Rent Ghostbusters (1984)

Family classic - Ghostbusters review by CP Customer

One of those films from my childhood that still provokes fond memories. Ghostbusters remains a funny, thrilling romp through New York's supernatural wildlife. Having bought this blu ray on release the amount of grain is very surprising, the film does look good overall but I still think more could have been done to the print. Alot of the extras relate to the video game but amongst the menus are some vintage insights into the making of and a good commentary track.

Absolutely dire - Ghostbusters review by LA

This has miserably failed the test of time. Zero plot even by the standards of the genre at the time and extremely uncomfortable to watch the Bill Murray character’s sexual predation and harassment of the leading female.

Wouldn’t and couldn’t be made now and we should all be grateful for that. 

80s Classic - The Best And First. - Ghostbusters review by GI

The original and still the best even after all these years the jokes still feel fresh and of course it's a total riot. The ad libbed script is brilliant and the cast are clearly having a great time especially Bill Murray who just seems to be doing whatever he wanted. The attempts to reboot the franchise have had mixed results and with those modern films it's so easy for audiences to forget this 80s classic. Three slightly barmy scientists are kicked out of their University for dabbling in paranormal research and set themselves up as a company who will sort out anyone's ghost problems. They get a call from a beautiful girl who seems to have a strange portal opened up in her refrigerator. Dank Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Murray are a dream team and work perfectly in tune with one another. The ghost effects are funny and Sigourney Weaver as the damsel in distress goes from dowdy to ravishing allowing Murray to really push his one liners. A famous 80s film that is sadly pushed aside by an attempt at remaking/rebooting when really young audiences should be watching this classic.