Michael Jackson’s Ghosts and Thriller
After watching this pair of shorts, viewers just might as well be afraid. That’s the running joke in Ghosts. In these two entries for this list, there’s no denying that Jackson is the King of Pop. Ever since his passing, fans still show a love by paying tribute to him by pulling out this pair of videos to watch. They will have anyone getting their funk on in strange and bizarre ways—well, mostly in the fact that these two videos stand the test of time.
Even the films itself is a testament of what a great team of makeup artists can do. A lot of makeup was applied to transform Jackson into becoming the mayor of a small town who insists the supernatural does not exist and that he can not be made afraid.
Surprisingly, this musician can act to make for a very convincing antithesis of his typical jovial behaviour. And to see him put on the moves, even with several pounds of prosthetics is impressive.
From a technical point of view, although the digital effects are dated now, there’s still some excellent production instilled into these two extended music videos. And the seminal Thriller is simply known for what the musician can do, and that’s to charm Ola Ray in the middle of the night when all things eerie are crawling out of the ground courtesy of Vincent Prince’s haunting narration.
With talents like Stan Winston and John Landis respectively directing these music videos, perhaps the only shame is that Winston is not known for a lot of films in that role. But if people want to see what’s he’s done, Pumpkinhead is worth exploring.
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