Labohlano le fetileng, Dan Eikroyd, ea ileng a bapala e 'ngoe ea likarolo tsa mantlha "ba-ba-ba-ba-bahopotsong" ba pele, e ile ea e-ba moeti oa radiashow greg hill. Nakong ea moqoqo, motšoantšisi o netefalitse hore Bill Murray o tla bapala Dr. Peter Venkman sebakeng se tlang 1984. Ho feta moo, ho ea ka Eykroyd, filiming e ncha mesebetsing ea eona e emeng e tla boela e khutlele Sigurney Weaver, Ernie Hudson le Wontie Potts.
Ha motsamaisi le sehlopha sa ma-canctario sa basthatsere se bitsoang baitlami (1984) le "litsomi tsa SHORST 2" (1989) e ile ea fetoha Jevan Rytman, o nkile pōpo ea Sikvel. Ketsahalong ena, Eikroyd o itse:
Jason o ngotse boemo bo monate le bo tsoang botebong ba pelo bo nkang DNA ba lifilimi tse peli tsa pele ho e fetisetsa karolo ea boraro, ke hore, bakeng sa moloko o mocha oa bashebelli. Lefa la "batšoaruoa ba moea" ba tla fetisetsoa ho moloko o mocha oa linaleli, batšoantšisi le batho ba bang.
Litšebeletso tsa litsotsi "Jason Rytman li tla lokolloa ka karolo e fapaneng selemong se tlang. Hammoho le li-veteen tsa franchise ho filimi e ncha, litsebi tsa baeti li tla bapala, Carrie, Carrie Kun, hammoho le naleli ea letoto "Setereke se hlollang" Finn Wolfeard.
