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Ghostbusters III: Hellbent is a 1999 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. It is the sequel to the 1989 film Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters (1984) and the third film in the Ghostbusters franchise. Set ten years after the events of the second film. New York City was preparing for big Thanksgiving festivals throughout the city in 1999, including Brooklyn, Manhatten, and the Queens. when all of the sudden, the city's population encountering ghosts in a Hellish version of New York City and eventually encountering the devil himself, and the five Ghostbusters must get out to stop this hellish version of evil devils, demons, and evil ghosts.

Ghostbusters III: Hellbent premiere on October 18, 1999, in New York City and it released on October 22, 1999, to mixed-to-positive reviews, conisdering its an improvement over the previous film, praising the performances of Peter MacNicol and Moranis, darker humor, action, materials, the story, though the graphic violence was criticized. As the sequel to the then-highest-grossing comedy film of all time, Ghostbusters III: Hellbent was feared to fail at the box office like the previous film. Instead, the film earned $885.9 million during its theatrical run compared with the original's $215.4 million, making it the ?-highest-grossing film of the year.

Cast

 * Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
 * Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz
 * Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
 * Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler
 * Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
 * Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
 * Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
 * Peter MacNicol as Janosz Poha
 * Kurt Fuller as Jack Hardemeyer
 * David Margulies as Mayor Lenny Clotch
 * Harris Yulin as Judge Stephen Wexler
 * Janet Margolin as the Prosecutor
 * William T. Deutschendorf and Hank J. Deutschendorf II as Baby Oscar

Reception
Ghostbusters III: Hellbent received mixed-to-positive reviews. The movie holds a 69% approval rating from 53 critics, with an average rating of 6.87/10. The site's consensus reads, "Thanks to the cast, Ghostbusters III: Hellbent is reasonably amusing scarier, and darker than its second film, making an improvement over its predecessor". The film has a score of 63/100 on Metacritic based on 14 critical reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".