INT.

RESTARANT - KITCHEN - NIGHT

JOSH (22) cooks burgers on a grille. He is chubby and

carefree, humming to himself and wearing a hair net.

CHRISTINE (25) enters. She’s beautiful, smart, a waitress.

She puts a plate down in front of Josh with a cheeseburger on
it.

CHRISTINE
Josh, can you please do your job so
I don’t get yelled at? The guy
asked for no mushrooms.

JOSH
And that’s my fault how?

CHRISTINE
You made the burger.

A beat.

JOSH
You know, as you get older, you’re
getting this weird little mustache.
You should really get that looked
at.

Christine grumbles. The owner of the restarant, WALT (40),

approaches and grabs a tray of food that is ready to go out.

WALT
I swear, I’ve never seen a brother
and sister who fight as much as you
two. Christine, since it’s getting
late, why don’t you help Josh take
the trash out to the shed?

CHRISTINE
What? I don’t want to go in there,
Walt. It’s creepy.

WALT
I don’t care if it’s creepy--the
faster he gets back in here, the
faster we can close up. So go ahead
and help him.

Josh hands Christine a full trash bag, nearly bursting with

garbage.

JOSH
Here ya go. The extra smelly and
heavy one.
 2.

EXT. RESTARANT - NIGHT

Josh and Christine head towards a creaky, old SHED behind the
restarant. Christine struggles with her giant trash bag,
while Josh easily holds his with one hand.

JOSH
C’mon, let’s pick up the pace, huh?
We don’t have all night, ya know.

INT. SHED - NIGHT

Josh opens the door. The shed is filled with rusted TOOLS,
weird ANTIQUES, and boxes full of BOOKS.

Josh looks around the shed as Christine waits in the doorway.

JOSH
I love looking at this stuff, it’s
so weird.

CHRISTINE
Yeah, that’s great. Can we go back
now please?

JOSH
Don’t be such a baby. Look, it’s
Walt.

Josh points to a picture framed on the wall. Christine

crosses to it.

CHRISTINE’S POV -

The photo shows A YOUNG BOY (6) sitting on a couch and

reading a book with an OLD MAN (90).

CHRISTINE
Oh yeah, it must be. Who’s that
with him, his grandfather? That guy
looks like a hundred years old.

JOSH
Yeah, I know. Whoa, look--old
magazines.

Josh inspects a bookshelf of tattered MAGAZINES.

CHRISTINE
I don’t think you should touch
those, Josh.

Josh opens one of the magazines.

 3.

JOSH
What, you think someone’s gonna
care? Maybe there are some old
nudie mags in here. Holy crap, this
one is from 1909.
(reading)
Tobin’s Chronicle of Magic and
Otherworldly Creatures.

Josh tosses the magazine away and looks through another one.

A WIND picks up. The shed door CREAKS back and forth and then
closes. Christine shivers.

CHRISTINE
C’mon, Josh. This is creepy and I’m
freezing. Let’s go.

JOSH
No, wait, wait, hold on. Look at
this.

A BANGING comes from the roof of the shed. Christine looks

up.

CHRISTINE
Josh, we need to go help close up
the restarant. Come on.

JOSH
What, are you really scared right
now? Wow, that is sad. Oh no, look
at me, I’m a magical creature!

Josh reads from the magazine.

JOSH (CONT’D)
Valsidrahide! Malandrhide!
Keenasovo! Krandoo!

Josh laughs.

JOSH (CONT’D)
What is that, Yiddish or something?

Christine stares at Josh’s hands. Her eyes go wide.

CHRISTINE
Josh...? Josh.

JOSH
What?
 4.

CHRISTINE
Josh.

Josh looks up, annoyed.

JOSH
What?

Christine points at Josh’s hands. Josh looks down.

JOSH’S POV -

Yellow SLIME is oozing out of Josh’s hands and dripping onto

the floor.

JOSH (CONT’D)
Aaah!

Josh drops the magazine and jumps back. The slime pours from
his fingers like a faucet.

CHRISTINE
What is that, what is that?!

JOSH
I don’t know! I don’t know! Aaah!
It burns!
(sniffs his hands)
And smells like shit!

Josh panics and waves his hands wildly, flinging slime all
over the shed. A glob of it lands on Christine’s face.

CHRISTINE
Eeeeww! Stop! Stop!

Christine looks toward the magazine on the floor.

CHRISTINE (CONT’D)
Oh my god.

CHRISTINE’S POV -

The magazine FLUTTERS, its pages quickly turning, as GREEN

SMOKE billows from it, filling the shed.

Christine hears a RATTLING to her right. She turns.

 5.

CHRISTINE’S POV -

Three small WOODEN TOTEMS are sitting on a shelf nearby. They

have TERRIBLE DEMON FACES carved into them and are shaking
violently.

Josh is terrified.

JOSH
Holy crap, what the hell’s going
on? We better get out of here, we
better--

BOOM! An explosion of LIGHT and SOUND erupts as FOUR GHOSTS

burst from the wooden totems! They fly around the barn and
begin smashing the antiques and wooden shelves. Two of the
ghosts spot Josh and Christine and fly right into their
bodies, disappearing in a flash of light.

Josh and Christine drop to the ground, terrified and huddled

together. One of the remaining ghosts swoops down and
SCREECHES just inches from Christine’s face.

Suddenly the shed door is KICKED open and a MAN (55) enters.
He is dressed in a brown jumpsuit, has weird GOGGLES on his
eyes, and wears a strange BACK-PACK. The back-pack is
connected to two PISTOLS that he holds in each hand.

The man BLASTS the ghosts with his pistols, and the guns emit
streams of YELLOW and RED ENERGY. The man WHIPS the streams
around and they SMASH whatever they touch as the ghost try to
flee.

Finally the ghosts get caught in the streams and the man
tosses out a YELLOW-AND-BLACK BOX that is connected to a
PEDAL. He maneuvers the ghosts over the box, steps on the
pedal, and A CONE OF LIGHT shoots out of the box and sucks
the ghosts into it. When they are gone, the box closes and
BEEPS.

All is quiet. Josh and Christine stare at the man. He walks

over to the box and picks it up, inspecting it.

CHRISTINE
Who--who are you?

The man takes off his goggles and turns to Christine and
Josh. He is RAY STANTZ (60).

RAY
My name is Dr. Raymond Stantz. And
you, I’m afraid, are in very big
trouble.
 6.

The drums of the GHOSTBUSTERS theme kicks in and the NO-GHOST

SYMBOL appears as the song plays over images of New York
City.

INT. NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT - DAY

MIKE XANDER (24) rolls over in bed and shuts off his BEEPING
alarm clock. He is funny, smooth-talking, a slacker.

Mike notices a BLONDE GIRL (20) sleeping next to him. Her

hair covers her face.

MIKE
Oh, hello...Stacey?

Mike moves the hair away from the girl’s face.

MIKE (CONT’D)
Oh, Danielle. Morning, Danielle.

Mike stands and puts his pants on.

MIKE (CONT’D)
(whispering)
I thought Danielle hated me?

DANIELLE wakes up and realizes where she is.

DANIELLE
Ugh. Mike? What time is it?

MIKE
Eight. We gotta get to class. And I
thought you hated me?

DANIELLE
(holding her head)
I do. How much did I drink last
night?

Mike grins.

MIKE
The perfect amount, apparently.

INT. NYC APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY

CALVIN SPENGLER (19) sits at a table, wearing a bizarre

helmet and working on a boxy contraption with WIRES and
COILS. He is incredibly smart, but emotionally...distant.

OSCAR VENKMAN (22) enters. He is shy, excitable, sweet.

