Ghosts of Michael Jackson

You Entertainment Weekly subscribers read that Stephen King piece this week?

Don't know if YOU TUBE is gonna yank this sucker, but here it is... the entire 35 minutes...


"GHOSTS"
Screenplay by Mick Garris and Stan Winston (RIP)
Story by Mick Garris, Stephen King, Stan Winston (RIP) and Michael Jackson (RIP)

Michael Jackson's attempt to one-up his Thriller video.

Bit of an Epic Fail that gets the concept of "fun scary" wrong at every conceivable turn.

Note how quickly the *angry* suburban mob comes to adore Michael Jackson as soon as he appears. The kids readily accept and adore him. (It's worth noting that this video dropped before all the crazy child molestation charges.) The adults are dancing and having a good time with little resistance. If nobody is afraid and there's no sense of danger, how is anyone supposed to get scared watching this? I remember thinking "Thriller" was legitimately spooky as a kid!

"Scary" is my career now so I'm constantly considering what's genuinely scary and what's not. But I won't belabor this.

[NOTE: this entry has nothing to do with Michael Jackson's ghost appearing on Larry King.]