While the production value and storytelling are all top-notch (especially given the full official clip clocks in at a then-unheard-of 13-minute runtime), the zombie dance sequence retains all of its punch nearly 40 years after the fact. She's properly scared but is soon horrified to discover that Michael has turned into a zombie himself.
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Taking the song's horror movie themes and giving it an appropriately epic treatment, John Landis' clip for "Thriller" features Jackson trying to scare his girlfriend with the verses to "Thriller" before eventually coming across a graveyard full of the living dead. Often cited as the greatest music video of all time, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is nothing short of pure entertainment. Helmed by Steve Barron (one of the first music video directing titans), "Billie Jean" is a star-making clip as there ever has been. MTV relented, and what do you know: "Billie Jean" helped turn Jackson into one of the biggest pop stars of all time. When the CBS Records president discovered that MTV was refusing to play it, he threatened to pull their entire roster off the channel and go public with such obvious, racist bias. For all the great moments that MTV provided the world as a platform, their first few years were largely dominated by white artists. Jackson walking across those light-up squares is a memorable, lasting image, and, amazingly, MTV didn't want to play it. Thankfully, MJ outsmarts him with his magical ability to light up everything he touches: lampposts, bedsheets, and even concrete tiles. In a city street, Jackson is trying to meet up with hot press item Billie Jean just as a paparazzo is trying to get a compromising photo of him. Longer and weirder than you remember, the actual clip for Michael Jackson's legendary single "Billie Jean" has quite a bit of story.
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