:10:01
Ramis and Reitman had worked together
on Reitman's three previous hits:
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"National Lampoon's Animal House,"
"Meatballs" and "Stripes."
:10:57
Actress Ruth Oliver was the library
ghost in its quasi-human form.
:11:00
Her scenes were photographed
on a stage...
:11:03
at Richard Edlund's
Entertainment Effects Group facility...
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in Marina Del Rey, California.
:11:08
The footage was then composited
into the footage shot at the library.
:11:34
The horrible ghost
was a mechanical puppet.
:11:37
An even more ferocious version
was created and rejected...
:11:39
but it did appear in another film,
"Fright Night."
:11:53
Columbia University gave the film crew
permission to shoot on campus...
:11:56
with the understanding that the school
wouldn't be identified by name.
:11:59
Weaver Hall and the "Paranormal Studies
Laboratory" never existed at Columbia.