"It's not the *girl*, Peter, it's the *building*."

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2008)

Still very much a classic and favorite of mine, after all these years. Bill Murray is still the film's resident scene stealer.
His Peter Venkman is a fantastically sardonic opportunist, he falls just short of being both nasty & sleazy. He spends half of the film trying to get Sigourney Weaver's Dana Barrett into bed. "I'll take Miss Barret back to her apartment and check her out." The lethargic, laid-back manner with which he greets unimaginable confrontations provides some of the film's best moments: particularly his first 'contact' with "Slimer" and of course the scenes at a possessed Dana's apartment. " I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people.......Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule..." Another strength of the film is the way it balances the comedy and terror. Years later, there are still some pretty frightening scenes. I'd easily count the scenes where both Dana and Louis (Rick Moranis) are both attacked.
I swear every single year, there is some rumor about them re-making this film.........