library ghost

a classic scene from a classic film

[@09kfactor]

"You're right. No human being would stack books like this."

[@AlexOjideagu2]

Lol one of the best quotes in the movie

[@cpasta517]

me the very next time I enter or volunteer at a library

[@rithrius5384]

There literally would be no purpose for a sane person to stack books like that in that location. So yeah, Peter's sarcasm really doesn't pay off here. Ray had a good point.

[@FengLong]

Rithrius But let's face it; if we saw that in the real world, we'd probably be more inclined to assume first that a living person was responsible

[@enshk79]

Rithrius LISTEN. do you smell that

[@captain_hat6247]

2:26-2:46 The comedic timing in this moment is BRILLIANT!

[@sportsygirl8]

Exactly! Probably won't see brilliance of comedic timing like this in the remake.

[@Martynde]

@@sportsygirl8 nope.

[@ElectricShark]

Really sad. The actress who played the library ghost died shortly after this film was made. Ruth Oliver was a famous astrologer.She was also a writer. You can see behind the scene pictures,of her having makeup put on while she is smiling and laughing. She seemed like a great lady.

[@ssnope6091]

Right... and her only child died two years later...

[@SniffyPoo]

so now she is a real library ghost...

[@nton8057]

She saw the script then had a heart attack.

[@jamesdichiara632]

rip harold ramis

[@andrewtm85]

You can see her act this scene out in an audition on KZbin

[@DanGan808]

Timeless movie, timeless scene. Never gets old! God bless, RIP Harold Ramis!

[@kimmolaine8069]

CGI ruined the creativity of film makers. You don't get the sensation of something actually being there anymore. Take the ending chase from Terminator 1 for example. Heart-pounding stuff. Trick shots like in this scene are much better. :)

[@FancyAlly]

Just based on this clip alone, I know why people are so upset with the reboot.

[@sportsygirl8]

If you haven't seen the original, you should watch it and then you'll see why people are so upset, the whole movie is classic! The lines are hilarious as well.

[@nialldinhooo]

Yes :(

[@BackroomsWater]

Alvin Del Rey that and the best one who pretty much made everything died

[@sportsygirl8]

Cookie Poptarts Yes! Egon is my favorite Ghostbuster and it's sad that Harold Ramis passed away.

[@BackroomsWater]

I know right. He was the best to me. He pretty much made the equipment so they could catch ghosts. Now its some one else doing his job?! No, no no no no no no.

[@SupermarketSweep777]

Fun Fact: The falling bookcase was unintentional. It's not know if it fell by itself or if it was caused by disturbance from the crew. The lines are ad-libbed and the scene was left in as an additional element of mystery for the ghost.

[@indigopath2598]

You can tell Bill was desperately trying to think of a decent line and looking for Dan Aykroyd to give him a prompt. In the end neither could think of something so Dan left it to Murray to ab-lib with what he had :P. It's great all three actors stayed in character and then tried together to tie the accident into the film.

[@LextheRobot]

From a Fun 'Fact' to a less fun truth... the falling bookshelf was in the script to begin with. But the symmetrically stacked tower of books was an idea that director Ivan Reitman had on the way to the set that morning (shot in the basement of a library in LA), and the scene where Venkman first encounters ectoplasm was also added to the scripted scenes as well. This is all detailed on page 28 of the 1985 book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, in the margin notes of the script page which details the crashing bookcase. A PDF version can be found at the website SpookCentral. www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/gb1_book_makinggb.pdf

[@dallasbagley]

Yeah, that can't be true. Reason being, cause there was a close up two-shot of Murray and Awkroyd reacting to it. If it all happened in a single shot, I'd be more inclined to believe/agree with you.

[@KishorTwist]

Your unintentional falling bookcase was debunked so stop spreading fake entertainment news!

[@Big.Deez1999]

Here's a fun fact- I farted 5 minutes before writing this.

[@Englishsea24]

This scared the crap out of me when I was little!

