About Ghostbusters VS. Other Horror Characters

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Its totally ruined horror movies for me. Whenever I watch a slasher or scary flick, I can’t stop thinking about how Dr. Stantz and Dr. Spengler would pick apart the supernatural powers of the villian, and then bring 'em down. If all that horror genre existed within the GB world, I would think by 1993, how soundly would the ghostbusters sleep upstairs if Freddy Krueger, Warwick’s Leprauchaun and Pennywise the Clown, were all held in containment in the basement??!!!

At the end of Pet Sematary, I can’t help but think how fitting a "Ghostbuster’s start - a la swirling ghost into the no ghost logo, and the back up singers scream “GHOSTBUSTERS!!!” … right when Rachel Creed’s corpse is about to slam that french knife into the skull of Louis Creed.

OR how Stantz and Spengler would be discussing Jason Voorhees’ powers as a destructable corporeal entity fuel by his mother’s ghost’s PKE - and blowing him apart with streams and then sucking Mrs. Voorhees into a trap.

OR the Ghostbusters traveling to Derry, Maine after the black librarian guy contacts the Ghostbusters after the child murders start again.

OR another trip to Springwood, where Egon sets up an experiement so they can dream with their proton packs on, pull Krueger out of a dream, and sucks his murderous slimeball self into a trap, while a smoking glove drops to the floor once the doors to the tap close.

Or when the Superintendent of the Cabrini Green Housing Projects in Chicago employ the boys to set up a trap by going into an apartment and calling for the Candyman, 3 times. Only this time he’s wrangled with a capture beam and slammed around the room!

Or while there in Chicago, they captured the possessor ghost of Charles Lee Ray, inhabiting a child’s doll.

…oh, horror movies are ruined. Well, they’ve been ruined, since childhood. I was always reliant on my pack and trap to counter any fear of monsters or anything. Ghostbusters always meant empowerment!

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I wouldn’t say it had ruined horror for me. But you have an awesome arguement. I think that the Ghostbusters could take on almost any of the horror icons and flat-out win. For example, Freddy Krueger and the Boogieman are pretty much the same, minus the horrific murder, and the Ghostbusters beat the ■■■■ outta him, twice.

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Oh Reginald? I disagree.

Pennywise and the Leprechaun were both physical beings with supranatural abilities (that’s supra, a whole other level above super), and Freddy was within another plane of existence (the dream world, and when pulled into our world he is no longer of dreams but likewise a physical being), think of it like multiple universes. They do not fall under the same scrutiny or laws as spooks, spectres, or ghosts. A proton pack wouldn’t capture the Leprechaun, it’d burn him. And then he’d just reincarnate.

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I’d have to agree with Meph in regards to Freddy, Lep, Jason, etc.

However, I do love the concept of this thread. In fact, I’ve always wanted to see the GBs battle Reverend Kane from the Poltergeist films. I’ve even toyed with writing my own fanfic about it. It would be a combination of the first two Poltergeist films only with the GBs involved.

I know the ghoulies from Poltergeist would ultimately be no match for the boys in grey, but it’s still an awesome story idea IMO.

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I’ve thought about this so many times. I would love to see the GB’s take on so many of the horror monsters we know and love. Freddy Vs. The Ghostbusters was an awesome fan film ( if you haven’t seen it, WATCH IT!), but frankly I’d love to see some more :smiley:

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Ghostbusters saved horror films for me for the exact same reason. Thinking about how the boys would handle all the monsters made me less scared and I never really had nightmares from those movies.

For me, my pick for a horror movie franchise crossover would have to be the Evil Dead series.

I can just imagine Ray and Egon geeking out over the Nerconomicon and of course the battle for the title of Ultimate Smartass between Bill Murray and Bruce Campbell.

Any bets on that battle?

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LOL! I know what you mean. I LOVE horror movies, but I can’t help but imagine the Ghostbusters facing off against all of the horror movie monsters too. Especially after seeing the Braxtan Film’s Freddy vs. Ghostbusters fan film. The Ghostbusters haven’t always just battled ghosts. In Real Ghostbusters alone, they faced all sorts of other entities. However, I can recall seeing a few entities here or there even in the movies that I would not consider a ghost, so I would assume that to mean they can handle other beings as well. Ghosts are just their specialty, obviously. LOL!