 7.

OSCAR
Hey, Calvin. Still working on that
thing?

CALVIN
Yeah, I’m just double-checking the
Tesla coils before I hand it in to
Professor Spengler today. They
don’t seem to be working properly.

OSCAR
I thought Mike was supposed to work
on those last night?

Calvin shoots Oscar a look.

OSCAR (CONT’D)
(laughing)
Oh, right.

Oscar opens a cupboard and retrieves a box of cereal.

OSCAR (CONT’D)
And Egon is your uncle, ya know. I
don’t think you have to call him
Professor Spengler.

CALVIN
It’s better for the teacher-student
relationship if it remains on those
terms. Don’t you call your step-dad
Dr. Venkman?

OSCAR
Uh, no. But that reminds me--I was
working on the ESP experiment last
night, and I think there is a
connection between wrong answers
and electric shocks.

CALVIN
You do? When were you working on
this? Last night?

OSCAR
Yeah. I couldn’t really sleep so I
just stayed awake and looked over
the data.

Oscar pours himself a bowl of cereal. Calvin stands and

crosses to him.
 8.

CALVIN
Insomnia is a very serious
disorder, Oscar. You haven’t slept
much at all since you moved in with
us. Do you think it’s caused by
nerves maybe from living away from
home for the first time?

OSCAR
I’m fine, Cal. Don’t worry about
me.

CALVIN
Worry?

Oscar turns to Calvin.

OSCAR’S POV -

Calvin is wearing the strange helmet and scanning Oscar with

a wand-like device.

CALVIN (CONT’D)
Oh, right. Worry.

OSCAR
(laughing)
Thanks for your concern, Cal, I
appreciate it.

Mike enters.

MIKE
Hey, you assholes missed an awesome
party last night. I told you you
shoulda come with me.

CALVIN
I had work to do. Plus alcohol
kills brain cells and weakens every
major body function.

MIKE
That’s great, Cal.
(to Oscar)
Oscar, why were you up so late last
night? I thought maybe you couldn’t
sleep from all the noise I was
making.

Mike grins, grinding his crotch and waving his hands.

 9.

MIKE (CONT’D)
You know what I’m saying? Know what
I’m saying?

OSCAR
I don’t know, what is that? Were
you churning butter?

MIKE
No, man, with Danielle! You know!

OSCAR
Danielle? I thought she hated you?

MIKE
I did too, but I guess not no more.
It was awesome, we came home and
she was like biting my ear, and
then we went upstairs, and I’m not
sure what happened next, but it was
great.

DANIELLE (O.S.)
He puked.

Oscar, Calvin, and Mike turn and see Danielle. She heads for
the door, holding her shoes in her hand.

DANIELLE (CONT’D)
He puked on my shoes, he cried, and
then he passed out. If any of you
geeks tell anyone I was here last
night, I’ll kill you. Bye.

Danielle exits. Mike watches her go.

MIKE
Man, I love college.

INT. UNIVERSITY CLASS ROOM - DAY

EGON SPENGLER (60), former Ghostbuster, stands in front of a

projector screen and addresses the class. On the screen is
VIGO THE CARPATHIAN, evil tyrant of the 16th century.

EGON
So the painting was actually no
ordinary painting at all. But what
our data didn’t tell us until later
was that it was a case of...what?

A student, JESSICA JOHNSON (21), raises her hand. She’s nerdy

and quiet, doesn’t know how attractive she is.
 10.

JESSICA
Spirit-to-object paranormal
alchemy?

EGON
That’s right, Jessica, very good.
Somehow Vigo was able to ensure
that when he died, his spirit would
enter this painting, and then he
could use it as a doorway back to
this world. I’m not sure how he did
it, but...I’m still working on it.

The class chuckles. Mike stares at Jessica, then turns to

Calvin next to him.

MIKE
You should go out with her. She
probably leaves the house even less
than you.

Jessica raises her hand.

JESSICA
Professor Spengler, what would
happen if a being like Vigo ever
entered our world again? Who would
be able to take care of it?

EGON
Well, I wouldn’t worry about that
too much, Jessica. No new ghosts
have entered our world in over
fifteen years. Which is good for
the world, but bad for science.

Another student, DAVE (20), raises his hand.

DAVE
Is that why there’s only one
Ghostbuster now, Professor?

EGON
Yes, that’s one reason, Dave. The
other reason is that he won’t
retire, no matter how many times we
ask him to.

Egon checks his watch and walks to the front of the class.
 11.

EGON (CONT’D)
Time is almost up for today, but I
wanted to make sure I mentioned
someone else who was very much
involved in our battle against
Vigo.

Egon clicks a button and the projector screen changes to show

a picture of BABY OSCAR (9 months.)

EGON (CONT’D)
Your very own classmate, Oscar
Venkman.

The girls let out one big “Awww!” and several students turn
to Oscar, laughing.

Oscar is embarrassed. Mike leans over and pinches his cheek.

MIKE
Oh, look at him, he’s so cute!

OSCAR
Thanks so much, Professor Spengler.
Thanks.

The bell RINGS.

EGON
See you next time, class.

INT. EGON’S OFFICE - DAY

Mike, Oscar, and Calvin are showing Egon the contraption

Calvin was working on earlier. Jessica watches, too.

EGON
This is very impressive work,
Calvin. Very nice.

MIKE
I helped, too, Professor. Do I get
the extra credit?

EGON
Of course, Mike. So do you, Calvin,
though I don’t see why you need it.

CALVIN
I’ve written a proposal to the Dean
to have two letter grades added
above A.
 12.

Jessica inspects the machine.

JESSICA
A Tesla Converter. What does it do?

EGON
Well, that is what you are going to
tell me. For your internships, you,
Oscar, and Calvin are going to see
if you can figure out what it does
without my help. Bring it by the
firehouse later and we’ll get
started.

A KNOCK at the door. Egon turns and sees Ray outside, waving.

EGON (CONT’D)
One moment, students.

Egon exits.

JESSICA
So even you guys don’t know what it
does?

CALVIN
No, but I think it has to do with
an alternative energy source. Or an
artificial intelligence that’s
going to take over the world, I’m
not sure.

INT. UNIVERSITY HALLWAY - DAY

Egon meets Ray outside his office.

EGON
Ray, one of my students was just
asking about you today.

RAY
Egon, you’re never gonna believe
this! Remember the old barn? The
one I was keeping an eye on ‘cuz of
the weird noises at night?

EGON
Yes, behind the restarant. What was
it?

RAY
Well...
 13.

Ray looks up and down the hall, then holds up a ghost trap.

RAY (CONT’D)
I just caught two free-floating
class five apparitions in that
sucker last night!

Egon pushes the trap away from his face.

EGON
That’s great, Ray, that’s great.
Are you gonna drop them in the
containment unit?

RAY
Yeah, but there’s something else,
Egon! Something that will make your
head explode! Meet me at the fire
station later today, okay?

Egon thinks.

EGON
Okay, but, Ray, I’m sure it’s
nothing to get worked up about. We
both know that the link between
this world and the Spirit World is
nearly dead.

RAY
I know, but Spengs, trust me on
this. I know all my emergencies
have turned out to be false alarms
for the past...decade or so, but I
really believe this is big! I need
your help!

EGON
Alright, but don’t get Winston
involved. I don’t want you two
trying to get the band back
together again.

Ray heads down the hallway.

RAY
I won’t!

INT. WINSTON’S OFFICE - DAY

WINSTON ZEDDEMORE (55) sits behind a desk. There is a stand

on the desk that reads: DR. WINSTON ZEDDEMORE. PARANORMAL
HISTORY.
 14.

