Haunted Painting from Ghostbusters II Appears in Thrift Store for a Mere 160 Dollars

There are cool finds in thrift stores… and then there are demon-possessed oil paintings. If you’ve ever wanted to hang an evil Carpathian on your wall – while flirting with the occult – you missed out on the wildest thrift shop find of 2025: An exact replica of Vigo’s iconic painting from Ghostbusters II, discovered on none other than Ghostbusters Day in a store in Los Angeles. Price? $250. Aura? Deeply unsettling.

Vigo the Carpathian – from Moldavia to Thrift

The painting was discovered by X user @razimus, and it looks exactly like the creepy artwork from Ghostbusters II (1989), where the spirit of Vigo the Unholy attempts to be reborn through an infant and a giant oil portrait in New York City. Classic ’80s film horror with comedic undertones – and one of the most unforgettable visual gimmicks in the franchise.

Fan media outlet Ghostbusters News quickly picked up the news and confirmed that it is not the original movie prop, but a remarkably similar replica. And this, of course, makes any collector, occult enthusiast, or nostalgic nerd dab their forehead and wonder: “Why wasn’t I in L.A. that day?”

Behind the Scenes: A Painting That Was Never a Painting

Ironically, the painting in Ghostbusters II was never an actual painting. According to Mental Floss, it was revealed in 2023 that the image in the movie was an enlarged photograph made to look like oil on canvas – based on an original piece painted by Lou Police in collaboration with Glen Eytchison and director Ivan Reitman.

So: A real artist paints a fake painting, which becomes a photo made to look like a real painting – and that painting is now being replicated and sold as thrift. It’s the art world’s version of Inception with a bit more sulfur and dark eyes.

Haunted or Just Cool?

The question that still lingers: Is the painting haunted? It’s hardly confirmed by paranormal experts, but we all know how it starts – first, you hang it up for fun, and two days later you wake up drenched in slime while your cat hisses at the corner of the room, where Vigo suddenly looks a little more intense than the day before.

But hey – for $250, it’s a risk someone has already been willing to take.

Vigo Lives (maybe)

Where is the painting now? No one knows. Perhaps it’s already hanging in an office filled with action figures, maybe it was snapped up by an unsuspecting hipster who thought it fit well with their “Slavic doomcore” interior decoration.

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