Spook Central: The Ghostbusters Companion

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Shot On Site - Yes, It's True, This City Has No WienerWald

My first post of the new year is going to be one of my long-overdue Shot On Site articles. I have several locations identified and waiting to be written up, and hopefully I'll get to more than one a year.

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Stay Puft Quality Marshmallows Review (The Parallax Corporation)

The Parallax Corporation recently introduced a box of officially-licensed Stay Puft Quality Marshmallows into the marketplace. If you're getting a case of deja vu, there's a good reason for that. In 2010, Omni Consumer Products produced a box of Stay…

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Update on Paul "Good News!"

Updated on December 31, 2012 Hi Everyone Good news! My family and I are no longer living at the Red Cross emergency shelter at Nassau Community College. We spent six grueling weeks there, and we left nearly exactly to the day and time we arrived. We…

In Personal

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Ghostbusters II Finally Coming To Blu-Ray & More 30th Anniversary Fun (UPDATED)

(click to enlarge) As part of Spook Central's Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Celebration, I am please to announce that the new Ghostbusters 1 & 2 30th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray box set is scheduled to be released on September 16, 2014, a…

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High-Resolution Ghostbusters Photos & More

More of the Ghostbusters stuff I scanned in over the past few months has been added to the site. First up, the first draft of "The True Face of a Monster" script has been added to the Extreme Ghostbusters Scripts page. A big thanks to Matthew Jordan for…

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Shot On Site - Tom Skeritt Visited Armand's Before The Ghostbusters

This is a first for Spook Central's Shot on Site series. This is a Ghostbusters II location that was already identified, but I will be writing about it based on its usage in another movie - and tying it all together using images from both movies, some…

In Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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Lego Dimensions Review - Starter & Ghostbusters Level Packs

Last year, I wrote an editorial about Ghostbusters merchandise I hoped to see this year. It was a "wishful thinking" kind of thing because I knew the chances of any of it becoming a reality was slim to none. Well, one of my ideas became a reality...a…

In Games

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Ghostbusters 2016 Reboot Trailer & Hidden Website Found!!!

Ghostbusters 2016 Trailer (3/3/2016) View on YouTube (with MPAA green band) / Download (1280x720) The trailer for the new 2016 Ghostbusters reboot movie came out today. It's embedded above, so feel free to watch it before reading on. I'm going to share…

In Reviews & Merch, The 2016 Parody Remake

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Lego Dimensions Review - Stay Puft & Slimer Fun Packs

Warner Bros. Games recently released the Stay Puft & Slimer Fun Packs, which completes the run of Ghostbusters content for Lego Dimensions, and I have the honor of reviewing them for you today.

In Games

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Spook Central Is Now Ghost Corps Registered

Lookee what I received in the mail today. Yup, it's one of those super-awesome "Ghost Corps Cadet" pins. If I still had any of the 15th anniversary Spook Central patches I had made back in 2011, I would have sent them one in return. I'm looking into…

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The Corner Penthouse of Spook Central

Pull up a chair and settle in at The Corner Penthouse of Spook Central. http://www.thecornerpenthouse.tk The new, yet not new, sister site of Spook Central, that's both separate from it, yet a part of it at the same time. This is where I will be posting…

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Spook Central's April Fools Day 2017 Prank

I don't do April's Fools pranks every year, lest you be able to predict it coming. This year I decided to do one after seeing the site for the band Spook (located at SpookBand.com) pop up in search results for "Spook Central" because their main page…

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Have At It Eduardo, Extreme Ghostbusters Is Legal

Long before there was Erin, Abby, Jillian, and Patty; there was Eduardo, Kylie, Garrett, and Roland - the Extreme Ghostbusters! It was 20 years ago today, on September 2, 1997, that I first saw this next-generation, mentored by original ghostbuster Egon…

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Return of Shot on Site Summer - Ghostbusters 2016 Locations, Part 1 (Movie Rundown)

First the Jedi returned. Then the Living Dead returned. In 2018, the Summer will return in Spook Central's "Return of Shot on Site Summer". Rated R. No one under 18 will be admitted. I hope you read all of that in the Day of the Dead trailer announcer's…