WINSTON
I’m sorry, Tom, but I can’t let you
retake the test. You know I have
very strict rules about being here
on test day.

TOM (20) sits in front of Winston, crying.

TOM
I know, Professor, but I just need
a second chance. I couldn’t study
because my grandmother was in a car
accident, and the car that hit her
was driven by my dad, and he got
hurt, and I had to stay with my
grandfather because he’s blind
and...and...

Tom sobs. Winston is miserable. Ray pops his head into the
office.

RAY
Hey Winston, wanna go check out
some ghost stuff?

WINSTON
Yes, please.

Winston stands and puts on his coat.

WINSTON (CONT’D)
Congratulations, Tom. You just got
a C minus.

TOM
Oh thank you, Professor! Thank you!
You have no idea how much this
means to me!

WINSTON
No problem. And for god sake’s stop
crying, man. You look like a damn
wuss.

Tom wipes his tears away as Ray and Winston head out the
door.

EXT. UNIVERSITY PARKING LOT - DAY

Ray and Winston walk through the parking lot.

 15.

WINSTON
This is great, Ray! Are we gonna
call Venkman to help with this,
too?

RAY
No, I think he’s a little busy with
other things right now, Z.

INT. MAYOR’S OFFICE - DAY

A man sits behind a desk, facing the window and talking on a

phone. There is a seal on the desk: MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY.

MAN
No, I don’t care what you think. I
really don’t, I’m sorry.

The man turns around. It is DR. PETER VENKMAN (60), dressed

in a professional suit and tie.

PETER
Do you know who you are talking to,
pal? Dr. Peter Venkman, Mayor of
New York? Perhaps you’ve heard of
me? So when it comes to this, what
I say goes. I only want what is
best for my city, and all I’m
asking for is a day off tomorrow
for all the people of the United
States to receive much-needed time
to spend with their families.

Peter listens.

PETER (CONT’D)
Yes, tomorrow is also me and my
wife’s wedding anniversary, but
that has nothing to do with--

Peter listens.

PETER (CONT’D)
Yes, I’m sorry. I know. I apologize
again, Mr. President. Okay. Tell
Michelle I said hi. And Sasha, too.
And Malia. Hello? Hello...?

Peter listens to the DIAL TONE.

WOMAN (O.S.)
Another important government phone
call?
 16.

Peter looks up and sees DANA BARRETT (55) in the doorway. He

crosses to her and they kiss.

DANA
Or are you finally making plans for
our big day tomorrow?

PETER
Oh, don’t you worry about that,
honey. Being married to the most
powerful man on the east coast has
its privileges, you know. Really, I
could just think of something at
the last minute and we’d still have
a wonderful day.

DANA
You forgot, didn’t you?

PETER
No! Forget? How could I ever forget
our twentieth anniversary?

DANA
Nineteenth.

PETER
Nineteenth, nineteenth. You know,
it just feels like we’ve been
married forever.

DANA
Tell me about it.

Peter crosses to a mirror, fixing his tie.

PETER
Did Oscar call the house by any
chance this morning? He called here
at seven o’clock, said he just
wanted to talk. I don’t think he
had been to sleep yet.

DANA
I know, he called me, too. I’m so
worried about him, Peter. He’s
always been a little nervous, but
he seems to be getting worse. I
don’t know what to do.

PETER
You just have to let him get used
to it. When I first moved out of my
parents’ house, I was the same way.
(MORE)
 17.

PETER (CONT'D)
Every sound I heard made me wanna
jump out the window.

Peter’s assistant, JACK HARDEMEYER, JR. (25), pops his head

in the office doorway.

JACK
Mr. Mayor?

Peter jumps back, startled.

PETER
Aah!

JACK
Sorry, Mr. Mayor. You’re one
o’clock meeting is here?

Peter leads Dana out of the office.

PETER
Thanks, Jack. Oh, c’mon, honey,
this is gonna be so cool! Two
authors called me this morning who
want to write a book about the
Ghostbusters. Isn’t that great?
Finally, I’ll get the credit I
deserve.
(correcting himself)
Finally, we, all the Ghostbusters,
will get the credit we deserve.

INT. CITY HALL HALLWAY - DAY

Peter and Dana reach a meeting room door.

DANA
Maybe I’ll spend the night over
there. They have an extra room.
I’ll just stay a couple nights
until he feels safe.

PETER
I hope you’re kidding.

DANA
Maybe. Not really.

Peter and Dana enter the meeting room.

 18.

INT. CITY HALL MEETING ROOM - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Peter is greeted by Jack.

JACK
Mr. Mayor, this is Steve Townsend
and Diane Smith.

DIANE SMITH (40) and STEVE TOWNSEND (40) shake hands with
Peter. They are smart, bookish writers.

PETER
So these are the two visionaries
who want to write about the
Ghostbusters, huh? I like you guys
already.

Peter turns to Dana and she shakes hands with the writers.

PETER (CONT’D)
This is my wife Dana. She was
possessed once, you know, and I
saved her life. You don’t have to
put that in the book,
but...probably should.

DIANE
Nice to meet you, Mrs. Venkman.

STEVE
We look forward to hearing about
your possession.

DANA
(smiling)
Not my proudest moment.

Peter and the others sit at a large table.

PETER
So, what are your questions? Ask
away. I’m ready for anything.

STEVE
Well, Mr. Mayor, what I’m most
interested in is...during the 80’s
and most of the 90’s, you and the
other Ghostbusters caught ghosts.
You actually went to people’s
houses and caught ghosts. That is
pretty incredible.
 19.

PETER
(spelling it out in the
air)
Paranormal investigations and
eliminations. Said it on our
business cards and everything. I
can get you one, if you want.

Peter looks through his wallet and hands Steve a card.

STEVE
Oh, wow, this is great. I am a huge
fan. Thank you.

DIANE
And your headquarters was right
here in the city, right? An old
firehouse?

PETER
A magnificent building. Hallowed
ground. An important New York
landmark, really.

EXT. GHOSTBUSTERS FIREHOUSE - DAY

The Ghostbusters headquarters is in bad shape. A sign on the

door reads: OUT OF BUSINESS. CALL DR. RAY STANTZ AT 555-4589.

Graffiti also covers the walls: LIARS! FRAUDS! MAYOR VENKMAN

BURN IN HELL!

INT. FIREHOUSE SCIENCE LAB - DAY

Christine and Josh sit nervously at a long table with suction

cups on their temples. Video monitors next to them show X-
RAYS of their brains.

Ray, Egon, and Winston are inspecting equipment and readings.

JOSH
And that’s when the smoke came and
the...the...the...

WINSTON
Ghosts?

JOSH
Yeah. Am I gonna die? I kinda feel
like I’m gonna die.
 20.

EGON
No. Not yet, anyway.

JOSH
Good, can I use your bathroom,
then? ‘Cuz either I’m gonna die or
poop in my pants, I’m not sure.

Christine covers her face, embarrassed.

WINSTON
(chuckling)
Yeah, sure, it’s right in there.

Josh heads for the bathroom. Ray hands Egon a stack of

magazines.

RAY
Here is the magazine, Egon, and all
of these were there, too, all of
them from the beginning of the 20th
century.

Egon sorts through the magazines.

EGON
Tobin’s Spectre Analysis. An
Interview with Jonathan Tobin.
Investigator of 1911: Jonathan
Tobin.

RAY
Seeing a pattern here?

WINSTON
Uh, yeah.

CHRISTINE
Who’s Jonathan Tobin?

Ray shows Christine old black and white photographs of

JONATHAN TOBIN from the magazines.

