What was the original title of Ghostbusters?
Coming from a long line of spiritualists, it seems like Dan Aykroyd was always destined to write a movie about ghosts.
But when he and Harold Ramis teamed up to start working in earnest on the concept of 1984's Ghostbusters, it took multiple iterations before finally landing on the all-time classic comedy/fantasy/horror-ish movie we still know and love nearly 40 years later.
One of the key pieces that changed over time was the title — which is pretty hard to swallow considering the Ray Parker song is just so damn catchy. What was the original title of Ghostbusters?
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Correct Answer: Ghost Smashers
The answer is: Ghost Smashers. The original title on Dan Aykroyd’s first copy of the script was Ghost Smashers.The first draft of the story was set in the future, in the year 2012, and was considerably darker than the final movie fans know and love. The original finale saw the Ghost Smashers being pulled away into alternate dimensions.Source
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