Teenagers take over in the latest reboot of the
comedy franchise – but trailers suggest the mood will be more Stranger Things than laugh-out-loud slimefest. Are fans right to be spooked?
Why is it so hard to keep fans of Ghostbusters happy? A good proportion of those who loved the original 1984 knockabout
New York sci-fi classic detested the 2016, female-led reboot by Paul Feig (though many of these were focused purely on the fact the latest proton pack-sporting gang were lacking enough Y chromosomes.) Now fans have been complaining that the new movie, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, does not look funny enough.
Directed by Jason Reitman, son of the original film’s director, Ivan, Afterlife centres on a single mother and her two children who are forced to move to a ramshackle Oklahoma farmhouse after she loses her
Job. The property was once owned by the late Dr Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and it turns out he’s left various useful original Ghostbusters bits of gear hanging around behind him. By the looks of the new
trailer, this starts coming in pretty handy after the town of Summerville begins experiencing a major supernatural event. Suddenly, there are mini Stay Puft Marshmellow Men and disgusting creatures from the Gozer Home for Creepy Devil Dawgs around every corner.