RAY
Well, back in the 1920’s, he wrote
all the first real guides on
ghosts. He was the first person one
who really took this kind of stuff
seriously. Ghosts, demons,
monsters.

Ray crosses to a bookshelf and looks for a book.

 21.

RAY (CONT’D)
He did paranormal research before
most people knew what paranormal
research was. One of his books is
where we get most of our
information from.

Ray finds the book and hands it to Christine. It reads:

TOBIN’S SPIRIT GUIDE.

EGON
He was my hero all through college.
Ray’s, too. He’s practically the
reason we became Ghostbusters.

WINSTON
So who owns this old barn, anyway?
Do we know that?

CHRISTINE
The same guy who owns the
restarant. Walter.

Ray shows Winston a photograph of Walter.

RAY
Walter Rundersmith--turns out the
guy is Tobin’s great-grandson. He
uses Tobin’s old barn for storage
space, but what he doesn’t know is
that his great grandpappy filled it
with all his research: occult
artifacts, spirit books, really
dangerous stuff!

WINSTON
Looks like we better get to that
barn. And quick.

EGON
Yes, but there is something else I
need to talk to you two about.
Something...technical.
(to Christine)
Can you excuse us a minute?

CHRISTINE
Sure.

Egon, Ray, and Winston step away from Christine.

EGON
Did you two notice anything odd
about Christine’s brain patterns?
 22.

WINSTON
A couple things here and there, but
nothing that shook me up all that
much.

EGON
Did you give her a PKE scan?

RAY
No, not yet.

Egon waves a PKE meter at Christine. The arms on the meter

spring up and it BEEPS.

CHRISTINE
What is that?

EGON
Nothing to be worried about.
(to Ray and Winston)
I am incredibly worried.

RAY
Why would she be giving off a PKE
reading? She’s not possessed.

EGON
No, not yet, but it looks like
there is a spirit presence inside
of her, living like a parasite,
feeding on her until it’s ready to
show itself.

WINSTON
Eww. That’s freaky.

EGON
And fascinating.

INT. FIREHOUSE BATHROOM - DAY

Josh stands over the sink, very sick.

JOSH
Oh, man, what is wrong with me? I
feel like I’m gonna--

Josh opens his mouth. He begins dry-heaving, and YELLOW SLIME

pours from his mouth and runs down from his eyes.

Josh’s eyes go WIDE from fear.

 23.

INT. FIREHOUSE LOBBY - DAY

Egon, Ray, and Winston are putting their jackets on.

RAY
Are we gonna take Ecto-1 to the
restarant, Egon?

EGON
No, I don’t want too much attention
on this. We’ll take Winston’s van,
and when we get there we’ll--

JOSH (O.S.)
Aaaaaaaaaaaahh!

Egon, Ray, Winston, and Christine exchange a startled look

and run upstairs.

INT. FIREHOUSE BATHROOM - DAY

Egon opens the bathroom door and looks down. The others stand
behind him.

WINSTON
What is it, Egon? What happened?

Egon is very concerned.

EGON
We need to get to that barn. Now.

EGON’S POV -

Josh is laying on the floor, unconscious, and has been

TRANSFORMED. His skin is GREEN with PURPLE BLOTCHES and he
has two long, twisted HORNS growing from his head. He also
has a TAIL and HAIRY ARMS.

INT. CITY HALL MEETING ROOM - DAY

Peter shows Steve and Diane photographs as they sit at the

table.

PETER
Here’s us after the Marshmallow Man
thing. Oh, and here’s us helping
put the Statue of Liberty back.
That was fun.
 24.

STEVE
This is all very nice, Mr. Mayor,
but what I’d really like to hear
more about is your headquarters.
Where you kept all the ghosts when
they were caught?

DIANE
Do you think we could maybe go
there with you sometime? That would
be great for the book.

PETER
Yeah, I think we could do that. How
about tonight after work?

DANA
Maybe you should ask Egon and Ray
about that first, Peter.

PETER
Ah, it’ll be fine, I’ll give them a
call. Right now they’re probably
off with one of their little
science experiments or something.

INT. WINSTON’S VAN - DAY

As Winston drives, Josh looks at himself in the rear-view

mirror.

JOSH
What the hell happened to me?!

Ray sits in the front passenger seat.

RAY
Don’t worry, Josh--you’ve just been
cohabited by a class three
possessive vapor, that’s all.

JOSH
What the hell does that mean?

WINSTON
You got possessed, kid.

JOSH
What?!

Egon sits in the backseat, taking notes.

 25.

EGON
That’s not technically true. You
are only half-possessed, Josh.
You’re still in control of your
body, you just...look different.

Christine points at Josh.

CHRISTINE
Ha ha.

RAY
I wouldn’t get too excited,
Christine. You’re half-possessed,
too. Your spirit just hasn’t shown
itself yet.

Christine is shocked. Josh points at her.

JOSH
Ha ha. I wonder what you will--

Christine’s hair slowly turns PURPLE, from its roots down to

its tips. Josh stares at her.

CHRISTINE
What?

Christine looks at her hair. Egon leans forward and scans her
with a PKE Meter.

CHRISTINE (CONT’D)
Dr. Zeddemore? Please drive
faster.

EXT. GHOSTBUSTERS FIREHOUSE - DAY

Oscar, Calvin, and Mike walk toward the firehouse, all

helping to carry the large, unwieldy Tesla Converter.

MIKE
Ow. This thing is digging into my
groin. What is this stupid thing,
anyway?

OSCAR
I thought you helped Cal make it?

MIKE
Oh, right. The jagged groin-poker
spikes were my idea.
 26.

INT. FIREHOUSE SCIENCE LAB - DAY

Mike, Calvin, and Oscar walk up the firehouse stairs and set
the Tesla Converter down on a table.

OSCAR
Hello? Egon? Ray?
(to the others)
I don’t think anybody’s here.

MIKE
I gotta take a leak.

Mike heads to the bathroom.

CALVIN
Where could they have gone? I was
just talking to Uncle Egon like ten
minutes ago.

OSCAR
I don’t know. Look at all this
equipment. Why would all this stuff
be out?

MIKE (O.S.)
Uh, guys? You better get in here.

Oscar and Calvin head to the bathroom.

INT. FIREHOUSE BATHROOM - DAY

Oscar and Calvin meet Mike in the bathroom and look down at
the YELLOW SLIME that Josh left behind.

MIKE
Either someone has a serious bowel
problem and needs to go to the
doctor’s immediately, or that’s
ectoplasm.

CALVIN
You’re right, it is ectoplasm.

MIKE
Hey, I got one.

CALVIN
Wow, I’ve never seen it outside of
a lab. I’ve gotta bring some of
this home, this is fantastic.
 27.

MIKE
Vivid dreams about Katy Perry,
fantastic. This, I’m not sure I’d
call fantastic.

Calvin retrieves a petri dish from his pocket and scoops some
of the slime into it.

MIKE (CONT’D)
He keeps petri dishes in his
pockets. And I thought I was scared
to go in your room before.

INT. FIREHOUSE SCIENCE LAB - DAY

Oscar, Calvin, and Mike exit the bathroom and head into the
science lab.

OSCAR
Something weird is going on here,
guys. Egon not being here, the
equipment, this slime...what could
have happened?

A phone rings on a nearby table.

MIKE
Should we answer it?

CALVIN
No, wait.

The answering machine picks up and JANINE MELNITZ’ voice

comes from it.

JANINE
(through the machine)
Hi, you’ve reached the
Ghostbusters. We’re pretty much out
of business but Ray asked me to
record this, so whatever. If you
wanna leave a message someone might
get back to you, I don’t know. All
I know is I’m going on a long
vacation and if anyone bothers me,
they are dead. BEEP!

