I'd go as far as to say that if on Monday by midnight I'm not seven pints down, covered in fake blood and face paint, dancing to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', then Halloween technically didn't happen.
Speaking of 'Thriller', it was a good music video, wasn't it? And it's obviously a good dance. But have you ever wondered how MJ went about choreographing it?
Well if so, wonder no further, just watch this video...
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' was released on December 2, 1983, and was a 13-minute horror-themed music video for the song of the same name.
Speaking about the making of the video to MTV at the time, Jackson said: "My idea was to make this short film with conversation having a beginning and a middle and an ending, which would follow a story.
"I'm very much involved in the complete making and creating of the piece. It has to be, you know, my soul. Usually, you know, it's an interpretation of the music. It was a delicate thing to work on because I remember my original approach was, 'How do you make zombies and monsters dance without it being comical?'
"So I said, 'We have to do just the right kind of movement so it doesn't become something that you laugh at'. But it just has to take it to another level.
"So I got in a room with [choreographer] Michael Peters, and he and I together kind of imagined how these zombies move by making faces in the mirror.
"I used to come to rehearsal sometimes with monster makeup on, and I loved doing that. So he and I collaborated and we both choreographed the piece and I thought it should start like that kind of thing and go into this jazzy kind of step, you know.
"Kind of gruesome things like that, not too much ballet or whatever."
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And after all of this he made one of the most iconic music videos ever made.
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