This review of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was published on Oct. 9, 2021, after its premiere at New York Comic Con.
It’s been 37 years since Ivan Reitman’s “Ghost Busters” (yes, there really did used to be a space in there) became a smash hit summer blockbuster, ushering in one generation after generation of new toys, animated TV shows, video games, a sequel and even a reboot.
And if you have any affection for any of those other iterations of the “Ghostbusters” series you can just chuck those out the window right now, because Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” goes the “Halloween” route and declares that practically nothing outside of the original motion picture ever happened.