hey, ghosts have feelings too, y'know. Or as we prefer to call them, "the life-challenged".

The Key Master was always getting locked out.

What you guys can't appreciate because you were not there at the time this film came out was that this film came out in the midst of an explosion of 1980's films that all became timeless classics. The Empire Strikes Back, An American Werewolf In London, The Thing, Aliens, The Wrath of Khan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist and so many other absolutely amazing benchmark films (not to mention the same of pop music at the same time) came out in that decade of astonishing talent being unleashed... I was lucky enough to be a teenager with dreams of becoming a special effects artist right at that time. My mind was blown by films, songs and even TV shows that captured the imaginations of our nation in those irreplaceable incredible years. Few films have ever rivaled the commercial success of GhostBusters, selling gazillions of T-Shirts, toys and every other marketable toys and trinkets that set our economy on fire, all due to that mind blowing explosion of great feeling, uplifting and inspiring talent in the entertainment world. It all had one thing in common... it was all 100% good feeling, uplifting, happy, cheerful non-political and non-controversial stuff that made us smile and cheer. I so wish we could find a way to make that happen again.

Ghostbusters at its heart was a comedy. The technology and action was just a side note. It didn't need lots of explanation . That's why it works

Easily one of the best films ever made. It's a great watch the first time but so more rewarding on multiple viewings. The Keymaster joke I missed even tho I've seen it a stupid amount of times. The one little bit of foreshadowing which is easily missed is that a bag of State Puff marshmallows are next to the cooking eggs on the counter top. They certainly don't make them like this anymore which is sad.

Once you are done with Ghostbusters, you really got to get on that Indiana Jones train. Anyways, loved this reaction, easily the best one I've seen for this film and as I saw this on it's original cinema release when I was 7, I can confirm that the library ghost was hella scary to me, so much so that the rest of this films scares was all downhill, still the Terror Dogs and Fridge were freaky too. I look forward to your GB2 reaction.

"Cats and Dogs, living together! - MASS HYSTERIA!!

"Holy Shit the Superintendent is going to be Pissed!" Is One of my Favorite movie one liners of all Time! 😆

I actually don't remember anyone being "scared" by this; it was marketed strictly as a comedy, everyone involved (other than Sigourney Weaver) was known for comedy. Basically it was the new Bill Murray movie, or Bill Murray-Dan Ackroyd, both of whom everyone knew and loved from Saturday Night Live, and both of whom were coming off of hit movies (or in Murray's case, a few). At the time, I was 15, I saw "Ghostbusters" as a more PG version of those other movies and, although I liked it, kind of dismissed it as commercial and slightly uncool. But I have to admit, my affection for it has grown and even just watching your edit now, I was loving seeing Rick Moranis, and how funny the effects team were able to make the ghosts.

The library ghost transformation definitely made some young children start crying in the cinema where I saw this.

Dan Ackroyd created Slimmer as a tribute to his late partner/ friend John Belushi. Belushi was suppose to be in the movie. But sadly he died in March of 82.

Light is green trap is clean “ been using that line 35 plus years with my different jobs in life , thanks such another great early 80s magical movie so much fun back then