As the Ghostbusters team attempts to prevent the end of humanity they are faced with the challenge of clearing their minds. The ancient Sumerian god named Gozer the Gozerian has left it to the imaginations of the Ghostbusters to “choose the form of the destructor”. They try to clear their thoughts but one image pops into the mind of Dan Akroyd’s character Ray Stantz.
The image that manifests the creature of their doom is the soft and fluffy Stay-Puft Marshmallow man. The happy faced, sweet and fluffy Stay Puft Marshmallow man towers 10 stories about the crowds of New Yorkers, crushing cars underfoot.
As far as monsters go this one is pretty lighthearted in keeping with the comedic careers of Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Rick Moranis, and Harold Ramis who all had their starts on either Saturday Night Live or Second City Television.
The charm of Ghostbusters and the key to its success is its ability to be a both a comedy and a horror film. Like many of the giant creatures of movies past, such as King Kong and Godzilla, fear is coupled with fascination. In the case of Ghostbusters and the Stay Puft Marshmallow man humor lightens the fear and we are entertained.
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