If only for old times' sake and in total respect of all those passings that have now joined the illustrious ones such as Vincent Price, we could screen for the umpteenth time the video classic "Thriller" instead? Mr. Price's "rap" in it, along with John Landis classy cinematography, truly innovated their respective domain - even if neither invented either genre. Mr. Price made rapping known to a larger audience that had never heard before words being actually simply READ to the sound of music - so, in effect, he "made" RAP. Likewise, even though undead films are George Romero's schtick and brainchild (!) it was this video directed by John Landis in close collaboration with Michael Jackson that truly put zombies "on the map" so to speak - otherwise, Night of the Living Dead might have remained the obscure curiosity it was for so long for another decade... Kudos also to Ola Ray - also the pioneer, in her own field: not only is she one of the first to go from Playboy pictorial to some form of "acting" - she played the part of the MJ girlfriend of service way before Brooke Shields and especially Lisa Marie Presley ever got to. All of these stellar people's careers have DIED too, though, so it is doubly logical to have this video back here again, on the lugubrious blog! As much as it natural to have it on U.A.N.G.A.D. - the blog for original souls that set or reaffirm new trends... trailblazers of the bizarre! Price, Landis, Ray and MJ are certainly THAT!

Besides, it has been my guilty pleasure for more years than I will admit, each and every October 31st, to watch this one... 

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