Slime Time
Another one of the Ghostbusters’ most famous villains, here we have the floating, oozing apparition himself, Slimer. This rather mischievous spook has appeared in every single film in the series, even the recent reboot. He is often sighted as being the most humorous of all the opponents they have to go against because of his immature ways and idiotic mental state. All he does is eat and slime. Slimer was actually described by Dan Aykroyd, his creator, as being the ghost of John Belushi.
Belushi was a friend of Aykroyd’s who had recently passed, and he had a reputation for being an unmannered slob with little impulse control. This was more or less a joke about Belushi’s impulsive and sporadic behavior while he was alive, and it was also meant to be a loving homage.
Slimer was also created as a latex suit with a puppet mechanism in him to help with sophisticated movements. The name of the man who had to dress up here was Mark Wilson, one of the special effects men helping with the movie. Wilson wore pants of a very dark color so they could be and he could appear to be flying. A slew of larger sets and props were also employed so that Slimer would look slightly smaller in comparison to the humans. The physical design of the costume was modeled after a floating green potato.
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.