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At
the movies
Spooky comedies popular
Since movies began in the
late 1800s, spooks, monsters
and the supernatural have been
popular feature subjects. In the
last 15 years, however, the
trend has escalated to mammoth
proportions.
It was only a matter ot time
before the supernatural comedy
would come of age.
‘‘Ghostbusters’’ and
“Gremlins” are not the first
comedies to deal with the unex
plainable, but they are the first
to enjoy critical and popular
success.
“Ghostbusters” stars fun
nymen Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as
professional poltergeist exter
minators in the Big Apple.
Originally paraspychology
professors at a New York
university, they are booted out
and their funding is yanked
when it is found that Dr.
Venkman (Murray) has been us
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what a Famous Psychiatrist
Says About
Burton's Hamburgers
CARL JUNG "I actually developed my theory of the collective
unconscious when I glanced under the top prime
beef of Burton's mushroom burger (one of nine
varieties!) and noticed sour cream and sauteed
mushrooms, blanketed by melting imported
cheeses, a thick red tomato sitting firmly astride
simmering grilled onions (the latter perhaps in
dicating a too-heavy touch of animus) — but all for
ming an obviously evolutionary, rare taste pattern
— that l recognized the only archetypical sandwich
in the universe! I have recommended the ham
burger to Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Reich and
will let Emerald readers know of their response
next week.''
We suggested to Burton that Jung, Freud, and Reich
have all left this jeopardized globe and he answered
that he has occult connections. What can we say?
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Ghost exterminators Bill Murray (left) and Dan Aykroyd
(center) succeed in making comedy out of the supernatural in
“Ghostbusters. ”
ing the experiments to meet
women. Just before they get the
shaft, however, associate Drs.
Stantz (Aykroyd) and Spengler
(Ramis) discover the first
physical evidence of actual
supernatural activity.
Turned loose in the real
world, the men become the only
thing they are really trained for
— Ghostbusters. And with all
the technology that science can
provide, they stage a frontal
assault on the spiritual world —
for a fee, of course.
Co-stars Aykroyd and Ramis,
fine actors in their own right,
have found their true niche as
the co-writers of this tale. Alter
nately hilarious and even more
hilarious, the script includes
everything from “The Exorcist”
to “Poltergeist” with “King
Kong" in between.
As a tribute to their profes
sionalism, they give the best
lines not to themselves, but to
star Bill Murray, probably the
funniest film comedian today
next to Eddie Murphy.
Murray s delivery is impec
cable end his physical humor
perfect. His character,
Venkman, is the perfect vehicle
for Murray’s talents: a smooth
talking operator whose integrity
is questionable but whose
understanding of the media and
human gullibility is near
perfect.
“Gremlins,” a film presented
(but not directed) by Steven
Spielberg, is a tenuous mix of
comedy and horror directed by
horror alumni and film buff Joe
Dante. The premise of the film
is a mystical creature known as
a Mogwai who must be kept
away from water, out of the
light and never fed after
midnight.
The creature, dubbed Gizmo,
is the most appealing creation
to hit the screen since the Ewok
in last year’s “Star Wars” entry.
This cloyingly cute furball from
Shanghai is bought by inventor
Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) for
his son Billy (Zach Galligan).
True to form, Gizmo gets wet
and he multiplies into five new
creatures. These creatures then
get fed and turn into the nastiest
demons you can imagine.
The film begins with a gentle
Frank Capra tone to it. Dante
throws a clip of “It’s a Wonder
ful Life” in for good measure.
He presents a sleepy little town
with an assortment of fun
characters and a Scrooge-like
businesswoman who bears
more than a passing
resemblance to Margret
Hamilton in “The Wizard of
Oz.” She even goes as far as to
threaten Billy’s dog!
With this gentle beginning as
a starting point, Dante turns the
film upside down when the
gremlins go on a rampage.
This is where the film loses
its magic. At first these
creatures seem to have a
muppet-like sensibility to them,
fearful-looking and humorously
dangerous but never really a
threat. These creatures do pose
a serious threat, though, and
because of that they are hard to
take with a chuckle.
By Sean Axmaker
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