8 Lost Movie Scenes That Were Found Years Later

8. Ghostbusters - Fort Detmerring

As wonderful as the original Ghostbusters film is, there was always a scene in it that seemed to come out of nowhere. There’s no other way to describe it other than “Ray’s Ghost Blowjob” scene where, during the montage at the midpoint of the movie, Dan Aykyroyd dreams of receiving pleasure from a ghostly figure.

It turns out that that’s because it was part of a longer sequence that was eventually cut out of the film for pace. In the ensuing years, crew on the film would mention that it came from a scene where Ray and fellow ghostbuster Winston would visit the haunted Fort Detmerring military post. Ghostheads, as they are affectionately known, wondered about the full sequence for years.

In 2017, a whole 33 years after the movie was released, Ghost Corps (Sony’s division for Ghostbusters projects) announced that they had found the tape containing the scene. It was later released for the 35th anniversary release.

It’s immediately clear why it was cut, being a slow and shallow sequence that doesn’t really feel as though it belongs. As nice as it is to see these classic characters in new footage, director Ivan Reitman choosing to splice a portion of it into the final film’s montage as a quick gag, rather than a whole sequence, turned out to be a stroke of genius.