By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 22, 2015 at 7:49 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 2, Fans

When I became a part of the Ghostbusters online community in 1995/1996, there were no Ghostbusters fan films online. Back then, you were lucky to have a 28.8k modem with dial-up internet, so you didn't have the capabilities to view large full-length movies - and there certainly wasn't a YouTube, or anything like it. It seems like as good a time as any to take a look back at the early fan films.

The first Ghostbusters fan video that appeared in 1998, "Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good", was less than 90-seconds long and the video files were almost as small as a postage stamp. Ten years later, Ghostbusters "fan films" would truly be films, full-length theatrically-screened motion pictures. Listed below are six of the more notable Ghostbusters fan videos to appear in this period of time. Some others are linked on the Spook Central Patreon page. Click on the images to view the videos (almost all are on external sites).

I Go To Extremes (1997 or 1998) Created by Paul Rudoff (that's me) - This is an Extreme Ghostbusters music video set to the song by Billy Joel. I edited this together using analog video dubbing equipment; no computer was used to make this video I made a bunch of music videos in the 1990s, and hope to eventually share them all.	Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good (1998) Created by David Sadler, Brandon Crisp, Mark Argentini, and Rob Cleaton; released on December 14, 1998 - This was the first notable fan film, the premise is that two ghostbusters are sitting outside on a break after a long day of chasing the spooks when some punk starts giving them a hard time.

Real Ghostbusters Wassup (2000) Created by Chad Paulson; released on March 5, 2000 - This is a parody of a very popular Budweiser commercial that was airing at the time. Audio from the commercial is set to clips from RGB.	Freddy vs. Ghostbusters (2004) Created by Hank Braxtan; released on May 13, 2004 - This was the first real attempt to make a substantial fan film, and at roughly a half-hour in length, it was successful enough to spawn a full-length sequel.

Zootfly's Ghostbusters (2007) Created by Zootfly; released on January 10, 2007 - The Slovenian video game developer released a couple of videos (and some concept art) onto the internet, which got fans thinking that they were working on a Ghostbusters video game (they weren't). Sony had those videos yanked off of YouTube claiming copyright infringement. You can view them here: Peter Venkman News Report, Blasting & Zapping, Ectomobile Models, Ectomobile Driving.	Return Of The Ghostbusters (2007) Created by Hank Braxtan; co-associate produced by Paul Rudoff (me); released on October 31, 2007 - Following Freddy vs. Ghostbusters, this full-length 84 minute epic is the continuing adventures of the Denver Ghostbusters. I believe that this is the only Ghostbusters fan film to have gotten a theatrical release. Also, be sure to read the final shooting script (dated Nov. 7, 2005) and listen to the film score.

4 comments

Comment from: Johnnie oddbsll [Visitor]

https://youtu.be/tYFgyDTpDvA
I made this few years ago im thinking of doing another one but bit longer and with ecto as well let me know your thoughts
Regards director johnnie oddball

Jan. 29, 2019 @ 09:30

Comment from: [Member]

Very nice, Johnny. I see Ben “Kingpin” King is in it. I’m surprised you guys didn’t cross paths with the Scooby gang. I see they got to the location first :-) - Paul

Jan. 29, 2019 @ 15:27

Comment from: David Pellegrini [Visitor]

Hello, Paul!

Here is again David from Italy.

Please watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRwcYbNAR1U

There is soooo much work and passion!

Despite it’s a low-budget product, is noteworthy that the official Italian voice actors of: Dan Aykroyd (who narrates the introduction), Harold Ramis (who speaks in the scene via Skype) and Annie Potts played a role.
I like to believe they took participation for pure passion them too, because they play the voices of their respective characters also both in the movies and in the cartoon series!
So I think they are particularly tied to their characters, all these years!! :D

Dec. 16, 2021 @ 06:02

Comment from: [Member]

Good job, David. – Paul

Dec. 16, 2021 @ 23:45