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Ghostbusters! I'd like to defend this movies right to be on the list, in one way or another.
I'm glad to see it mentioned. It would have been in my original top 20 list, as it is my "other favourite movie", apart from "Evil Dead" - but I didn't think we were allowed to vote for it as it wasn't on the list. It's the movie that got me into horror! And I've never seen it in a theatre, by the way...
Many of you older members (I'm 36 myself) have defended some of the classics from your youth... movies that left a great impression on you and got you interested in the genre.
Well... Ghostbusters might not mean much to YOU, but it was a BIG deal for a lot of us 80s kids, and I know for a fact that quite a lot of horror fans my age started with Ghostbusters. It's not just any movie, it was and still is a pop culture phenomenon - and if we could back The Raven earlier (as I did myself), we can certainly back Ghostbusters too. Personally, I actually find the movie rather creepy in places, especially that library ghost which has been haunting my nightmares for 30 years now :D
Each generation has it's classics, and I think it's something that many people tend to overlook or forget applies to the "younger" generations too - and their experiences of being blown away by a movie are just as valid. After all - that's what's keeping the genre alive.
So yes - I definitely think Ghostbusters should be somewhere on our list...
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