RAY
(through the machine)
Hey Peter, I just got your message
about coming by the firehouse later
with the authors you met, so I hope
you get this.
(MORE)
 28.

RAY (CONT'D)
We have two possessed people with
us and we could use your help. Meet
us at Rundersmith’s Tavern on
Cherry Street. Call me if you can.
Bye. BEEP!

Calvin looks to Oscar.

OSCAR
What should we do?

CALVIN
I don’t know, he sounds pretty
worried. Maybe we can go and help.

MIKE
Uh-uh, no way. You guys are always
looking for a reason to go play
Ghostbusters. What could we do to
help them?

Calvin finds a photograph of Christine wearing the brain scan

equipment.

CALVIN
Hey, look, this must be one of the
possessed people Ray was talking
about.

Mike checks out the photograph.

MIKE
Let’s go. We may be the only ones
who can help.

Oscar, Mike, and Calvin head down the stairs.

OSCAR
Ray said she was possessed. Are you
really that desperate?

MIKE
Hey, I dig chicks with issues.

INT. SHED - NIGHT

Egon turns on a light as the crew enters the shed. The wands
on Egon’s PKE meter spring up and the machine BEEPS.

EGON
(surprised)
556 on the PKE.
 29.

Ray is scanning the area with a GIGER METER.

RAY
2.1 GEV’s on the Giger Meter! I
told you, Spengs! I told you!

CHRISTINE
He’s excited. Is that a good thing
or a bad thing?

WINSTON
Here’s what I’ve learned: When Ray
is excited, that means something
bad is gonna happen. And when Egon
is worried--

Winston and Christine look toward Egon. He’s worried.

WINSTON (CONT’D)
That means something scary as hell
is gonna happen.

Ray puts on Ecto-Goggles and inspects the shed.

RAY’S POV -

Through the goggles, the ARTIFACTS in the room glow in

various shades of RED, GREEN, and PURPLE.

RAY
Wow, this place is like an L.A.
strip club: everything is extremely
hot and probably poisonous to the
touch.

Egon scans a table of objects with his PKE.

EGON
This isn’t good, Ray. All of these
objects, so close together? It’s
like one big bomb, ready to go off.

Egon points to the bookshelf.

EGON (CONT’D)
Are these the other magazines,
Josh?

JOSH
Yeah.

Egon and Ray inspect the magazines. Ray opens one.

 30.

RAY
Wow, look at these, Spengler! Real
collector’s items! I love this kind
of stuff.

EGON
I don’t think you should touch
those, Ray.

RAY
Why not?

Egon points to Josh. Josh SNEEZES and covers a lamp in a

couple gallons of snot.

RAY (CONT’D)
Oh.

Ray puts the magazine down and wipes his hand on his shirt.

Nearby, Winston wears Ecto-Goggles and follows a trail.

WINSTON’S POV -

A series of GLOWING FOOTSTEPS on the floor lead to a STATUE

of a SOLDIER holding a GUN. The gun glows BLUE.

Winston pulls down on the gun and a piece of the FLOOR slides
open in front of him, revealing a hidden TUNNEL.

WINSTON
Uh, fellas? I think I found
something.

INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL - NIGHT

Egon, Ray, Winston, Josh, and Christine head down the

underground tunnel.

CHRISTINE
Guys, uh, I’m glad you’re helping
us, I really am, but do you think
we could go wait outside? Secret
caves aren’t something I’m really
comfortable with.

The crew enters an underground ROOM filled with ARTIFACTS and

tattered POSTERS of paranormal beings on the wall.
 31.

JOSH
No way, you can go outside if you
want, Chris, but I’m staying with
these guys until I’m back to
normal. I have a date tomorrow with
a solid ten and I’m not gonna miss
it.

Winston shoots Josh a look.

JOSH (CONT’D)
Okay, six and a half, but that’s
really good for me and I don’t want
to have to show up looking like--

Egon holds up a hand. He’s wearing Ecto-Goggles and staring

straight ahead. The group stops.

EGON
Nobody move.

RAY
What is it, Spengs? Any clue to
what this place is?

EGON’S POV -

Egon can see writing on the wall, glowing bright BLUE. It

reads:

HELLO. DEATH IS HERE FOR YOU.

EGON
Yes. And I think it’s a trap.

The door to the tunnel SLAMS SHUT.

INT. FIREHOUSE LOBBY - NIGHT

Peter leads Dana, Steve, and Diane into the firehouse.

PETER
This is it: the place where we
would come to rest after ridding
the streets of the things that
would do harm to the people of New
York City. Do you have a tape
recorder or anything? Should I do
that again?

STEVE
(laughing)
No, that’s okay, Dr. Venkman.
(MORE)
 32.

STEVE (CONT'D)
Could we possibly see some
ghostbusting equipment?

PETER
Yeah, sure, most of it is in the
basement. Come on.

Peter leads the group towards the basement.

DIANE
(to Dana)
It must be great to be married to a
Ghostbuster, Mrs. Venkman. To be
married to somebody so famous.

Dana looks ahead. Peter is posing in front of a wall of

newspaper clippings, all of which feature him.

DANA
Oh, you have no idea.

INT. FIREHOUSE BASEMENT - NIGHT

Peter leads the group down the stairs. The basement is

cluttered with tables of equipment and nearby is the large,
red CONTAINMENT UNIT.

PETER
Here’s some stuff, I guess it still
works. These are slime blowers and
this is...

Peter picks up a weird object off the table.

PETER (CONT’D)
I don’t know what this is. Probably
something cool, though.

Steve and Diane walk to the containment unit and study it.
Dana notices.

Peter picks up a PKE meter.

PETER (CONT’D)
Oh, I know what this is! You point
it at things and--

Peter sees Diane and Steve studying the containment unit.

PETER (CONT’D)
Guys, over here? Look, a PKE meter.

Peter turns the PKE meter on and its arms go up and it BEEPS.
 33.

PETER (CONT’D)
Huh, that’s weird. That only
happens if...

Dana motions toward Steve and Diane, concerned. Peter gets

the hint.

PETER (CONT’D)
Oh, it’s just malfunctioning, I
guess. No big deal.

Peter puts on a pair of Ecto-Goggles and uses them to look at

Diane and Steve.

PETER’S POV -

Steve and Diane glow PURPLE and RED.

PETER (CONT’D)
(to himself)
Not great.

Peter puts on a PROTON PACK. He powers it up and points it at

Steve and Diane.

PETER (CONT’D)
All right, if you two could just
step away from the containment unit
and turn around, that would be
great.

STEVE
That won’t be necessary, Dr.
Venkman.

Steve turns around and points at Peter and blasts him with
PURPLE ENERGY. Peter is knocked to the floor.

DANA
Peter!

DIANE
And that’s enough from you, too,
Dana.

Diane blasts Dana with RED ENERGY and she falls to the
ground.

Diane and Steve look over the containment unit.

STEVE
So this is it. The stories were
true. They have a prison.
 34.

EXT. RESTARANT - NIGHT

Mike, Calvin, and Oscar sit in Oscar’s car behind the closed
restarant.

MIKE
I don’t know, guys, this place
looks pretty deserted to me.

OSCAR
There’s Winston’s van right there.
Maybe they’re in that barn.

MIKE
Why would they be in the barn? They
would come all the way here just--

A BOOMING VOICE sounds from the barn.

BOOMING VOICE
Now...meet...your...Hell!

Oscar, Calvin, and Mike stare at the barn.

MIKE
You know...something tells me they
might be in the barn.

