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Parents Guide for
Ghostbusters (1984) More at IMDbPro »Ghost Busters (original title)

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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that, instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, you use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

A character tries to seduce a man but he refuses. She rolls him over on top of her and says "I want you inside me".

Stantz (Aykroyd) has a brief dream sequence where a ghost hovers over him while he's in bed. The camera pans down to show his belt unbuckling itself, then his zipper unzipping and his pants opening up, before panning up to his face as he makes an loss-of-control expression with crossed eyes. (Implying fellatio, but nothing is seen except his facial reaction stated above).

A man asks a woman if she is menstruating.

Bill Murray says that a man has no dick.

During the scene where Dana Barrett is kidnapped by Zuul, we can see quite a bit of her breast.

Violence & Gore

Some mild supernatural violence, including use of taser-like weapons.

Profanity

- 4 Shits

- 1 Goddamn

- 3 Asses

- 1 Wiseass

- 1 Asshole

- 1 Pissing, Pissed

-2 Hells

Some characters can be seen casually smoking and drinking throughout the film.

Ghosts and monsters appear in some scenes, which young viewers may find frightening. Especially the one in the library at the beginning of the film.

Some monsters look particularly vicious and menacing, with one which growls like a dog.

Some monsters however, while menacing, appear to be quite cartoon-like, including a monster with a love of food, and later in the film, one assuming the form of a giant marshmallow man.

In one scene, the main characters fall into a fissure.

Two characters transform into vicious dog-like demons.

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