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Ghostbusters Hidden Cameos

Many years ago I wrote an article about Ghostbusters II's hidden cameos, and even covered those from the Feig film, but I never wrote anything about the original. Since today is the film's 34th anniversary, what better day than today to correct this…

In Ghostbusters 1, Cast & Crew

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Ready Player One Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review

Normally I cover non-Ghostbusters stuff on The Corner Penthouse, but Ready Player One (2018) is an exception because there IS a Ghostbusters connection present on the Blu-ray disc, and the movie itself is tailor-made for the audience that loves…

In Home Video

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Shot On Site - Reach Out And Slime Someone

This past Summer, Lars Karlsen came forth to help identify some of the few remaining Ghostbusters II filming locations. He even visited the Big Apple to take his own photos of these new locations, as well as the whole array of known locations. All of…

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Shot On Site - Let's Run Some Red Lights

This past Summer, Lars Karlsen came forth to help identify some of the few remaining Ghostbusters II filming locations. He even visited the Big Apple to take his own photos of these new locations, as well as the whole array of known locations. All of…

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Shot On Site - Another Speck In The Wall

This past Summer, Lars Karlsen came forth to help identify some of the few remaining Ghostbusters II filming locations. He even visited the Big Apple to take his own photos of these new locations, as well as the whole array of known locations. All of…

In Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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Spook Central Merchandise Now Available

Long time readers may remember that the first piece of official Spook Central merchandise was the 15th anniversary patch back in 2011. Well, that was nothing compared to this. After nearly 23 years, Spook Central finally has official t-shirts...and…

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Trailer #1 Review

As an early Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus present, the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie came out yesterday, which is now officially known as Ghostbusters: Afterlife most everywhere and Ghostbusters: Legacy in Germany. I'm going to…

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Hasbro's Kenner Classics: GhostPopper Review

Hasbro's Kenner Classics line continues with the Kenner Classics: GhostPopper. Read on to find out more about it...

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Mini-Pufts Character Reveal

With Ghostbusters: Afterlife set to be released in theaters in seven months (assuming no more delays), the Sony marketing machine has, finally, started running again. It's been almost a year and a half since the first (and currently, only) trailer for…

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A Tale of Two Different Boxes for Hasbro's Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ecto-1 Playset

Hasbro recently released the Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ecto-1 Playset, which I reviewed last month. You may have heard, or even noticed yourself, that the toy comes in two slightly different boxes. Both boxes have an illustration of Phoebe in the new…

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Hasbro Ghostbusters Mini-Puft Popper Children's Roleplay Toy Review

One of Hasbro's latest Ghostbusters offerings is the Mini-Puft Popper roleplay toy. Read on to find out more about it...

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Hasbro Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Track and Trap Ecto-1 Review

One of Hasbro's latest Ghostbusters offerings is the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Track and Trap Ecto-1. Read on to find out more about it...

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Easter Eggs

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was recently released on physical disc media in the United States in the following formats: Standard 4K+Blu-ray Combo Pack, Steelbook 4K+Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray+DVD Combo Pack, and Individual DVD. To celebrate, let's take…

In Home Video, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

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A Ghostbusters II Christmas Poem

It's Christmas Eve for some of you, and what better way to celebrate than with a poem pulled from a 35-year-old book. Taken from pages 74-76 of the "Ghostbusters II Joke, Puzzle, and Game Book" by Jim Razzi & Jack Looney, let's read…

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Unopened Ecto Cooler From 2016 Corrodes

Recently, Ghostbusters News alerted fans to a problem with unopened Ecto Cooler cans from 2016. It was said that if you opened one of those cans now, fermentation of the limited amount of fruit juice in the product would cause the can to explode like a…

In Reviews & Merch

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Star Invaders Spring 1985 Ghostbusters II Magazine Review

In June 1985, Liberty Communications Inc. released Star Invaders #3 magazine (dated Spring 1985). This issue proclaimed "GHOSTBUSTERS II", a whole four years before there actually would be one! Even better, according to the cover, Eddie Murphy would be…

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