INT. UNDERGROUND ROOM - NIGHT

Egon, Ray, and Winston are desperately looking for a way out
of the underground room. Josh and Christine are frightened as
the walls shake and RUMBLE.

BOOMING VOICE
Now meet your Hell!

WINSTON
Yeah, you said that already! Man,
this is one repetitive ghost.

Egon runs his hands along the wall.

EGON
Everyone look for a way out, there
must be something we can move and
get out of here. Hurry!

Ray’s face is suddenly lit up with WHITE LIGHT.

RAY
Egon? Z? We’re not alone.
 35.

Egon and Winston turn to see a WOMAN IN A WHITE DRESS (25)

floating above them.

JOSH
You guys know this sexy floating
chick?

EGON
No.

Ray approaches the WOMAN IN WHITE.

RAY
Hello. I’m Dr. Raymond Stantz of
the Ghostbusters. We are here to
investigate and classify any
paranormal activity and will assist
in--

WOMAN IN WHITE
I know who you are, Ray.

RAY
You do?

WOMAN IN WHITE
Yes. We are new to this world but
we have learned of you and your
friends. I am here to bring your
eternal suffering.

A beat.

JOSH
Are you talking to us, too? ‘Cuz we
don’t know these guys, so it’d be
cool if we could head out and miss
the suffering part?

The Woman in White raises her arms and a DOORWAY appears in

front of her, glowing PURPLE and YELLOW. It opens and begins
SUCKING everything into it.

RAY
Hold on to something! Everyone hold
on!

The Ghostbusters and Josh and Christine grab on to whatever

they can find to escape the sucking wind.

WOMAN IN WHITE
The boy and girl have nothing to
fear. We only want you.
 36.

Ray, Egon, and Winston are violently pulled closer to the

spirit door.

WINSTON
Fight it, guys! Fight it! Hold on!

Oscar, Calvin and Mike run into the underground room just in
time to see the chaos.

OSCAR
Whoa.

CALVIN
Oh my god.

Winston holds onto a wooden railing on the wall, but it is

ripped away and he is sucked into the spirit door.

Egon yells over the noise.

EGON
Calvin! You need to get to one of
our packs! We have to do something
or we will be--

Egon is whisked away into the doorway.

CALVIN
Egon!

Oscar sees Ray being dragged across the floor towards the
spirit door. He runs to him and grabs his arms, trying to
pull him away.

RAY
She’s sucking us into the Spirit
Dimension, Oscar! Listen, the
project Cal has been working on!
You can use it to open a spirit
door!

CALVIN
What? How? We don’t even know how
to it works!

RAY
You need to find a way! To open a
door, you need to--

The pull of the spirit door is too strong and Ray is pulled
away and sucked into the portal.

Sounds of HUMAN SUFFERING AND SCREAMING come from the spirit

door...and then it shuts and the Woman in White disappears.
 37.

All is quiet. Oscar, Calvin, Mike, Josh, and Christine stare

ahead, stunned.

MIKE
What the hell was that?

Mike turns to Josh.

JOSH
Hey, what’s goin’ on.

MIKE
What the hell are you?

CALVIN
What do we do now, Oscar? What do
we do?

OSCAR
Peter’s the only Ghostbuster left.
We need to find my step-dad.

INT. FIREHOUSE BASEMENT - NIGHT

Peter and Dana are stuck against the wall, bound by their
hands and ankles by RED and PURPLE ENERGY.

PETER
Oh, you are in big trouble, boy!
Just wait until my friends get
here! Ray and Winston are gonna rip
you apart, and Egon? Egon is gonna
bore you until you wish you were
still dead!

Steve is now GLOWING with energy and FLOATING above the

ground, his eyes lifeless.

STEVE
Your friends will do nothing, Dr.
Venkman. Now is the time for all of
my dreams to come true.

Diane, also now GLOWING and FLOATING, enters from upstairs.

DIANE
I just received word, Master. All
of the Ghostbusters have been
eliminated.

PETER
Oh yeah? What about me?
 38.

Diane looks at Peter, then back at Steve.

DIANE
All of the smart Ghostbusters have
been eliminated.

PETER
Hey!

DANA
All right, hold on. Everyone just
calm down a moment.
(to Peter)
Can a ghost calm down?

PETER
I don’t know, I guess so.

DANA
Okay, then let’s calm down. What do
you mean, eliminated? Where are our
friends?

STEVE
Their sentence has all ready been
carried out, Ms. Venkman. They are
in their own personal Hell. Where
you will be joining them shortly.

PETER
Oh yeah? I’ve been to worse places.
Have you ever sat in the bleachers
in Fenway Park for a Red Sox-
Yankees game? Now that’s hell.

Steve points at Peter and a PATCH OF PURPLE SLIME covers his

mouth. Peter tries to scream through it, but he is muffled.

STEVE
A voice with that much power can be
put to such better use.

Steve touches Peter’s forehead and slowly transforms into a

twisted, EVIL version of PETER.

DANA
Oh my god.

EVIL PETER
Oh, that feels so much better! You
see, Ms. Venkman, now that I’m free
from the afterlife, I can do
whatever I want.
(MORE)
 39.

EVIL PETER (CONT'D)

But, with your Ghostbusters here,
that kind of made my options a
little...limited. With them
gone...well, that opens up a whole
world of possibilities. See how
that’s wrapped up in a neat little
bow?

DANA
Look, whoever you are, we can sort
this out. I know how you feel, I
was one time--

EVIL PETER
What? You were possessed once so
you know how I feel? Is that what
you were going to say?

DANA
Pretty much.

EVIL PETER
(to Diane)
Come on, let’s finish this and get
out of here. We’ve got work to do.

Diane floats to Dana and touches her head. Slowly she

transforms into a terrifying EVIL DANA. She runs her hands
along her new body.

EVIL DANA
Oooh, this feels so good! She is so
beautiful.

Evil Peter checks her out.

EVIL PETER
You’re telling me.

Evil Peter and Evil Dana make out disgustingly.

DANA
Ugh. This is just gross.

Peter shrugs, kind of enjoying it.

Evil Peter and Evil Dana finally part.

EVIL PETER
Now, Ms. Venkman, you asked me
where your friends are?

Evil Peter traces a rectangle in the air and a spirit doorway

forms in front of him.
 40.

EVIL PETER (CONT’D)

See for yourself.

INT. FIREHOUSE LOBBY - NIGHT

Oscar, Mike, Calvin, Josh and Christine enter the firehouse.

JOSH
You’re freaking out?! In the span
of twenty-four hours, my life has
turned into pretty much the
shittiest life ever! What is going
on here?

CALVIN
I told you: we were witness to and
almost a part of an inter-
dimensional cross-rip on the scale
of the Tunguska Blast of 1909.

MIKE
Nobody knows what that means. Okay,
we need to get our thoughts
straight. Oscar, you run home and
tell your step-dad what happened.

OSCAR
Got it.

Oscar exits.

MIKE
Cal, you get working on that thing
Ray was talking about. The Tesla
whatever whatever.

CALVIN
The Tesla Converter, of course.

Calvin runs upstairs. Mike turns to Josh.

MIKE
You...you just stand over there and
try to be not disgusting.

Josh salutes him.

JOSH
No problem.

Mike turns to Christine. He extends his hand.

 41.

MIKE
And you...need to tell me your
name. I’m Mike. And I love that
hair of yours.

Mike touches Christine’s hair. She bats him away.

CHRISTINE
Are you serious?

MIKE
Yes. That color is really doing
something for me.

Christine heads for the stairs.

