What makes it different from others?

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

"Thriller" is probably Michael Jackson's most famous music video, possibly the most famous video from any artist. Hard to believe, it's almost 30 years old already. It has his usual music video director John Landis on board again and as a nice addition horror movie legend Vincent Price narrating some verses.The song is not bad, although it is not my favorite from Jackson. And as I intend to solely evaluate the music video as a short film, I can't really come up with a positive judgment. It has lots of characters from horror films and the master himself even develops into a zombie and a werewolf. However, even if the make-up-work is impressive, this short film is neither really scary (I wonder if it was considered like that in the 80s) nor did it tell a particularly watch-worthy story. If you're interested in the history of music videos or the tragic life of Michael Jackson, it's worth the watch. Otherwise, you can do something better with these 15 minutes.

I'm not a Michael Jackson fan. I like a number of the records, but the singing style he developed never did much for me, nor did the crotch-grabbing antics he came to substitute for dancing. But I don't dispute his talent, nor his ground-breaking development of dance into directions where it had never been before.And I don't dispute that Thriller is a ground-breaking short film, either. I remember the PR buzz before the first transmission in the UK (at the unsuitable time of Sunday afternoon, I seem to recall).Thriller created the long-form pop video. By dropping the song routine into the middle of a proper narrative-based short movie (beginning, middle and end, with production values, special effects et al), a new(-ish_ medium was created which shows no signs of abating.I don't want to go into details. Despite my reservations about Jackson, everything works here. It is scary, funny, the song is quirky and brilliant, and the ensemble dancing is brilliant.A terrific piece of work, for which I think Landis must be given as much credit as Jackson.

This is a music-video turned short-film, very well directed by John Landi - using some of the same trickery and style adopted for his 1981 comedy-horror classic, "An American Werewolf in London".Beautifully shot by Robert Paynter, a veteran British cinematographer who learnt his trade photographing British Transport Films back in the 1950s; he captures some vividly dark blues, purples and reds throughout.There are film-within-a-film games going on here, plus a surprisingly overt story about burgeoning sexuality, with Jackson's girl clearly more frightened of what is potentially to come in the bedroom than what she is seeing on the cinema screen. Then the actual music part, with the werewolf Jackson leading her astray, backed up by a gang of "Dawn of the Dead" style zombies and ghouls. Vincent Price's voice-over makes a lot more sense in the context of this film than in the song as it appears on "Thriller". The film's final shot is rightly famous, and I can well imagine it scaring quite a few children. Interesting to ponder whether Jackson was entirely conscious of the sexual subtext, or not.Overall, a fine little piece of film-making to support a phenomenally successful album, which turned Jackson into a 'mega-star'. Here, he seems very much in touch with his music and with his horror lore.

Before I had saw the Thriller video in 2001, my family and friends all tried to explain what happens in it. I put all the bits together and came up with this storyline. Tell me what you think.The camera comes down on Michael and his date coming out of the cinema and they start to walk to his house while singing Thriller. After finishing the verses they come to a graveyard and Michael suggests that they go in. While walking around Ola notices that she's been abandoned. She goes off looking for Michael. She see's his footprints heading into a nearby forest so she follows them. She hears him groaning and finds him in a clear patch in the grass. She asks him if he's alright and He turns around with the yellow eyes and warns her to get away from him. After a full transformation into a werewolf he chases her back into the graveyard and zombies have started to rise from their grave. After being cornered by Michael and the zombies they start to dance and sing the chorus to Thriller. After that she runs into Michael's house to seek shelter but Were-Panther Michael and the zombies follow her in. She goes in and stabs Michael with a silver knife and he turns to normal. as the sun comes back out the zombies turn to go back to their grave. Then Ola wakes up and realises that it's still night-time and that they've arrived home from the cinema. Then Michael says she can stay at his place for the night and goes to shut the curtains and as he does he stops. The camera shows a full moon and cuts to Michael's face at the window with the yellow eyes and the teeth and the camera gradually zooms closer to the window Obviously not what happens but might have been good to see. I know I was more scared of my family's version of the tale. but the one thing that haunts me every day and night is those yellow cats eyes both at the beginning and the end.