Disturbing Moments In Original 'Ghostbusters' Movies

This scene is one of the most frightening in any Ghostbusters film.GhostbustersThe film starts with the guys entering the New York Public Library.New York Public LibraryThey find slime and strange Dewey Decimal system uses, but everything seems harmless. Deeper in the stacks, they find a ghost woman floating above the floor.

The woman looks okay, not just a ghost. She tells them to be quiet, like in a library. But when the guys keep trying to talk to her, she turns into a hideous beast.

Louis gets possessed by the demon dog from hell; it is scary, and Dana does not fare much better. While she sits in her chair at home, arms suddenly rip from the fabric, holding her down. As she fights to break free from the monstrous arms,monstrous armsThe chair slides across the floor to the open door, where a hellhound waits for her.

InGhostbusters IIIn Ghostbusters II, the guys walk down the Pneumatic Transit Tunnel. A dark tunnel underground is scary alone, but the fright spikes when the Ghostbusters see a screaming, disembodied head on a pike. They look away, and they see more heads on pikes.

A ghost train runs through Winston, adding insult to injury, but the real terror is the disembodied heads.disembodied headsThese heads scream at the living.

This scene is one of the scariest in Ghostbusters II.Ghostbusters IIOne still frightens adults, especially parents. Oscar, a small baby, gets out of his window onto a ledge. This spot is over ten floors up from Dana's apartment.

Oscar is juststanding on the ledgea ghostly nanny appears as the creepiest Mary Poppins ever imagined.

After seeing what he thought was a dog in his closet, Louis runs from his apartment through New York City streets. He is clearly scared; who wouldn't be if a huge hellhound chases him? He runs to a restaurant, pounds on the glass, begging entry,nobody pays him much attention.

Everyone ignores Louis's cries for help in a funny way, yet his fear shows. A crazy man running through NYC yelling about a bear in his place might get the "ignore the nutjob" reaction, but many people see the monster chasing him. People might have helped him.

Just as the guys think they handled Vigo by attacking his painting, Ray looks at it too long. This gives the ghost the time he needs to possess him.Vigo takes possession of himRay turns around. His face mixes Vigo's and his own. This looks creepy enough without Ray turning on his friends. Slime quickly exorcises Vigo, but seeing how easy he corrupted a good guy like Ray is scary.

The premise of "When Vigo Begins Possessing The Baby".Ghostbusters IIinvolves the long-gone soul ofVigo the CarpathianVigo the Carpathian returns from the painting he was trapped in years ago. He needs a young child to do this; he targets Oscar, Dana's son. This causes the child's abduction and a demonic takeover at the painting's base. The Ghostbusters arrive and stop Vigo's plans. Vigo's face starts morphing with the child's.

Dana has trouble in her apartment. Her groceries start acting weird. Eggs jump out of the carton and cook on the counter. That is not the scary part. When Dana moves toward the fridge,the fridge, Dana looks freaked out. Who would not be when eggs explode and sizzle on a counter?

Opening her refrigerator, Dana finds a portal and a hellhound shrieks, "Zuul!". No one expects this in the fridge.

InGhostbusters, when the dearly departed are freed to roam the Earth, a short scene shows a pink mist slithering into a New York Checkered Cab's tailpipe. A man then enters the car and gives the driver his directions. The camera pans to the cabbie; he is arotten, corpse-like zombieHe follows the directions and dangerously speeds through the city.

A kid finds a zombie scary. They do not know if this ghost took a gross form or if the pink mist rotted the driver.

Psycho-reactive slime causes trouble for New Yorkers inGhostbusters II.A woman with a largemink coatWhen a woman steps in the stuff, the skinned minks in her coat suddenly live again. They get angry. They bite and attack the lady until she throws the coat off. The coat runs free.

Kids were scared of their mom's fur coat before this scene. They were definitely scared after leaving the theater.

Right before the final fight in Ghostbusters, the guys reach the top of the building. They find Louis and Dana on pedestals. Blue lightning hits both as they open the gate. The camera focuses on them; they drop to all fours andtransform, the guys reach the building top. There, they find Louis and Dana standing on pedestals. Blue lightning hits both as they open the gate. The camera focuses on them; they lower to all fours andWatching this as a kid is scary. No kid wants to become a nasty demon dog.After a run-in with the law in Ghostbusters II, the Ghostbusters go to court with a stubborn judge. He scolds them until the slime in evidence erupts into the ghosts of the

After a run-in with the law inGhostbusters II, the ghostbusters face a cantankerous judge in court. He berates them until the slime in evidence erupts into the ghostly specters of theScoleri Brothers.The judge admits he sentenced them to death by electric chair. Both apparitions crackle with electricity.

In.Ghostbusters II.There is a scene where Dr. Raymond Stantz is lowered under New York streets. Dangled from the cable, he finds aA river of fast-moving slime.He gets excited then freaks out. He manages to take a sample while guys above get distracted by a ConEd employee asking what they do. This distraction keeps Ray above the slime longer than he likes. Then, tendrils of the stuff reach up to grab his feet.

If you saw this as a kid, you might skip the bubble bath for a couple of nights.

Slimer.Slimer isn't the scariest ghost in theGhostbusters.franchise. Slimer was their buddy in the animated series. Though he is now a mascot, his first appearance could scare kids. He eats at a food cart in the hotel when Dr. Venkman walks by. Slimer notices the ghostbuster watching him fast. Suddenly, he flies toward the camera while Venkman screams.