AFTER 40 YEARS, It breaks me up that "the Keymaster" keeps getting locked out of his own Apartment!

So in 1984, Sigourney Weaver was just coming off the success of Alien. The GHOSTBUSTERS cast wasn't sure they could get an actress with star power like Sigourney but asked her if she wanted to audition anyway. THEY WERE NOT PREPAIRED !!! Realizing that she didn't want to be known for only one type of role, miss Weaver proceeded to get down on all fours on stage and begin barking like a dog, in order to act out her idea of being possessed by Zuul. They hired her immediately !!!!!!

"I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought." That is my favorite line in the movie. Fun fact: the original design for the library ghost was TOO intense. The producers didn't want to use it, so they kept it in storage; another producer liked it, and wanted to use it. That was used as Jerry's final form in the horror comedy Fright Night.

Dr. Venkman's study at the beginning is sorta viable. he is telling the girl she is correct, but she continues to be wrong. after repeatedly telling the guy he is wrong, and also shocking him, he actually got one right and may have gotten more right with more negative reinforcement

Fun fact the bit with the egg's Sigourney weaver didn't know that they were gonna start cooking so the reaction on her face was real

The "bust" refers to a police bust. They're anti-ghost cops. The more sexual connotations of the word weren't as widespread as they are now.

There are so many reasons this remains such a beloved classic, even after 40 years! The Car, the actors and acting, scriptwriting, music, direction etc.. They took and put in a LOT of Love into this film which made it a definite, "Lightning in a Bottle". There are many small clues with the writing, such as been noted that although he keeps locking himself out of his apartment, he is the Keymaster.. There are sutble things such as the elevatorscene when switching it on, or when Peter gets slimed.. and the reactions of his ehm , friends and collegues.

This film is literally perfect, often imitated never replicated

BUSTIN' MAKES ME FEEL GOOOOD

This is PG back when parental guidance was a bit more relaxed. 😂

Both the guy that played the cop in the jail (Reginald VelJohnson) that told them that the mayor wanted to see them and the guy that played Walter Peck would go on to play similar roles in Die Hard as Al Powell and the scummy reporter. Reginald VelJohnson then played another cop as the father in Family Matters.

Bit of trivia. The actor of Walter Peck got a bad burn from the Marshmallow scene. They used shaving cream and they didnt realize he was allergic to Menthol and they accidentally used Menthol shaving cream and so he ended up with a burn rash where they dumped it on him. Also to this day he can be walking down the street and people will lean out the window of vehicles and yell "Hey Dickless" at him.

"Where do these stairs go?"........"They go up." My favorite line in the movie.

This is a movie that gets better and better every time you rewatch it. You just keep catching more and more little jokes. It's crazy how many gags there are. Lines you're not really thinking about when you're just watching, because they seem like normal dialogue, or silly stuff happening in the background, or you're focused on one character and the other character is doing something you didn't notice.

15:50 I love how some of the other guys in the cell are listening to Ray’s explanation and nodding.

Fun trivia: When Louis is getting possessed outside the restaurant, the young girl at the table behind him to his left (as he is facing away from the window)... is future 80s pop star Debbie Gibson.

In the summer of '84 I worked at a movie theater. The three big novies that summer were GHOSTBUSTERS, THE NATURAL, and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. I would stick my head in to see the ending of THE NATIONAL, the human sacrifice scene in TEMPLE OF DOOM, and Sigourney Weaver in the red dress in GHOSTBUSTERS. Guess which of those three scenes I watched most often!

I don't know if you play video games much but before they released Ghostbusters Afterlife the two who wrote the first 2 movies wrote the script for Ghostbusters the video game. It was the sequel they intended to make but couldn't get things set up properly. Definitely worth at least watching the cutscenes from that game.