[@MrAustralian-cx6ot]

Englishsea24 Me too

[@aimeeadesso4383]

+Englishsea24 Yeah me too I used to watch this movie so many times and still makes me love this even the music adds to the effect

[@NemeanLion-]

The librarian: “Shhhhhh”

[@leonardmosca6852]

You and me both have to watch this movie few times his kids I need a new pair of underwear😨

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

This was one of the first VHS cassettes we had. My grandmother paused the film right as the ghost jumped out. I was about 7 and was terrified. (I latter did that to a friend a bit later on.)

[@amoonmonkey4058]

"Grab her, that was your master plan Ray?"

[@ashleyshavers9176]

The way egon was running backwards was too much lol..lol

[@shortieoreo6243]

Ikr! Never gets old 😂😂😂

[@Htheorphanarian]

it's brilliant

[@awardedmussel9630]

I don’t see egon walking backwards

[@bigmetroidfan1263]

It looks like Egon is doing the river dance

[@AMTheOcarinaPlayer]

I remember watching a short interview with Harold Ramis and for that specific scene, they had a heavy air blower and an electrician waving a paper plate to cue their reaction time... all I could think was “paper plate of DOOM!”

[@mistymedic82]

this movie is my childhood. classic...constantly in movie rotation at home :)

[@therantingusher3930]

Mine too. I've seen this movie more times than I've seen the sun & I feel no qualms about watching it again and again. It never gets old.

[@killer92173]

"GET HER!" XD

[@kimmolaine8069]

Best plan ever :p

[@mushroomhead3619]

Ghost: Raaaaaaaaaargghh!

[@doomdemon1205]

Mushroom Head AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!D:

[@killer92173]

@@kimmolaine8069 it's like what did you think was gonna happen??? Lol

[@ahbrando]

Get her? That was your whole plan?

[@nickt3608]

0:37 listen.....you smell something? dang it ray

[@Mark-yn4vl]

One of the best unnoticed line in the movie!

[@SevenEllen]

Unnoticed?! Are you kidding?? We ALL heard it first time dude! :D We're geeks!!

[@dantaylor7344]

Pissed myself silly when I first watched this as a kid, STILL have to pause it now for the laughter!

[@assburger6680]

That line comes back in the video game. In the kitchen during the 6th level, Winston says that line.

[@landbefortime6898]

@@assburger6680 look, do you hear something

[@greenman9123]

no human being would stack books like this....why would you reboot this

[@azertu2u2]

I use that line even today when talking about boxes at work

[@sportsygirl8]

I have no idea! I guess maybe they think they could be better writers than Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, they are so wrong. Some of the lines in the remake are stupid funny like..."I don't know if it's a race thing, or a woman thing, but I'm mad as hell right now!" I didn't see that stupid thing though, just from the trailers.

[@rogerpuzzitiello5175]

Because money.

[@Roger85able]

No one alive

[@workspace966]

Pretty cool apparently @1:35 the book case wasn't supposed to fall, but these comic legends just rolled with it.. thats how ya know you've got real talent working on a film! :)

[@sonrouge]

Wait? One of the biggest jump scares of the whole movie was an on screen ACCIDENT? Talk about timing.

[@jacknedry3925]

sonrouge, GHOSTS!!!!!

[@carlosluisdavilamartinez7840]

Brother that scene at 1:36 was real the producer didn't planned. Believe it that was real and they don't know why that happens.

[@DoubleO88]

"This happened to you before" and rays shake and nod to "first time" was completely improvised? That's pretty damn good.

[@carlosluisdavilamartinez7840]

@@DoubleO88 yes that was real.

[@nickymarch2914]

I'm an 80's baby...and the part where the library ghost jumps at them was TERRIFYING to me! The anticipation used to have me peeking through my fingers lol :D

[@Big.Deez1999]

I wasn't scared.

[@DarthCipient]

GET HER!!! lol Still funny after decades.

[@smairful]

"Come here, Francene." Haha. Love it.

