Ghostbusters II
Movie, 1989, The original team, Set in Five years later
Ghostbusters II is #3 of 6 in release order and #3 of 6 in chronological order in the Ghostbusters.
The story
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Ghostbusters II recap
Five years after Gozer, the Ghostbusters have been sued out of business. Ray runs an occult bookshop and does children's parties with Winston, Egon does research, and Peter hosts a cheap psychic TV show. Dana, now divorced with a baby son, Oscar, works restoring paintings at a museum, where a portrait of Vigo the Carpathian, a 16th-century tyrant, is being hung. Oscar's pram rolls off by itself, and the team finds a river of pink slime under the city that reacts to emotion, swelling with New Yorkers' bad moods. Vigo takes control of Dana's boss, Janosz, and orders him to bring him a child so he can be reborn. The team is committed to a psychiatric ward after a run-in with the mayor's aide while the slime rises.
Ghostbusters II ending explained
On New Year's Eve, ghosts overrun the city and the museum is sealed under a shell of slime with Dana and Oscar inside. Released by the mayor, the Ghostbusters fill the Statue of Liberty with positive slime and walk it through the streets, and the crowd singing "Auld Lang Syne" weakens the shell. They defeat Vigo, whose painting changes into a portrait of the four of them.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II is streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, and Fandango at Home Free in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 57%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Real Ghostbusters, before Ghostbusters.
- Chronological order: after The Real Ghostbusters, before Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
What to watch before Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters (1984), which Ghostbusters II (1989) continues.
Cast
- Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
- Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
- Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
- Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler
- Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
- Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
- Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
- Peter MacNicol as Janosz Poha
- Harris Yulin as The Judge
- David Margulies as The Mayor of NY
- Kurt Fuller as Hardemeyer
- Janet Margolin as The Prosecutor
Directed by Ivan Reitman.