The song will never fail to get me hyped

Hello Yasmina, nice to see you!😊 "Slimer" is a very popular character. He was well liked in the long running animated series as well. Great reactions to your first Ghostbusters film, Yasmina!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

The ghostbuster who plays Egon , directed many great movies and was in many. One of them that he directed was called " Caddyshack " . 👍

Funny how the "KEYmaster" always forgets his key and locks himself out of his room the entire movie, very well chosen :). Ghostbusters 2 is also very good and worth watching.

"You hurt books, you hurt me." Okay, instant subscribe for that comment alone!

Predated the implementation of pg-13 by a month

1983 “do they have t shirts?” 2023 “Oh they got merch!”

6:28 What a lovely singing voice you must have! 15:44 Well, that's a good point, they're all in the cell behind you. This was a PG, I saw it in the cinema, but I was quite young so some of the more suggestive scenes just went over my head. The theme song has just entered popular culture. Someone who's never seen it will still know 'Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!'

Yes the Keymaster apparently lacks keys, lol. Rick actually wrote most of his part incidentally.

Great reaction and your dance interludes 10/10 ❤❤❤ 🥰 RIP Harold Ramis aka Dr Egon Spengler

"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!" For a good 10 years after this movie came out me and friends were quoting lines from it at least once a week.

Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr for plagiarism over the 'Ghostbusters' theme, alleging Parker Jr ripped off his 'I Want A New Drug.' Lewis won. I'm with you: Venkman gave off major Creep vibes. I don't see how he could ever be considered 'charming' or even 'boyish.'

What an iconic movie. Glad you finally watched this.

17:48 Oh my... Those legs... Sigourney Weaver... 18:50 .... ;) 19:28 Yeah. :) 21:15 "I feel like a floor of a taxi cab" 22:13 Hahaha!

You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie. You should watch Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

My parents still have and use the Casserole Dish with flowers on it that was in Dana's Fridge.

The actor who plays Egon , also directed " Groundhog Day " - " What About Bob ? " and the most famous " Caddyshack ". He was also in many other movies like " STRIPES " with : John Candy and many other great actors 👍 👌. Must watch !!!

Stay Puft Marshmallows are still available. They were created (for the public) after this movie. The company still makes them in batched periodically. Peter's "creepy" persona was a rampant inclusion into a great number of movies by filmmakers & sometimes actors throughout their Hollywood films thru the 80s & 90s. Just have to expect it from that era. The behavior was not criticized much during that time and was often taken lightly as unreal or exaggerated. Gozer & "It's" minions were not ghosts (They were God & Demi-gods? Big dog was more accurate in this film).

I had just turned 18 and went to see Ghostbusters with my mom. We are leaving the theater and at the top of her voice, she was talking about how much she loved the BJ scene. I thought I was going to die right there in the lobby.

This movie has such a kickin’ soundtrack, as evidenced by your dance moves.

Such a classic. cant believe its been so long.

lol they roasted the marshmallow man. It must smell amazing =p

Yes, ECTO 1 is distracting on the road, but I guess that's it's purpose. That siren will sure get people to pull over.

It's endlessly hilarious that the key master keeps locking himself out of his own apartment. I never noticed this as a kid. I don't blame Rick Moranis for giving up the business for his family. He gave us so many amazing memories. Sorry to crowd but it had to be said. 👻🚫

Love this song! Classic movie

When you get to the end of Season 13 of Supernatural, you should watch Hollywood's second Supernatural parody, done to the tune of Ghostbusters.

I remember going to the cinema to see this film when it came out. Enjoyed it immensely. That gluttonous green ghost has become somewhat iconic over the years.

"Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here"... "Is this true?" "Yes it's true. This man has no dick." This will never not make me laugh. Such a funny movie w/ an amazing theme song. Great reaction. And the heart necklace is nice.

You "PS the Ghostbusters theme song has been stuck in my head for 5 days" Us 40 years for Me and many others

John candy was originally going to play the part of Louis Tolly but he wanted to play the character with a German accent but they said no and they got Rick Morranis

Best part :D "Oh, are the windows going to open..."