[@SuperAp0calypse]

"Go get her Ray!"

[@mngentry]

Yep. His sweet revenge. Of course Ray's attempt bore a much more severe response then "Shhhh."

[@Legba85]

Holy shit, I just realized that. LOL.

[@olivierbaghdadi]

2:36 "would you just come over here for a second, please?" and ear pulling LOL!

[@JamesJohnson-nm5pu]

Stop that!

[@NemeanLion-]

The scariness of the librarian ghost adds to the humor. You feel scared and Venkman screwing around is twice as funny.

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

i was born in 1983, when I was 3-4 this scene always scared the shit outta me lol

[@olivierbaghdadi]

+ConcreteSurfer420 But this wasn't a movie made for kids. It's bad enough my dumb big brother allowed me to watch it when i was a kid the first time.

[@SniffyPoo]

on the big screen in the dark theater is pretty scary. if you notice they set it up perfectly by having them all try to sneak right up to it

[@nickymarch2914]

Lol...same! The anticipation had me covering my eyes in terror when I was a kid ;-)

[@guts-141]

Did you at least play The Ghostbusters Video Game and catch the Librarian Ghost?

[@bleppebleppsson1169]

You was 1 year old at that time. This movie is from 1984.

[@TheAdamewing]

"Where are you from... originally..."

[@skynet251]

🤣

[@aidanhulme6648]

"Shhhhh"

[@Agent1W]

2:32 I like how Peter's the only one who's not really enthralled as the other two.

[@afriendofbean]

+Agent1W He's the only one who doesn't have any device with him like Egon has the P.K.E. Meter and Ray has cameras but, they told him to come even though he wasn't interested. Although, Egon told Peter to help by collecting a sample of the ghost slime.

[@BigAngeloSantorini]

One of those scenes that i was too scared to watch again as a kid.

[@opinionminnion]

"Back off man .. I'm a scientist".

[@PrimusRaven]

"LISTEN!.... Do you smell something?" lol

[@1ButtonDash]

"LISTEN! You smell something...?"

[@Texy88]

“Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it?!?”

[@kimmolaine8069]

I want to analyze it.

[@timoneil6341]

I

[@geoffwilliams4478]

Eagan, your mucus

[@BritishRailways60163]

That book case apparently fell of its own accord, they put in their own lines, & they decided to keep it in, worked well with the place being haunted

[@negativeindustrial]

Crazy good effects for the 80's man.

[@FlashakaViolet]

one of the best scenes of the movie

[@WillScarlet16]

Can't say I blame the lady for losing it - I'd be mad enough being interrupted while reading, but if everybody kept calling me "IT," I'd just explode.

[@MASoulChild85]

Lmao! She scared this shit out of them in return lol

[@BackroomsWater]

William Craig id see her and walk away....probably crying.

[@BeruBeruIce]

Nah. Is because you have to be quiet in libraries. XD

[@Drixenol86]

from what my dad told me, this scene scared me so much that. I ran away screaming. Still kinda scares me.

[@edmontonboy99]

Were you like 03:36

[@Drixenol86]

Edmonton Boy Yes.

[@WeylandYutaniCorp91]

I'm not sure if this is true, but I think I read somewhere that the bookcase falling over was an accident, that one of the crew members accidentally knocked it over and Murray and Aykroyd ad-libbed those lines. Such a funny scene.

[@ct92404]

Yeah, I read that too. It does seem plausible, which only further shows their acting talents because it was so seamless and actually looked like it was planned for the movie.

[@Tony_Miller]

+ct92404 I'd hate to be that crew member if Christain Bale was in this movie

[@ct92404]

+Tony Miller Lol no kidding! He would have gone on a 3 hour rant, swearing at everyone on the set from the director and DP to the delivery guy bringing sandwiches.

[@roosarobin3383]

Shouldn't the books fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling? It looks as if they're glued in. Somebody call mythbusters. If it had been staged, surely the effect guys would've used real books that would fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling. Just my thought on why I believe it actually was a real accident.

