In 1904, New York City firefighters respond to a call and find a room full of archeological hobbyists frozen to death, while a spectral chant plays from a phonograph. The only survivor is a woman in an ancient suit of armour, clutching a bronze orb.

In the present day, Callie Spengler, her boyfriend Gary Grooberson, and her children Trevor and Phoebe have taken up residence in the New York firehouse as the new Ghostbusters team, with their expenses being covered by Winston Zeddemore.[b] After a