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Line 2: {{quote\|''"No mere mortal can resist... the e-vil of the Thrillerrrr!"''\|'''[[Vincent Price]]'''}} "'''Thriller'''" is a 1982 song by [[Michael Jackson]], released in the album of the same name. The following year, there was a music video, titled '''''[[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It\|Michael Jackson's]] Thriller''''', directed and co-written by [[John Landis]] ([[Animal House\|Yes,]] [[An American Werewolf in London\|that]] [[The Blues Brothers\|one!]]) With the choreography and the pioneering of the short film music video, it was released to much acclaim, selling over nine million units and ~~getting~~being inducted into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry in 2009. ~~----~~ The music video was [https://www.michaeljackson.com/news/michael-jacksons-thriller-3d-premiere-venice-film-festival-2/ restored and converted to 3D] in 2017, premiering at that year's Venice Film Festival. ~~=== Tropes used in "Thriller" include: ===~~ {{tropelist\|page=Thriller}} * [[Blood On the Dance Floor]]: There's slow zombies, fast zombies, and then there's ''[[Our Zombies Are Different\|funk zombies]]''.▼ * [[Creepy Cemetery]] ▲* [[~~Blood~~The OnDead ~~the~~Can Dance ~~Floor~~]]: There's slow zombies, fast zombies, and then there's ''[[Our Zombies Are Different\|funk zombies]]''. * [[The Dead Can Dance]] * [[Everything's Deader ~~With~~with Zombies]] * [[Evil Laugh]]: Vincent Prince does a great one at the end. * [[Face Revealing Turn]]: One of the most famous instances of this trope. * [[Nested Story Reveal]]: {{spoiler\|[[The End - or Is It?\|Or is it?]]}} * [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Michael turns into a ''werecat''. * [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Turns out the opening sequence was a movie, and Michael Jackson was enjoying some while watching. * [[Shapeshifting Lover]]: Given that Michael Jackson was a werecat at the beginning during the full moon... * [[Spoken Word in Music]]: Vincent Price's short monologue at the end. * [[Talky Bookends]]: Popularized the concept. * [[Wham! Shot]]: Michael Jackson's sudden transformation into a zombie -- followed by the [[The End - or Is It?]] moment in its final seconds. * [[What Could Have Been]]: Long as the video was, it could've been even ''longer''. As played on a re-release cd bonus, there was a second verse of [[Vincent Price]]'s rap, ending in "[[The Warriors (Film)\|Can you dig it?]]" * [[Zombie Apocalypse]] {{reflist}} [[Category:National Film Registry]]▼ [[Category:Notable Music Videos]]▼ [[Category:Thriller]]▼ [[Category:Music]] ▲[[Category:Thriller]] [[Category:Thriller (song)]] ▲[[Category:Notable Music Videos]] [[Category:John Landis]] [[Category:Short Film]] [[Category:Horror Films]] [[Category:Zombie Stories]] ▲[[Category:National Film Registry]] [[Category:Memetic Works]] [[Category:3D Movie]] [[Category:Film]]