A few years ago, CandyRific released the "Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Light & Sound Wand (with Candy Inside)". I found it yesterday (September 23, 2022) in a local Lidl supermarket. I bought one, but I wasn't intending on reviewing it here on Spook Central.… more »

The original two Ghostbusters films are filled with iconic props, such as the Proton Pack, Ghost Trap, and P.K.E. Meter. Fans have built replicas of those props, and that's great, but there is another set of props that is just as iconic, though they go… more »

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment recently released the Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection 4K UHD/Blu-ray box set. Read on to find out more about it... more »

From time to time, Spook Central will feature articles written by guest contributors. Today's ghost... guest writer is Linton Lewis, and the topic up for discussion is the Ghostbusters' equipment. Without any further ado... more »

Back in 2019, Sony Classical released Elmer Bernstein's score to Ghostbusters on CD and Vinyl. I reviewed the CD at the time of release. Unbeknownst to me, a slightly different version of the album was released in Japan. Read on to find out more… more »

Spirit Halloween just released a newly-revised-for-2021 version of their popular Deluxe Replica Quality Proton Pack. With just three weeks left until Halloween, now is the time to pick one up. Read on to find out more about it... more »

One of the most memorable series in the original Kenner toyline of the 1980s were the Fright Features (and later the Super Fright Features). While I don't know if Hasbro will bring them back as part of their Kenner Classics line, they have brought back… more »

Running Press is set to release the hardcover book "Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book" on September 7, 2021. I was given an early copy. Read on to find out more about it... more »

Last year, I wrote an article about Unused Ghostbusters Theme Songs. At the time, we thought we had found the long-rumored "Ghostbusters" theme song from the duo of Glenn Hughes and Pat Thrall. It turned out to not be their version, and we all thought… more »

The Spook Central VIP Exclusives Area is the home to content that has been made exclusively available for supporters who pledge a monthly donation through the Spook Central Patreon page. Said content is either downloadable through the VIP Exclusives… more »

Recently, Ghostbusters News featured an article which showed that a piece of Ryo Yamazaki's score from the recently-released video game Balan Wonderworld sounded a lot like a piece of Elmer Bernstein's Ghostbusters score. This isn't the first time that… more »

Over a decade in the making, the fan-produced documentary Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters was finally released last year. While not available to own in the United States, there is a Region-Free Blu-ray released by Screenbound in the United Kingdom. Read on to find out more about it... more »

This is a good time to be an itty bitty Ghosthead. In addition to the PlayPop books Ghostbusters: Book of Shapes (reviewed here) and Ghostbusters: 1 to 10 Slimer's Loose Again (reviewed here), pre-school paranormal investigators also have Hasbro's… more »

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Thanks to MrMichaelT, we now have written transcripts of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters (2016) (aka Ghostbusters: Answer The Call). The Ghostbusters transcript was added as an "alternate" .rtf file on the Ghostbusters Scripts page. The Ghostbusters… more »

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at the "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription from Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint. Let's take a closer look at Issue #5... more »

Today, Monday June 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM Eastern, Josh Gad premiered the fifth episode of his Reunited Apart series on YouTube. Care to guess what movie cast was reunited? more »

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at the "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription from Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint. Let's take a closer look at Issue #4... more »

Happy Ghostbusters Day! What, you never heard of Ghostbusters Day? Don't feel bad. Prior to 2016, it never existed. June 8th - the day Ghostbusters was released in 1984 - officially became "Ghostbusters Day" in 2016 as part of the promotion… more »

Titan Books recently released Ghostbusters: The Original Novelizations of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (formerly known as Ghostbusters: The Original Movie Novelizations Omnibus), and they were kind enough to send me a copy to review for all of you, dear… more »

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at the "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription from Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint. Let's take a closer look at Issue #3... more »

Eaglemoss, through their Hero Collector imprint, recently started their "Build The Ghostbusters Ecto-1" model subscription. They just sent me the introductory package, which contains the first two magazine issues and model car parts. Let's… more »

Insight Editions is set to release Ghostbusters: Artbook on May 19, 2020, but they were kind enough to send me a copy a month early to preview/review for all of you, dear Spookies. Let's take a closer look at it... more »

Last year, I had the honor of consulting with Sony on bonus features to include on the Ghostbusters 1 & 2 4K/Blu-ray set. I gave them a mighty list of things to find and, amazingly, they found a lot of them. I was overjoyed to know that these rare… more »

I ain't afraid of no Ray Parker Jr., and neither were the Ghostbusters. Long before Columbia Pictures enlisted his help for a theme song to the 1984 classic film, they approached other musicians. None of the fans know how many other artists submitted… more »

When Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler opened their little paranormal investigation and elimination business back in 1983, they knew they needed a television commercial in order to let others know of their new operation. Derek Osborn recently… more »

Most Ghostbusters references are short bits that can best be encapsulated with a small video clip, as evidenced by Spook Central's collection of Ghostbusters reference videos on Critical Commons. However, sometimes there's a reference for which a small… more »

On Saturday February 22, 2020, I attended the Hasbro 2020 Toy Fair in New York City, an offshoot of the larger New York Toy Fair going on elsewhere in the city at the same time. Thanks to the invitation-only event, I was able to be amongst the first to… more »

It's very rare that Spook Central's Shot On Site series has covered a location that only appears in a deleted scene. Even a place like Truffles Cafe, where the Ectomobile rejected a parking ticket in a deleted scene, technically appeared in the film in… more »

On Friday, November 29, 2019, Netflix premiered their new series The Movies That Made Us. Contrary to the name, the series does NOT chronicle the fans whose lives have been influenced ("made") by these motion pictures. You know, like a guy who has run a… more »