For questions about the 1984 American film, "Ghostbusters", its sequel in 1989, and the two animated television series. For questions about the franchise reboot with women released in 2016 use [ghostbusters-2016] instead.
Ghostbusters films and television series introduce numerous topics that are relevant to Science Fiction & Fantasy SE, such as:
- The use of psychiatry in the study of patients exhibiting or professing exposure to paranormal activity.
- The question of charlatanism in the scientific pursuit of paranormal activity.
- Possession by evil spirits.
- Containment of evil spirits within inanimate objects.
- Foretelling and prophecy.
- Other spiritual dimensions.
- Technology used to combat or contain spiritual entities.
- Physical properties or manifestations of 'good' vs. 'evil' thoughts and emotions.
This tag can be used to discuss the following
- Ghostbusters (1984 movie)
- Ghostbusters II (1989 movie)
- The Real Ghostbusters (1986 -1991 TV cartoon series)
Please note that there was another children's series from 1975 called The Ghost Busters. After the success of the 1984 movie, Filmation released a cartoon based on that series called Ghostbusters (which is why the cartoon based on the movie is called The Real Ghostbusters, to avoid any confusion). This tag should not be used to discuss either series.
