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Michael Jackson's Thriller, or simply Thriller, is a 1983 short film by the American recording artist Michael Jackson, and is widely regarded as the greatest music video of all time. Directed by John Landis, the 14-minute horror film was co-written by Jackson and Landis to accompany the former's 1982 hit song "Thriller".

Plot
The short film begins on a dark night, with Michael (Jackson) driving his unnamed date (Ola Ray) toward a secluded area next to a forest. The car they are travelling in suddenly runs out of gasoline, forcing them to abandon the vehicle at the side of the road and complete their journey by foot. After a short walk, the pair stop and discuss their feelings for one and other. With it established that Michael's love for his date is reciprocated, he proposes to her. She happily accepts the marriage proposal but is met with a warning from her new fiancé. Michael reveals to her that he is "not like other guys"; he's different. Not understanding what Michael means, his date questions him as a cloud parts, revealing a full moon. Michael immediately convulses, bending double, before looking up at his shocked fiancée with yellow eyes and pointed fangs, urging her to get away from him. His date screams, frozen to the spot, as Michael transforms into a were-creature. As the metamorphosis completes, Michael's fiancée runs into the depths of the nearby forest, with the newly-formed beast pursuing her. There, she falls onto her back. The were-creature stands above her, drawing his claws towards her face with a loud growl.

At this moment, the camera cuts away to a movie theater, where a human Michael and his date—along with a repulsed audience—are actually watching the were-creature scene unfold in a movie called Thriller. Scared by the film, the female date leaves the cinema and is teased outside by Michael, who asserts that it was only a movie. The duo then walk along a dark fog-filled street, as Michael sings the opening lines of the song "Thriller". Teasing the girl all the while, Michael escorts his date down the street and past a cemetry, in which corpses are rising from from their graves. Noticing that they have been surrounded by zombies, Michael and his date stop in the middle of the road that they have just reached. Having turned away from Michael to focus on the undead, his date turns to look back at him, only to see that he has turned into a zombie himself. Suddenly, Michael breaks into dance—accompanied by his fellow zombies—and the chorus of "Thriller".

Once Michael and the zombies have completed their dance, they follow the terrified unnamed girl into an abandoned, filthy and derelict house. They gain entry to the property via the windows and floors. Michael breaks down the door to the room in which his date has retreated to. Followed by his fellow zombies, he advances towards the girl, who turns away, cowering. As the back of her neck is grabbed by the supposed zombie Michael, she screams, opening her eyes and facing what is revealed to be a normal, human Michael, in her clean house. Amused, he asks her what the problem is, as she looks at him with a confused expression on her face. Michael offers to take her home and escorts his girlfriend toward the door. As they are making their way out of the room, Michael looks back, directly into the camera, sporting yellow eyes and a grin.

Main

 * Michael Jackson as Michael, the main character.
 * Ola Ray as Michael's unnamed date.

Extras

 * Forrest J Ackerman as a uncredited cinema audience member.
 * Rick Baker as an uncredited zombie.


 * Richard Gaines as an uncredited zombie.
 * Ben Lokey as an uncredited zombie.
 * Michael Peters as an uncredited zombie.

Michael Jackson
Past videos...

Jackson recorded the song "Thriller" in 1982, which featured a rap by actor Vincent Price. The musician was inspired to create a music video for the song—the title track of his Thriller album—after watching the 1981 comedy horror film An American Werewolf in London. The movie had been directed by John Landis, who Jackson subsequently sought to work with on his vision of a short film for "Thriller". Landis initially declined; he felt that music videos were "basically commercials". Following the pleads of a persistent Jackson, Landis eventually agreed that he would direct and co-write the short film along with the singer.

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