CHRISTINE
I’m gonna see if the only one here
with a brain needs help getting us
out of this mess.

MIKE
I’m sorry, that’s just how I deal
with things when I’m stressed!
You’ll learn that about me!

INT. PETER AND DANA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Oscar sits at a table with Evil Peter and Evil Dana. They
look normal, however, not their twisted, demented versions.

EVIL PETER
Wow. That is something, Oscar. That
is really something else.

OSCAR
So what can we do, Pete? How can we
get them back from wherever they
went?

EVIL DANA
Well, let’s first take a deep
breath about this, Oscar. Maybe you
didn’t see what you thought you
saw.

OSCAR
Mom, I saw it: they were sucked
into a...a gateway or something.
And there was this woman there,
floating. We need to figure this
out!
 42.

Evil Peter nods and stands.

EVIL PETER
Okay, Oscar, you head back to the
fire station. Spend the night
there, see if you can get that
machine working. I have a lot of
meetings tomorrow, but I’ll cancel
what I can and get to the firehouse
right away. How’s that sound?

OSCAR
Uh, good, I guess. You sure you
don’t wanna come help us now?

EVIL PETER
No, I’ll see what I can figure out
from here. Let’s just fix this mess
and get our friends back, huh? God,
I’m worried about them.

Evil Pete pushes Oscar toward the door.

OSCAR
Are you guys feeling all right?
You’re both acting a
little...weird.

EVIL PETER
What do you mean?

Oscar looks toward Evil Dana. She is staring at and stroking

the microwave seductively.

Evil Peter opens the door and pushes Oscar out of the
apartment.

PETER
Oh, we’re fine. Let me know what
you find out, ‘kay?

Evil Peter shuts the door. He and Evil Dana revert to their
demented forms. He crosses to Evil Dana and shakes her by the
shoulders.

EVIL PETER
Snap out of it. What’s wrong with
you?

EVIL DANA
Sorry.

Evil Peter watches from a window as Oscar walks down the

street.
 43.

EVIL DANA (CONT’D)

What are we going to do now,
Master? The young ones saw what the
Woman in White did. They saw what
happened.

EVIL PETER
They might have seen it, but they
ain’t the Ghostbusters. They’ll
never be able to figure out how to
open a spirit gate. We, however,
need to get started if this place
is going to be ready for the first
battle. Do we have everything we
need?

Evil Peter turns and sees Evil Dana flirting with the
microwave again. She looks up at him, grinning.

EVIL DANA
This thing is so flirty!

EVIL PETER
I gotta get some new minions.

INT. UNIVERSITY HALLWAY - DAY

A group of students are gathered around Egon’s classroom.

Jessica reads a note taped to the door.

JESSICA’S POV -

The note reads: PROF. SPENGLER’S CLASSES ARE CANCELED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE.

Jessica sees Mike walking down the hall and carrying a box of
ghostbusting equipment.

JESSICA
Mike? Hey, Mike.

MIKE
Oh, hey, Jessica. How’s it going?

JESSICA
Okay, but I haven’t seen you and
Oscar and Calvin the last few days.
Where have you been?

MIKE
Oh, we’re just, uh, busy.
Doing...stuff.
 44.

Jessica eyes the equipment in Mike’s hands.

JESSICA
Isn’t that from Professor
Zeddemore’s office? What are you
doing with it?

MIKE
Look, you’re really smart, right?
And you’re into all this paranormal
stuff like Calvin and Oscar?

JESSICA
Yeah. What’s going on, Mike?

MIKE
Come with me. Maybe you can help.

Jessica and Mike head down the hallway.

INT. FIREHOUSE SCIENCE LAB - DAY

Calvin works on the Tesla Converter. He uses a small blow

torch to delicately weld something.

CALVIN
Almost...almost...

SPARKS erupt. The Tesla Converter catches fire.

CALVIN (CONT’D)
Damn it!

Calvin blows the fire out. Christine watches.

CHRISTINE
I’m guessing that’s not supposed to
happen?

CALVIN
No. I can’t even get this thing
powered on anymore. I don’t know
what I’m missing here.

Josh sits nearby, eating a cheeseburger. In front of him are

seven more cheeseburgers and three boxes of fries.

JOSH
That’s all well and good, good luck
with that, but can we please focus
a little more on this guy?

Josh points to himself.

 45.

JOSH (CONT’D)
‘Cuz I’m feeling really weird and I
haven’t stopped eating for like two
days straight.

CHRISTINE
And that’s different how?

JOSH
(mocking)
And that’s different how?

Oscar sits at a table, inspecting the old magazines.

OSCAR
Well, I think I might be able to
help you with that, Josh.

Oscar, wearing gloves, picks up one of the magazines and

opens it. It shows a picture of the WOMAN IN WHITE.

JOSH
Hey, that’s the chick from the
cave.

Oscar crosses to a computer and begins typing.

OSCAR
Yes, she’s known as the Woman in
White. Or at least she used to be,
back in 1889. She was a member of a
cult led by a man named Breygron
the Watcher. He was obsessed with
creating something he called “The
Tournament of the Gods.”

Oscar sits at a computer and pulls up a picture of Breygron.

He looks like STEVE, the would-be Ghostbusters author.

OSCAR (CONT’D)
It was some kind of contest between
the world’s most powerful demons,
with the winner receiving Earth to
do with as they pleased. Which
would most likely bring about
...the Armageddon.

Josh and Christine are frightened.

JOSH
That’s great, Oscar. Thanks for
sharing.
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CHRISTINE
This is all way over my head. I’m
gonna go cry somewhere.

OSCAR
Join the club.

Mike enters with Jessica.

MIKE
Hey guys, I brought a friend. She
wants to help and she’s a super
nerd like Calvin.

Jessica sits down next to Calvin and inspects the Tesla

Converter.

JESSICA
Wow, a door to the Spirit World!
This is great, Cal, I’m so excited!
I mean, sorry about your uncle
maybe being dead and everything,
but...this is very exciting!

CALVIN
(smiling)
I know.

Mike crosses to Christine.

MIKE
So Osco, you figure out how to get
the ghost out of this beautiful
body over here?

Christine rolls her eyes.

OSCAR
No, but I’ve been working on it,
and I think--

A phone RINGS.

JOSH
What’s that?

CALVIN
It’s the phone.

Calvin and Oscar exchange a look. They head downstairs and

the others follow.
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INT. FIREHOUSE LOBBY - DAY

The crew stands around the phone on Janine’s desk. It RINGS.

Jessica looks to Oscar. He shrugs. She answers the phone.

JESSICA
Hello? Okay. Oh, wow. Really? Um,
I’m not sure. I guess we can.
We’ll...yeah. Okay. Bye.

Jessica hangs up.

MIKE
Who was that?

JESSICA
The Biltmore Hotel. They have a
ghost.

CALVIN
They do?

MIKE
What do they want?

JESSICA
They want someone to come and take
care of it. It’s trashing the place
and scaring everyone to death. I
could hear screaming in the
background.

OSCAR
You heard screaming?

JESSICA
Yeah.

A beat.

OSCAR
So what do we do, guys?

MIKE
We hope it goes away. The end.

Oscar crosses to a locker and opens it. Inside is a PROTON

PACK and a JUMPSUIT. He turns to the others with a smile.

OSCAR
I don’t know, what do you think?
 48.

CALVIN
I have always wanted to try this
stuff.

MIKE
Yeah, operative word “try,” Cal. We
don’t know how to use that! We
could get killed! And I don’t wanna
get myself killed.

OSCAR
Look, my step-dad isn’t around to
take care of it. I’ve been trying
to call him all day, but he doesn’t
answer. Who else can?