It's always funny that women seem to dislike Peter Venkeman, whereas men think he's the coolest, funniest guy ever.

What a great and thoughtful look at the darkness this game sheds light on. Me and my folks ended up getting into this game and have loved it, but we were not prepared for the absolute gut punches and psychological damage that witnessing these subjects unfold would do. It's a brilliant game, and they do an incredible job of showcasing these horrible things with what feels like a balanced hand.

The psychological test are there to make sure it isn’t just a illusion do to some existential problem

That's how I know it's time to clean my fridge. As long as it doesn't say, "Zuul," it's probably fine.

I was very young when this movie was on vhs. i feel older than gozer.😂

When drive-ins were still a thing, I saw this on a rerun. They had a special on marshmallows so that we could all throw them up in in the air on the Stay Puft scene.

Saying letterboxd is unhinged is an understatement.

Character Growth? They started a paranormal college program that collapsed and they were let go of their jobs. So the Ghostbusters took it to the next level and it grew larger and larger, from that point. Peter Venkman went from getting slimed in the hallway and leading to the battle against Gozer. Critiquing a movie from 40 years ago does not have the best special effects because they weren't available yet. In the 1980's, there were popular cartoons/movies like Star Wars, He-Man & the Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Gummy Bears, My Pet Monster, M.A.S.K., Muppet Babies, Pee Wee Herman, David the Gnome, Teddy Ruxpin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Beetlejuice, Droids, Ewoks, Alvin and the Chipmunks, ThunderCats, C.O.P.S., etc., etc.

This is one of my favorite classic movies I hoped you enjoyed it👍👍👍

Remember that my uncle took me to the Cinema back in `84 to saw that Film, it was a Blast!

And to upload this on ghostbusters day 🎉

Love both "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II" films equally. Of course, Elmer Bernstein's score to "Ghostbusters" is my favorite and after 32 years later we got Randy Edelman's awesome score to "Ghostbusters II".

the actor who plays "Walter Peck" is also in Diehard 1 & 2 and Oscar and he plays ananoying character is all 4 films......

PG in the 80s actually meant something.

Fun Fact: Luis Tully, who becomes the Keymaster, keeps locking himself out his apartment. Please continue with Ghostbusters 2 , Afterlife, and Frozen Empire. Ghostbusters Answer the Call is the goofy SNL parady. There are cameos , but not as the original characters.

imagine seeing this movie when it first came out in 1984 when you are 5 and getting nightmares that night (i still remember them (they don't frighten me now i just remember being frightened at the time and what the nightmare was i was just being chased by nothing)

That first comment that you read was pretty apt. I mean, I was a child when it came out, so it probably made more sense for me to like it then, but looking back, it would be pretty ridiculous if it wasn't so good. In the historical progression of things, maybe we were just more welcoming and forgiving about goofy wackiness without overthinking it too much. We must've just genuinely had less expectations, and were happier to get what we could because we didn't know any better yet, and didn't have anything else for comparison yet? I honestly don't know if that was better, or just tragically sad of us compared to now, but whatever. So, the second one is even wackier, but if I'm being honest, I kind of love it for that, and think it's more endearing. There was the all female reboot a while back. I didn't see it, but it wasn't for any specific reason. I just missed it, but people have said some bad things about it, but that might've at least partially been misogynistic haters. I don't know. The really liked new one "Afterlife" from a few years ago, and there's a new new one very soon, I think.

"lets bust some ghosts." ALWAYS sounds cool. Bustin' makes me FEEL GOOOD!!!!!

This was a fun reaction video

Character growth? Eww. Iconic comedians, iconic movie. Doesn’t need a moral of the story, just needs to entertain. Pure comedy seems to have gone extinct since the 80s

I love the Ghostbusters! Can't believe it has been 40 years now. It will always be a good movie. One of the best.

Gen X didn't get so offended as people do today. This was our PG.

