After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler experience their first encounter with a ghost at the New York Public Library, … See more

Development
Ghostbusters was inspired by Dan Aykroyd's fascination with and belief in the paranormal, which … See more

Test screening and marketing
Ghostbusters was screened for test audiences on February 3, 1984, with unfinished effects shots to determine if the comedy worked. … See more

Aftermath
Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1984 and 21 weeks on the … See more

• Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
• Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz
• Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett See more

During the thirteen-month production, all the major special effects studios were working on other films. Those that remained were too small to work on the approximately 630 … See more

Critical response
Ghostbusters opened to generally positive reviews. Roger Ebert gave it three and a half out of four, citing it as a rare example of successfully combining a special effects-driven blockbuster with "sly" dialogue. Ebert … See more