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* [[Aluminium Christmas Trees]]: While most of the historical and technical information in the movie is fiction and “technobabble”, some of it was at least partially based on real events and concepts:
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectoplasm_(paranormal) Ectoplasm] (the “slime” that a ghost’s physical body is made of) is a concept that dates back at least as far back as 1894. Often it was used by mediums in seances, usually fraudulent scams used by charlatans.
** While Gozer and Zuul were fictional characters created for the movie, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] were real people who lived in Mesopotamia
** Dr. Venkman claims he holds degrees in both Psychology and Parapsychology. It is indeed possible to obtain a degree in Parapsychology, from the University of Virginia or the University of Arizona.
** At the end of the movie, Dr. Stantz tells formerly demon-possessed accountant Tully that he unwillingly participated in “the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska Blast of 1909." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event That was an actual event]; there’s no proof it was the result of the implosion of an interdimensional rift, but to be fair, there’s no proof it wasn’t either.
** The first movie had a lot of spooky architecture and dilapidated structures, but some of the buildings are real, and still exist in New York. There is a working fire-station at 14 North Moore Street in the Tribeca area, and people actually live at “ghost central”, 55 Central Park West, although naturally, there is no evil temple on the roof, nor was it owned or built by someone named Ivo Standor. The interiors of both buildings were, of course, shot on soundstages, and fx was used to make the top of the apartment building look like the Continental Life Building in St. Louis.
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