[@MrWolfSnack]

This is why I hate this generation, you're all utter fucking morons. Those are real books and that is a real shelf. They are all glued in place because it's a film prop. It has to be easy to move and quick to set up.

[@bigorange2082]

No human being would stack book like this.....

[@dantro78]

Elmer Bernstein wrote such great music for this scene, as well as the rest of the movie! It's a shame that his score for Ghostbusters often gets overlooked because the Ray Parker Jr. theme was so popular...Would not have been the same great film without Elmer's contribution.

[@alexojideagu]

Lol the book stacking joke. This dry wit is totally lacking in the remake

[@TheBretchenShow]

Please tell me where it says that the remake is required to have dry wit or a sense of humor similar to the original. I eagerly await your answer.

[@alexojideagu]

Ghostbusters was always a black comedy, it was not some loud comedy movie with everyone telling jokes and acting stupid, it's subtle and dry.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Agree, this one relied on a script that is smart and well written while the remake's script is unfunny and badly written

[@ringostingo5892]

@@TheBretchenShow Please tell me how 4 jokes about soup is funny. "I eagerly await your answer"...

[@juggernaught79]

"Listen! You smell something?...."

[@captain_hat6247]

+juggernaught79 0:42 Watch Murray's face when Ackroyd says that.

[@juggernaught79]

+Captain_Hat lol!! Good eye!!

[@troyandrew7443]

egon running backwards screaming is hilarious

[@Naruto85RasenShurike]

"GET HER!" "RRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!" "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"!

[@wandmayeslupik6302]

...busts into one of the geatest, funkiest, jazziest songs on the soundtrack!!!

[@mrhiide]

i love the "now stay close, stay close, i know it, ready GET HERRR!" :D her face gave me nightmares after that :P

[@kimmolaine8069]

Them terrors from childhood :)

[@mrhiide]

Kimmo Laine Yup, unfortunately Gremlins was also one of them :D

[@jackhawkins211]

+Kimmo Laine do poltergeists get weak

[@mrhiide]

Jack Hawkins Im not sure i never asked one :/

[@damiandadmn]

somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it lol

[@fever_spike]

You know you’re a hardcore fan when you’re watching this, and quoting the lines even before they’re actually spoken. Harold, I still recall everything that happened the day we lost you, from that morning right up until we got home that afternoon, and I hopped online, only to learn you were gone...it’s been five years now, and it still hurts-honestly, I don’t think there’ll ever be a point where it won’t. I never knew you, never even met you, yet I love and miss you so much it’s insane...rest easy, Spengs-thanks for everything.

[@Djjoyride]

"Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it!?"

[@BlacKnightRising]

'GET HER!' LOL always gets me

[@Deanovo1]

Listen! . . . .you smell something? hahaha

[@mcbain23]

RIP Egon

[@carlosluisdavilamartinez7840]

The wall at 1:37 minutes was real. The production didn't planned.

[@leonardmosca6852]

This is why Ghostbusters was always an extraordinary movie

[@BrendanJSmith]

“Somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it?”

[@AnthonyNiroshan]

1 of my top 5 childhood movies!!!

[@Haitchpeasauce]

Apparently the bookcase fell over of its own accord (possibly disturbed by the crew). Couldn't have scripted it better.

[@Grimmsoul]

I read that too! Very creepy!

