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"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 directed and co-written by John Landis (Yes, that 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 inducted into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.

Tropes used in Thriller (song) include:

Blood On the Dance Floor: There's slow zombies, fast zombies, and then there's funk zombies.
Creepy Cemetery
The Dead Can Dance
Everything's Deader 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: 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.
Zombie Apocalypse

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 * [[Blood On the Dance Floor]]: There's slow zombies, fast zombies, and then there's ''[[Our Zombies Are Different|funk zombies]]''.
 * [[Creepy Cemetery]]
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 * [[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.
 * [[Zombie Apocalypse]]