Ghostbusters 37 years on – a memory that lasts
In no way should convoluted and confusing sci-fi work with improvised and fresh comedy, Ghostbusters forces them together to create an experience that will create nostalgia for generations still to come. I must admit, I was hesitant to re-watch Ghostbusters. I wasn’t worried about enjoying the classic, but I simply didn’t want to test my nostalgia. When I first watched the sci-fi comedy, I was but a young and impressionable mind with very little knowledge on the intricacies of film, armed only with a child’s curiosity and a susceptibility to awe. I sat on my beige-carpeted living room floor, my eyes wide open as I stared at the cathode-lit television, the orange and blue streams etching themselves into my brain. In other words, I’m biased. I love Ghostbusters and while taking a trip down memory lane might seem scary at first, it quickly proves that it is well worth the risk. Professors at Columbia University, Dr Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) study the paranormal and, after sighting their first apparition at the Public Library, they are kicked out onto the streets with nothing but a purpose: to form the ‘Ghostbusters’.