SOS: Thriller

The undead grooving in a cemetery. Chills down spine like hell, but what cool moves!

Pure genius, the video of Thriller, which came out back when it came out. I still remember watching it accidentally (no, really), because the newest, freshest VCR tape (ah! VCR!) just happened to be lying around in my neighbour's house. Unclaimed! And of course, I popped it in! (of course). I cannot, for the life of me, remember this (coolio-in-retrospect) neighbour, though I do remember my first time watching it! I pop it in. And everything was fine, there was good ol' MJ whose moonwalk I was so sure I'd cracked by then (definitely more than my brother, who was equally sure he'd cracked it too), and MJ's talking to this girl who was all 'Oh, Michael. This and that'. There was a ring presentation ceremony somewhere and all that talk about 'me being different' with the girl giving us more of 'Oh, Michael. This and that.' And then.

The full moon. And MJ dropping to his knees, helpless. And looking up. Transformed. Creepy, yellow, bulging eyes. And fangs. 'Go away', he screams, and then becomes a werewolf. (As the girl, who I'd forgotten by this point, but who's shrieking constantly in the background is stupid enough to keep watching. And
screaming).

shitshitshit. I still remember thinking. also mummymummywhere'smummy.

Feeling rivetted and so bloody scared. Unable to find the remote control. Unable to walk out!

Not knowing then it was history I was about to watch unfold, on the screen. Or knowing it, in a way.

Absolutely. Thrilled.