There is a concept art of Gary in a refrigerated aisle. Now it makes sense, for a time he was going to be chased through the aisle first. Mini-Pufts eating a TV dinner would have been funny. Very cool to find out some the deleted material that's been barely talked about, like the Walmart security guard and Podcast putting ectoplasm in a pudding cup.I love BTS dumps of info like this. Especially for Afterlife, where the cut material seems to be more scarce. I hope one day we get all the scenes documented.
They sure cut a lot of Podcast's lines. Ah, Kurnugia outright mentioned. This line was basically used earlier in the movie Podcast is looking at Tobin's Spirit Guide in her bedroom but reworked a bit. Kurnugia in myth is the Mesopotamian underworld. Always felt that passage cemented Gozer is a stand-in for Ereshkigal. A lot of connecting the dots when the kids explore the mine.
"You think he's coming back?" cracked me up. Wish that stayed in.
I liked Podcast's Clint Eastwood line. But it probably would have been a bit too much while Phoebe was having her revelation about Egon. "Bummer" was still a nice moment for him. Do you think putting the slime into the pudding cup is what led to him having a scene later where he eats it? Maybe he forgot what he had in there.
Statistics: Posted by Light em Up — December 11th, 2025, 8:20 pm