[@LextheRobot]

"Couldn't have scripted it better".... except it was clearly described in the October 7 1983 final shooting script, which has been in print as part of the book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, since 1985. Here's an except from upstairs until they see the ghost for themselves. Notice the ironic part? The symmetrical book stacking and Venkman encountering ectoplasm WERE on-set improvisations thought up by Reitman and the cast, but the falling bookcase was a planned stunt specified in the script: VENKMAN (snaps) Back off, man! I'm a scientist! THE DOOR Spengler sticks his head in. SPENGLER (excited) It's moving! Stantz and Venkman rush out. INT. DEEP IN THE STACKS -- DAY They come slowly down the dark aisle with Spengler leading, taking constant readings. Their faces are lit mainly by the light of their own monitoring and recording equipment. HIGH POV Looking down on them from the spectral point of view. A SPIRAL STAIRCASE One by one, Venkman, Stantz and Spengler come down the tightly winding, old iron staircase. They are scared. Books are strewn all over the floor. [b]A BOOKSHELF The books start to slide forward then the whole shelving unit topples over and almost crushes the team under a ton of books. They jump to safety.[/b] VENKMAN Nice. (out loud) Hello... Spengler looks at his meters and silently points at a dark aisle intersecting the one they're in. The team inches toward it. SPENGLER It's here.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

"This happen to you before? Oh...first time?" Loved Bill Murray's improvisation.

[@TheAdamewing]

"Listen... do you smell something? The best lines are the ones you don't catch until you've seen it a million times.

[@musicaldooder20]

" Listen. Do you smell something?" Lol. I love this movie.

[@nderohan]

The "listen, you smell something!" Line is always great!

[@PoeDameron15]

Hehehehehe. "Get her!" That was your whole plan? Get her? ^^

[@Cml725]

Ever happen to you before? Oh, first time?

[@jaggass]

The Librarian ghost was the only one that the Ghostbusters never captured

[@gr6607]

I love 2:26 'So whada we do?' Sounds totally clueless haha.

[@tankmaster1018]

I was prolly 6 or 7 when I first saw this movie and I remember breaking my VCR rewinding this scene so many times

[@almcroof2146]

"So what do we do?" XD Peter is like "don't tell you drag me here hunting a ghost without a plan about how to deal with it"

[@warriorfella]

if winston was there, he would not have been moving toward that ghost.

[@mydadisbald9175]

That ghost gave me nightmares for about 4 years from when I was about 7...

[@Terryfan]

1:35 what makes the part special with The book case falling over it was actually not in the script a few crew members knock it over and the line Peter said to Ray and Ray shaking his head was all ad-libs they kept the scene in because it added an extra element of mystery to the atmosphere as to whether it was a natural occurrence, or a malicious act on the part of the ghost for which the soon-to-be Ghostbusters were looking.

[@Dac719]

What was Egon about to do when Peter yelled "Stop that!" and slapped his device down to the floor?

[@ryanyarbrough1343]

I think Egon was trying to calculate what to do next.

[@afriendofbean]

Since Ray asked Egon what they should do, Egon was probably trying to get information on the next clue from the P.K.E. Meter on how they should handle the ghost, and Peter's knocked it out of his hand saying "stop that" as a way of saying "let me decide." Probably since Peter acted that way, both Ray and Egon were going to make Peter talk to the ghost himself where as soon as they looked at him from 2:52-2:53 was like they were saying "you are the one who pulled us back wondering what to do, so you talk to the ghost."

[@sirpizo555]

That scared me as a kid

[@mrhiide]

scared the crap out of me, fun though when thinking on it :P

[@Agui007]

I too feel the effects have lived up pretty well for the time. I also remember seeing this in the cinema with my Dad the first time. Good old days :-D

[@SAVUFILMS]

Yes I'm recommended the original ghost busters movie

[@baywatchrules12]

Can't match this era of great movies!! Awsome :)

[@LPTV84]

I think one of the great things about this scene was the facial expressions of the characters reacting to this 4 minute journey to finding a ghost. Like, look at Peter's face after Ray says "Listen! ... do you smell something?" He turns his head and is like wait, wtf did you just say? I think the reboot accomplishes this at times too because of the fact they're comedians. Great Comedians have a great sense timing and one of the key ways to reacting to something with some laugh to it are faces and body movements. The whole 84 film is riddled with facial expressions appropriate for the situations to make them fun, funny, and scary.

[@Oliwolf78]

This gave me nightmares for weeks as a kid.

