Due to a mixup and mistake in the reservations, they are asked if they are willing o share their compartment with noted Hungarian Dr.] BackgroundGhostbusters(1984) is director Ivan Reitman""s sci-fi fantasy comedy regarding the paranormal.The hotel sign indicated the proprietor was James Temple.McCloud entered with his single bag into the mostly-deserted lobby and rang the front desk bell, noting that there was only one male (a dapper young gentleman wearing spats, wide suspenders, a white ie and fedora hat) reading a newspaper there - later identified as Edward ""Toots"" Bass (Harry Lewis).The deranged deck-hand wielding a large knife, fleeing from McCulloch with a flare gun, was axed in the back(# 12 death)(off-screen).