When you think of the world's most controversial films, Ghostbusters might not be the first that pops into your head.
But the reboot with female comedians in the lead roles 32 years after the original has caused such a flood of racist and sexist abuse, it's almost paranormal.
The ghosts are back, Slimer's back, the Ecto-1 and the proton packs are back, but something is different - something's strange in the neighbourhood.
Apocalypse is the word that about sums up the panic from some fans after women were cast in starring roles.
"It's not something that hasn't happened - it's just that each time it comes everyone seems to act like it's the first time, like a talking monkey or something crazy," said starring actress Melissa McCarthy.
"Yeah, it's like we cast billy goats or something - it just seemed like we did something completely wrong and we didn't. We made a great movie," explained Leslie Jones.
The vitriol was immediate, even before the film was out - the trailer had the internet in a flap, and just the prospect of women Ghostbusters had even Donald Trump all confused.
"That's not surprising that [Donald Trump] would say something so dumb," said Kristen Wiig.
Director Paul Feig of Bridesmaids fame gets it - he created cult classic Freaks and Geeks, so knows how protective fans can be.
"It's kind of like childbirth, I'm told - because in the middle of it it's like, 'What did we do?' Then the minute it's done I'm happy with it - it's like, 'Oh that was fun, you know we really did have a tonne of fun'," said Feig.
It's not hard to tell in the movie and by being around them that they have a lot of fun - and a lot of energy.
Leslie Jones has returned to Twitter having quit after receiving a torrent of racist and sexist abuse - but she said the only hurtful comments she has received have been on the internet.
"I'm six feet tall and you've seen me before - do you honestly think somebody would come up to me and say something? I don't think so."
And despite all the hate and shade thrown at the film - usually by people who haven't even seen it - it was what the surviving original cast thought that really mattered.
"We got messages from them right after they saw the movie - they all saw it together - and [they] just [said] that they were cheering and laughing and they loved it," Wiig said.
"We were just like, phew."
And really the strangest thing isn't that women are in a movie, but the fact people found that so hard to stomach.
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