National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters II in June 1989, reuniting the original cast and crew for a sequel to one of the most commercially successful comedies of the decade. Directed again by Ivan Reitman, the film arrived with considerable anticipation and performed strongly at the box office, cementing the franchise as a defining piece of late-1980s popular culture. Its production design, visual effects work, and title sequence reflect the polished studio filmmaking of the era.

This cell, titled No Ghost Logo, captures three frames from the Ghostbusters II animated title sequence, showing the iconic no-ghost symbol with the ghost figure Mooglie emerging from within it against a dark background. The progression across the three frames traces the animation in motion, with a partial oval portal shape appearing to the right in the final frame, offering a rare sequential look at this recognizable piece of franchise imagery.