ghost trap
Paranormal containment device
A ghost trap is a device used to capture and contain ghosts, popularized by the 1984 film *Ghostbusters* and its franchise.
The term appears in discussions of the movies, video games, and related merchandise: He set the ghost trap under the floating specter.
Occasionally used figuratively for anything designed to catch something elusive or intangible.
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
- paranormal activityOccurrences beyond scientific explanation
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- GhostbustersFictional spirit-catching squad
ectoplasm · apparition · snare · capture · haunted · haunted house · spirit · spirit world · poltergeist · device · cage · supernatural · slime · wraith · phantom · box · net · hunting
- GhostbustersSlimer, Ecto-1, firehouse, ectoplasm, jumpsuit
- Ghost Huntinghaunting, apparition, EVP, spirit box, paranormal
- paranormal equipmentOuija board, spirit box, planchette, talking board, spirit board
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- occult objectsOuija board, crystal ball, tarot cards, voodoo doll, amulet
- binding spellsbinding ritual, soul binding, immobilization
effect on ghosts
ghost trapsummoning circle
Ritual pattern for invoking spirits
séance · Ouija board · spirit board · medium
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