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You'll Never Watch Ghostbusters the Same Way After Seeing These Rare Pictures

Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History Pictures

You'll Never Watch Ghostbusters the Same Way After Seeing These Rare Pictures

Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History Pictures
Image Source: Ghostbusters TM and © 2015 Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. Used with permission of Insight Editions.

Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History hit shelves last week, and if you've ever considered yourself a fan, you have to see some of these pictures from the book. Not only are there shots of the cast hanging out on the set, but there are also images of the early art for Slimer and the Stay Puft monster. Some of it is scary and some of it is adorable — all of it is awesome. Take a look at some of the pictures from the book, by author Daniel Wallace!

Fiberglass Stay Puft heads prior to foam "skin" application. Mechanism designer Lance Anderson can be seen behind.
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Fiberglass Stay Puft heads prior to foam "skin" application. Mechanism designer Lance Anderson can be seen behind.

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Two Stay Puft maquettes, the left one showing his badly burned look.
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Two Stay Puft maquettes, the left one showing his badly burned look.

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Stay Puft concept art by Ron Croci.
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Stay Puft concept art by Ron Croci.

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An unused, melty-mouth Stay Puft head.
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An unused, melty-mouth Stay Puft head.

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The full-size Stay Puft suit was prepped for filming as VFX director of photography Bill Neill took a light meter reading.
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The full-size Stay Puft suit was prepped for filming as VFX director of photography Bill Neill took a light meter reading.

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Inside a fireproof Stay Puft costume, a stunt performer prepared to be ignited by Joe Viskocil.
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Inside a fireproof Stay Puft costume, a stunt performer prepared to be ignited by Joe Viskocil.

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A number of Thom Enriquez designs for the Stay Puft marshmallow man that experiment with differing approaches to height, mass, and shape.
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A number of Thom Enriquez designs for the Stay Puft marshmallow man that experiment with differing approaches to height, mass, and shape.

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Coated in simulated marshmallow, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray posed for a publicity still.
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Coated in simulated marshmallow, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray posed for a publicity still.

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Ivan Reitman directed his actors during location shooting in New York's Central Park West.
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Ivan Reitman directed his actors during location shooting in New York's Central Park West.

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Slimer feeds his face in a final frame from Ghostbusters.
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Slimer feeds his face in a final frame from Ghostbusters.

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A team of operators gave Slimer a hefty amount of personality. Steve Johnson can be seen in the background.
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A team of operators gave Slimer a hefty amount of personality. Steve Johnson can be seen in the background.

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Stephen Dane's illustration of Ghostbusters II's Ectomobile, featuring a roof rack even more stuffed with gadgets than before.
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Stephen Dane's illustration of Ghostbusters II's Ectomobile, featuring a roof rack even more stuffed with gadgets than before.

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Concept illustrations for the revised Ectomobile by Benton Jew (top) and John Bell (bottom).
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Concept illustrations for the revised Ectomobile by Benton Jew (top) and John Bell (bottom).

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