History NightmareFuel / Ghostbusters

Despite being comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise that can make it a legitimate horror franchise as it is about, well, busting ghosts.

Despite being comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise that can make it a legitimate horror franchise as it is about, well, ghosts.

Despite being comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the franchise that can make it a legitimate horror franchise.

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the franchise that can make it a legitimate horror franchise.

* ''NightmareFuel/Ghostbusters2016''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Are you ''sure'' you ain't 'fraid of no ghost?]]

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the movie that can make it a legitimate horror film.

Other NightmareFuel pages of the franchise:

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!!''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjFKsJjCP0 library scene]] isn't exactly the scariest scene in the movie, but it can really catch you off guard if you haven't seen it before.
* The scene right before Venkman goes to Dana's apartment when the scary building is shown, the ominous music makes the scene even more creepy. The "Spook Central" building is scarier in broad daylight!
* The following involving the demon dogs Zuul and Vinz Clortho. First, we get Dana being grabbed by Zuul [[note]] three demonic arms emerge from her chair proceeding to hold her down as the door opens to Zuul, the chair zooms towards the door and shuts when she is in the same room as the demon dog [[/note]], which leads to her possession; then we get Louis chased out of his own party by Clortho, being cornered by the monster in Central Park. Then, we see Dana as she's under Zuul's influence. It's rather sexy at first [[note]] Dana wears a loose-fitting, shiny red dress and heavy makeup, speaks in a sensual voice and writhes seductively on her bed in very obvious attempts at seducing Peter Venkman [[/note]], but then she becomes frustrated with Peter and Zuul takes over. Dana speaks in a demonic voice, starts hovering above the bed and makes beastly growling noises. Meanwhile, Clortho, while possessing Louis, searches for Zuul, and when a cabbie makes a remark, Clortho growls and flashes an intense, intimidating red-eyed glare.
* Ray and Winston's talk about the apocalypse.
-->'''Winston:''' Do you remember something in the Bible about the last days, when the dead would rise from the grave?
-->'''Ray:''' I remember Revelations 7:12 [[labelnote:note]]it's actually 6:12[[/labelnote]]. "And I looked as he opened the 6th seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became as black as sack cloth, and the moon became as blood."
-->'''Winston:''' "And the seas boiled and the skies fell."
-->'''Ray:''' Judgment Day.
-->'''Winston:''' Judgment Day.
-->'''Ray:''' Every religion has its myth about the end of the world.
-->'''Winston:''' Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is 'cause the dead ''have'' been rising from the grave?
** "How about a little music?" Ray, despite being Atheist or Agnostic, is disturbed by that enough to want to change the subject immediately.
* The entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpPicOZOig "Shut Down the Grid" scene]] is pretty creepy, especially the shot of the Manhattan skyline flooding with tendrils of paranormal energy. With the build-up it gets, we know nothing good can come from that pretty pink light show. Mick Smiley's foreboding "Magic" playing on the soundtrack doesn't help.
** The moment the hardhat worker pulled the lever to shut down the grid, we get a flashing red lightbulb with a loud alarm going off followed by a horrid sound of huge rumbling from behind a brick wall. The wall is blown apart brick by brick revealing a blinding light from behind that encompasses every spook, specter, phantasm and whatever unimaginable horrors the Ghostbusters ever subdued.
** The zombie cabdriver.
** The raspy-voiced, wailing spirit that flies out of a subway stairwell is also a little creepy.
* Egon's descriptions of Ivo Shandor, the architect of Dana's apartment building, who designed it to have secret passages leading to the roof, which served as an alter for his ominous Gozer cult. Shandor was said to be a MisanthropeSupreme following World War I and believed that HumansAreBastards is a good enough reason for Gozer to destroy Earth. Egon also mentions that Shandor was a doctor who performed a lot of "unnecessary surgery."
** The way Egon ''smirks'' while describing Shandor's "unnecessary surgeries." Egon isn't especially good at reassuring smiles in the first place, but in this situation it just looks like he's enjoying Shandor's shenanigans entirely too much.
* Zuul and Vinz Clortho are electrocuted by psychic energy and transform from Dana Barrett and Louis Tully's human bodies into their own demonic dog forms when summoning Gozer.
** Even [[http://i.imgur.com/X0PS2Yu.jpg Gozer]] itself is kind of freaky. Deep red, bloodshot eyes on a pale white, skeletal face and that evil, high, shrill voice.
* The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's UncannyValley ramped up when it's angry. And the OhCrap face when it sees the Ghostbusters crossing their streams.
** Mr. Stay Puft's guttural roars sound somewhat scary and unnatural.
* Elmer Bernstein's incredible score by itself can be very unsettling and intensely eerie at moments and it just augments the terror of any horrific scene. SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic nonetheless, though.
** [[https://youtu.be/oPr7cYLq3dk?t=40 That friggin' stringy]] ScareChord that pops up when Dana first sees Zuul in her refrigerator or when the Marshmallow Man manifests.
*** And during the Containment Grid Jailbreak scene when the released spirits destroy Dana's apartment.
*** Also at the end providing a last-second LastNoteNightmare.