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

One of the best jokes of the movie: "Listen! You smell something?"

[@jjryan1352]

The really odd thing is a year before this Annie Potts was in an episode of Remington Steele, and in once scene she is in a basement library with a ghost.

[@chrisstanley8053]

This movie is perfection.

[@oliviasnowpaw8790]

OMG that ghost scared the living daylights outta me!

[@dancase1312]

One of the best scenes ever.

[@pauljackson2409]

'Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it'. 'I know exactly what to do..................get her!' ...and the look on Ray's face when they're running away More belly-laughs in four minutes than in the whole of the Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy abortion. No wonder fans were pissed

[@hellsunicorn]

The movie positively sucked, but what really pissed people off was Feig, McCarthy and others going around insulting everybody who didn't like the trailers and then the movie. Most of the money the movie made was probably from people who weren't core fans of the original movie. To this day I have no idea how you can spend over $100 million on something that was so cheap looking and poorly produced.

[@BackroomsWater]

Paul Jackson poor poor ray

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Good acting by Dan Aykroyd at 1:45.

[@thatfatgit3843]

0:42 did ray just say listen do you smell

[@alexandrabahtishi6193]

"Listen, you smell something?" Haha!!

[@yaiza_yamada9428]

I love Egon Spengler😍😍I love Harold Ramis😍

[@Htheorphanarian]

"Where you from, originally?" a classic chat-up line still used to this day, but in this context a deeper meaning, brilliant writing

[@stevencarter8801]

This movie never gets old

[@InuKun2008]

lol. Upstairs was the New York Public Library, with the basement being that of the L.A. Public Library.

[@jasonmaclean719]

This movie is as rare as it gets. It's almost perfect. Lightning in a bottle. Hence why a reboot was doomed from conception.

[@Me2times]

"Listen! You smell something?" Venkman's face said it all

[@geekrockrats]

I find the ghost in its first form scarier than the demonic one

[@adaonetube]

@ 2:40 hahaha. Classic. Brings back memories as a kid. Never understood why he called him "Francine"

[@jamesroper4952]

No reboot will ever compare to the original Ghostbusters. Bill Murray cracks me up in every scene.

[@andersjohansson4934]

This scene made me superscary in 1984 when i was like 8-10 years old and was watching this at a cinema in Stockholm City.

[@r09studios68]

One of our favorite ghostbusters scenes. Cant wait for the new movie and to see the connections it’s makes to the classic.

[@Martynde]

Did you enjoy it?

[@kimmolaine8069]

Ah the terrors from childhood. Dem feels. :3

[@SubscribersWithNoVideos-bd8jn]

If you didn’t cover you’re eyes at this scene when you were little, you’re not human

[@tamastabi3182]

I love how Ghostbusters balance between scary/spooky and comedy. I liked Afterlife, but it was more an adventure and comedy and less scary.

[@oldbrokenhands]

Just watched the "Go get her Ray!" scene. Someone pointed out how that scene was a callback to this one. Venkman got the last one, Stanz gets Gozer.

[@jtagen1]

Gotta love Egon's backwards run

[@therantingusher3930]

Am I the only one who was afraid of the library ghost, the demon dogs & the taxi-cab ghost as a little kid? Strangely enough, even though I was afraid of certain parts, I couldn't stop watching this movie because I was addicted to it. And tbh I still am even after all these years.

[@Mizzcheeviouz]

Next year it'll be 30, because I turn 32 next year.. It came out in 84.. I was 2 when Ghostbusters came out, and 7 when Ghostbusters 2 came out..

[@fearmonster13]

r.i.p. Harold Ramis

[@jaggass]

peter venkman didnt look that scared running down the stairs he looked like he was late for work.

[@kimmolaine8069]

It's called comedy. :)

[@Ductos]

In the video game they finally reveal her name and origin: Eleanor Twitty, former New Yorker head librarian, who was seduced and killed by a demonic psycho killer.