Who You Gonna Call? One Editor Combined 'Ghostbusters' With 11 Other 80s Hits Into the Ultimate Party Track

Picture this: It's Halloween night. You’re handed the aux cord at a party, and immediate terror sets in. Half the room wants classic synth-pop, the heavy metalhead in the corner is glaring at you, and someone keeps yelling for the Ghostbusters theme song. Enter video editor Bill McClintock, who just solved your seasonal DJ dilemmas forever.

The Ultimate 1980s Spooky Super-Mix

McClintock has crafted a Halloween creation titled 'Ghostmashers', an audio-visual track that takes Ray Parker Jr.’s iconic 1984 anthem "Ghostbusters" and weaves it seamlessly with 11 other classic hits from the decade of neon and leg warmers.

We’re not just talking about laying two tracks on top of each other and calling it a day. This is a full-blown musical blender. The mix bridges wildly different genres, bringing together the thunderous heavy metal riffs of Danzig's "Mother," the soulful R&B energy of Aretha Franklin’s "Who's Zoomin' Who?", and nine other top-tier 80s tracks into one coherent, head-banging groove.

A Cheeky Nod to Pop Music History

What makes this sonic potion even more brilliant is one particularly hilarious track inclusion: Huey Lewis and the News’s "I Want a New Drug."

If you are a pop music history buff, your ears probably just pricked up. Back in the mid-1980s, that exact Huey Lewis song was at the center of a famous real-world legal dispute over its striking musical similarities to—you guessed it—the Ghostbusters theme song. Weaving them together in the exact same track is the ultimate pop-culture wink.

The Otterly Interesting Part

Stitching together heavy metal, R&B divas, and movie themes takes a serious level of audio wizardry. Pitch-shifting and beat-matching across wildly different tempos and keys is practically a science experiment. For fans who want to dive deeper into the process, McClintock even shares unreleased mix attempts and videos that were yanked from major platforms with his supporters on Patreon.

The Party Playlist Is Saved

So next time you find yourself stuck in a debate over what to play at a Halloween gathering, you have your secret weapon. Whether your friends are team Aretha, team Danzig, or just really love neon proton packs, 'Ghostmashers' proves that with enough clever editing, every corner of the 1980s can haunt the exact same dance floor in perfect harmony.

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