* The entire "Shut Down the Grid" scene is pretty creepy, especially the shot of the Manhattan skyline flooding with tendrils of paranormal energy. With the build-up it gets, we know nothing good can come from that pretty pink light show. Mick Smiley's foreboding "Magic" playing on the soundtrack doesn't help.

* Elmer Bernstein's incredible score by itself can be very unsettling and intensely eerie at moments and it just augments the terror of any horrific scene. AwesomeMusic nonetheless, though.

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the movie that legitimately make it a horror film.

** [[https://youtu.be/oPr7cYLq3dk?t=40 That friggin' stringy]] ScareChord that pops up when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man manifests and also at the end when Slimer flies into the camera.
*** And during the Containment Grid Jailbreak scene when the spirits destroy Dana's apartment.

** Even [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/7/7f/Gozer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140529144058 Gozer]] itself is kind of freaky. Deep red, bloodshot eyes on a pale white, skeletal face and that evil, high, shrill voice.

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the movie that could legitimately make it a horror film.

** Mr. Stay Puft's guttural roars sound somewhat terrifying and unnatural.

** That friggin' [[https://youtu.be/oPr7cYLq3dk?t=40 ScareChord]] that pops up when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man manifests and also at the end when Slimer flies into the camera.

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely frightening moments in the movie that could legitimately place it under horror.

** That friggin' ScareChord that pops up during the Containment Grid Jailbreak scene when the ghosts destroy Dana's apartment, when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man manifests and also at the end when Slimer flies into the camera.

Despite being a comedy at its heart, there are still plenty of genuinely scary moments in the movie that could legitimately place it under horror as well.

** Even Gozer itself is kind of freaky. Deep red, bloodshot eyes on a pale white, skeletal face and that evil, high, shrill voice.
* The Marshmallow Man's UncannyValley ramped up when it's angry. And the OhCrap face when it sees the Ghostbusters crossing their streams.

** The moment the hardhat worker pulled the lever to shut down the grid, we get a flashing red lightbulb with loud alarm going off and a horrid sound of huge rumbling from behind a brick wall. The wall is blown apart brick by brick revealing a blinding light from behind that encompasses every spook, specter, phantasm and whatever unimaginable horror the Ghostbusters ever subdued.

** The moment the hardhat worker pulled the lever to shut down the grid, we get a flashing red lightbulb and a horrid sound of huge rumbling from behind a brick wall. The wall is blown apart piece by piece revealing an eerie blinding light from behind encompassing every spook, every specter, every phantasm and every unimaginable horror the Ghostbusters ever subdued.

*** The moment the hardhat worker pulled the lever to shut down the grid, we get a flashing red lightbulb and a horrid sound of huge rumbling from behind a brick wall. The wall is blown apart piece by piece revealing an eerie blinding light from behind encompassing every spook, every specter, every phantasm and every unimaginable horror the Ghostbusters ever subdued.

* The zombie cabdriver.
** The entire "Shut Down the Grid" scene is pretty creepy, especially the shot of the Manhattan skyline flooding with tendrils of paranormal energy. With the build-up it gets, we know nothing good can come from that pretty pink light show. Mick Smiley's foreboding "Magic" playing on the soundtrack doesn't help.