Christine thinks.

CHRISTINE
Ya know, I think he’s right. You
must have some idea of how to use
that stuff?

OSCAR
I’ve seen them use it once or
twice, but I’ve never done it
myself.

CHRISTINE
Well, if you three are gonna figure
out what is wrong with us and get
your friends back, you’re gonna
havta do something.

CALVIN
But what, exactly? And how would we
get to this Biltmore Hotel?

Mike walks to a nearby vehicle covered by a blue tarp. He

pulls the tarp off, revealing ECTO-1, the Ghostbusters’
emergency vehicle.

Oscar smiles.

OSCAR
Oh, hell yeah.

EXT. FIREHOUSE - NIGHT

The firehouse doors open to reveal Ecto-1. The engine REVS,

the LIGHTS FLASH, the siren WAILS, and Ecto-1 speeds out into
the streets.
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INT. BILTMORE HOTEL - NIGHT

Hotel guests are gathered in the lobby, frightened. The doors

open and the New Ghostbusters enter, dressed in full
ghostbusting gear.

MIKE
(yelling)
Hey, anybody see a ghost?

A PRETTY WOMAN (28) walks by. Oscar, Calvin, and Mike follow
her with their eyes and smile.

A MANAGER (40) approaches the GB’s.

MANAGER
Oh, thank god you’re here!

MIKE
Yeah, what’s up, what do you got?

The Manager looks them over.

MANAGER
Wait a second. Is this some kind of
joke or something?

OSCAR
No, sir. We’re the Ghostbusters.
Kind of.

HOTEL MANAGER
Kind of? How old are you? Do you
know what you are doing?

MIKE
(scoffing)
Do we know what we’re doing.

Mike holds out a PKE meter. It’s upside down. Calvin takes it
from him and turns it right side up.

MIKE (CONT’D)
Just point us toward the ghost,
man.

INT. BILTMORE HOTEL HALLWAY - NIGHT

Oscar, Calvin, and Mike exit an elevator.

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OSCAR
Okay, I guess we should split up. I
don’t know, look for this thing.
Right?

CALVIN
Makes sense to me.

Mike looks at the name tag on Oscar’s jumpsuit.

MIKE
Hey, you get suits with your names
on it. That’s not fair. Just ‘cuz
you’re related.

OSCAR
Let’s not worry about that right
now. Calvin, you stay here on the
12th floor.

CALVIN
Okay.

Mike inspects the blank spot on his uniform.

MIKE
(under his breath)
Anyone got a sharpie or anything?

MIKE (CONT’D)
Mike, you check out the kitchen.
I’ll go down stairs and check the
banquet room. Okay?

MIKE (CONT’D)
Okay, but let’s make a deal. If any
of us kills someone, we all get in
a car and head to Mexico and it
never happened. Deal?

CALVIN
These can’t hurt humans. I don’t
think.

Calvin inspects his proton gun. He accidentally fires a

stream of PROTON ENERGY that fries a STATUE. The statue melts
and falls over.

MIKE
Great, I’ll see you guys in the
Emergency Room in a little bit. See
you then.

They split up.

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INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - NIGHT

Calvin walks down a hallway and inspects things with his PKE
meter. A JANITOR (60) passes him, confused.

Calvin stops at a hotel room with an open door. Strange LIGHT

emits from it. Calvin peeks in.

CALVIN’S POV -

There is a 1920’s FLAPPER GHOST (24) in the hotel room,

pouring herself a drink. She is stunning. She smiles at
Calvin.

Calvin stares back, shocked.

CALVIN
Oh, wow.

INT. HOTEL KITCHEN - DAY

Mike inspects the hotel kitchen. He picks up a pot, turning

it over. He opens a draw of silverware. He is bored.

Calvin’s voice comes from Mike’s walkie-talkie.

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
Mike? You there?

Mike presses the button on his walkie-talkie.

MIKE
Yeah, Cal, what’s up?

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
I think I found the ghost.

MIKE
You did? What’s it look like?

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Calvin stands in the doorway as the FLAPPER GHOST giggles at

him, sitting on the bed with her drink.

CALVIN
Like...a girl from the 1920’s.

The Flapper Ghost takes off her top and sits on the bed in
her bra.
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CALVIN (CONT’D)
A very attractive girl from the
1920’s.

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
Really? Is it gonna hurt you?

CALVIN
I don’t think so.

The Flapper Ghost motions “c’mere” to Calvin.

CALVIN (CONT’D)
I think it wants to have a drink
with me.

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
Well, go for it.

The Flapper Ghost slowly crosses her legs, eyeballing Calvin.

He gulps.

CALVIN
But I don’t drink.

INT. HOTEL KITCHEN - NIGHT

Mike talks into his walkie-talkie.

MIKE
Well, make an exception this time!

A CRASH of POTS and PANS. Mike is startled.

MIKE (CONT’D)
What was that?

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
What do I do, Mike, should I--

MIKE
(whispering)
Gotta go, bye!

Mike shuts off his walkie-talkie. He hears the sounds of food

COOKING nearby, SIZZLING and POPPING.

Mike peeks around a corner.

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MIKE’S POV -

A fat, disgusting CHEF GHOST is cooking on a stove. He sings

in FRENCH and messily cooks seven dishes at once. Food is
everywhere.

Mike retreats back around the corner. He whispers into his

walkie-talkie.

MIKE (CONT’D)
Cal? You sure you found the ghost?

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Calvin sits on the bed with the Flapper Ghost. They hold
drinks and she giggles as she unzips Calvin’s jumpsuit. He
smiles.

CALVIN
Yeah, I’m sure.

INT. HOTEL KITCHEN - NIGHT

Mike hides behind a table as the Chef Ghost continues to cook

and sing.

MIKE
Really? ‘Cuz I’m pretty sure I got
one down here.

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
There must be two of them. God, I’m
in love with you.

MIKE
What?

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
Not you. The ghost. Her hands feel
so good.

MIKE
Okay, this is getting weird. Be
careful, Cal.

CALVIN
(from the walkie-talkie)
I think I’m gonna marry her.

STATIC comes from Mike’s walkie-talkie.

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MIKE
Cal? Cal? Oh, great.

Mike peeks around the corner at the Chef Ghost.

MIKE (CONT’D)
Well, here’s the last thing I do
before I die.

Mike jumps out and screams, blasting the Chef Ghost with
PROTON BEAMS. The Chef Ghost BELLOWS with anger and flies
around the room.

Mike can barely control his gun. He blasts everything in the

room--stoves EXPLODE, fridges are knocked over, pots and pans
CRASH.

Finally the Chef Ghost flies through a wall, leaving a BLUE

SLIME mark behind it.

Mike turns off his proton gun. He looks at the destruction.

MIKE (CONT’D)
That went well.

INT. HOTEL BANQUET ROOM - NIGHT

Oscar scans the banquet room with his PKE meter. His walkie-
talkie crackles.

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
Osco? Osco, you there?

OSCAR
Yeah, did you find anything yet?

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
Well, I’m pretty sure Cal’s losing
his virginity to a ghost hooker,
and I just saw what looked like
Chef Boyardee on Crystal Meth.

OSCAR
Really? Wow, what was it like?

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
Terrifying. I’m gonna try and track
it down. I also might have caused
one or two thousand dollars worth
or damage.
 55.

OSCAR
That’s okay. Keep me posted.

MIKE
(from the walkie-talkie)
I will. And let me know if you see
anything, too.

OSCAR
All right, but honestly, I don’t
think anything’s here. This place
is dead.

Hiding behind a table, SOMETHING is watching Oscar. Something

GREEN...