Comedy that remains timeless.

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 1999)

What childhood memories I had with GHOSTBUSTERS! The first time I had watched was at the R/C theater when I was almost nine. Nothing had ever prepared me to get thrilled with excitement over the Stay-Puft guy roaming around until he's marshmallowy goo! The perfect casting of Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and others, plus visual imagery and an original idea made this one a winner for its day. Only the sequel wasn't as solid, though. I felt the hand crawling from the chair that Sigourney Weaver sat on WAS scary! This remains to be a true 80s comedy classic in my book, not like the disappointing MEN IN BLACK, which was awfully hyped on visuals and Will Smith than absolute fun. Take a dare at searching through the reference books on Saturday morning programs, because this was, by accident, named after a '75 Filmation live-action series titled THE GHOST BUSTERS, which became a cartoon series in '86 as a "rip-off" of the movie, and which also had a cartoon series of its own! Don't believe it? It's true!