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The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

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Five years after the events of the first film, the Ghostbusters have been plagued by lawsuits and court orders, and their once-lucrative business is bankrupt. However, when Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement only to be promptly arrested. The Ghostbusters discover that New York is once again headed for supernatural doom, with a river of ectoplasmic slime bubbling beneath the city and an ancient sorcerer attempting to possess Dana's baby and be born anew. Can the Ghostbusters quell the negative emotions feeding the otherworldly threat and stop the world from being slimed? Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu>

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ghostbuster | ghost | baby | painting | slime | See more »

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The Superstars of the Supernatural are back! See more »


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16 June 1989 (USA)  »

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Ghostbusters 2  »

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$37,000,000 (estimated)

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$112,494,738 (USA)
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Trivia

Chloe Webb:  guest on "World of the Psychic". See more »

Goofs

In the scene when Dana goes out the window after Oscar Lewis calls to Janin to dial 911, you can see the TV. Reflected on the screen are the studio lights. See more »

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Ray: You think there's a connection between this Vigo character and the... slime?
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Referenced in Operation Blue Line (1990) See more »

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"We're Back"
Written by Bobby Brown, Dennis Austin, Larry White and Kirk Crumpler
Produced by Bobby Brown for B. Brown Productions, Inc.
Performed by Bobby Brown
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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Followed the first one too much.
7 April 2003 | by See all my reviews

This sequel to the successful movie Ghostbusters was itself, pretty successful. In the end though it did not do as well and just seemed a little flat. The story of the slime was pretty good and it was funny seeing them do kid's birthday parties (though I doubt a kid at that time would have watched He-man cartoons). In the end this movie suffers from the fact that it follows the basic structure of the first movie so there is nothing really different about it. You have them investigating something, you have them dispatching a ghost, then you have the musical interval, then you have them locked up (in a loony bin this time), then you have a building taken over by the head ghost, and finally you have a giant thing walking through New York. It just seems to me that with ghosts and other things, you could come up with a totally original and funny script without having to follow what worked in the previous chapter. It is a shame too, that another Ghostbusters will probably never be made. It would be interesting to see it, considering all the advancements in special effects.


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