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A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
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- Director
- John Landis
- Written by
- John Landis, Michael Jackson
- Produced by
- George Folsey Jr., John Landis, Michael Jackson
- Cinematographer
- Robert Paynter
- Editors
- George Folsey Jr., Malcolm Campbell
- Makeup FX
- Rick Baker, David B. Miller, Greg Cannom, Shawn McEnroe
- Studio
- Optimum Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 14m
- Language
- en
- Also known as
- Thriller
- TMDB
- 8.2/10 (743 votes)
- IMDb
- 8.7/10 (16,013 votes)
Cast

Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Ola Ray
Michael's Girlfriend

Vincent Price
Narrator (voice)

Cynthia Garris
Zombie (uncredited)

Mick Garris
Zombie (uncredited)
Hanala Sagal
Dancer (uncredited)

Forrest J. Ackerman
Man in Movie Theater (uncredited)
Reed Armstrong
Zombie (uncredited)

Rick Baker
Zombie Opening the Crypt (uncredited)
Miko C. Brando
Zombie (uncredited)
James Canino
Zombie (uncredited)
Greg Cannom
Zombie (uncredited)

Michael DeLorenzo
Zombie (uncredited)
Kim Blank
Zombie (uncredited)
Tony Fields
Zombie (uncredited)

Tony Gardner
Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)
Cory Hawkins
Zombie / Dancer (uncredited)

Tom Hester
Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)




