18:52 I believe that back in ‘84 when there was trailers for this movie I heard Venkman saying “Okay, she’s a Gargoyle, so what” instead of saying a dog. The Ghostbusters logo with the little ghost in the traffic sign was also used with a condom instead of the ghost and the word “Aidsbuster”. 😂

I was 8 when I watched this movie thankfully a lot of the innuendo went right over my head.

Winston: "Tell him about the Twinkie..." Venkman:" What about the Twinkie??" 😂

28:03 The good (all) times before the evil times. 28:15 I like your 'amazing French skills'. :) 28:32 Not as dirty as you wanted it to be. 28:50 That is great. But never say that in France. :)

back then, there was no pg-13 so there was a lot of stuff that was allowed in pg that would be pg-13 today

7:41 "Aw, it goes through walls!" Yes, who would have thought that something immaterial could not be contained by physical barriers...

I just recognized the the cops that released the Ghostbusters from the jail cell. It was Reginald vel Johnson, from the sitcom Family Matters. He often seems to play a police officer in the movies I've seen him in, two of which were the first two Die Hard movies.

Walter Peck, the most perfect portrayal of a Government bureaucrat

The people in the diner were used to seeing others getting manhandled by a huge growling demon. That's a usual Monday through Friday, on the stock exchange in the 80s. So, seeing it happen to someone at night was no biggie

watch temple of doom to see why they made pg-13 afterward. the 80s were rough. lot of coke in the writers rooms.

Hobgoblins are mischievous house spirits in english folklore so it does work as a descriptive word for Slimer.

The super dry humor has to hit. It is fun top notch if it does.

Fun one, Yasmina! 😆 Thanks for sharing it!

Man I love the 80's, I miss that decade so bad

2:44 Yes, finally! Thank you!

2:10 the paying $5 is typical. When I was in psychology class in college we were required to be a subject for the psych majors/masters program and compensation was $5. We had no knowledge of the content. In recent years like when I was around 40ish a friene of mine was doing research and asked if I could be a subject again for hers and it was simply an online questionare. $5 payment into my Paypal. Didnt know what itbwas about until concluded, but she told me about it after her research data was all collected as to not "contaminate" the process. She did at least tell me my answers actually backed her hypothesis. After it was all turned in tho, she gave me all the info of what it was all about. 2:55 PKE meter (Psycho-Kinetic Energy). Those in the spectral plane dont have physical form so psionically move things. Brings back memories of the old AD&D 2e psionicist class.

It is the EPA business to look into things so Waltet Peck is doing his job. Venkman did not help the situation and with Peck's own hybris it was not a good mix.

Happy 40th anniversary to this movie!!

Remember, folks: When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!

It's an '80s PG. Inflation adjusted, that's, like, a 15 today. ;-)

The song by Ray Parker Junior

Great reaction, anyone else think it's strange that Peter went to Dana's apartment with a fully loaded syringe of Thorazine..no...just me? ok

I didn't realize Office Winslow was in this movie, I wonder if he ever told his kids about the time he met the ghostbusters lol, Urkle and Spangler would have been besties

Your appreciation of Supernatural earned you a sub. Especially since my kid just named her new kitten Castile (?sp). We’ve watched it multiple times.

"You hurt books you hurt me" - I like you.

16:02 "Are they gonna _kiss_ or what?" Well, it's never made explicit -- the film _is_ PG after all -- but I get the strong impression that part of this whole process is the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper getting together in the way that keys and locks do... 🔒🤐🔑

Slimer was my favourite. Had soft frisbee with a slimer stamp,i was proud as feck of that😄

The actor that played Peck said this movie ruined his life because everyone knew him as this character in public

Your French is good enough. :) If you ever come North to Montréal, we could have some conversation. What I love is that, despite being a comedy, the dialog are written like real people speak. The 2015 remake, if the preview was accurate, was written more like a stand-up comedy show.