Thriller’s distinctive 'Monster Mash' style video was directed by John Landis, who worked on 'An American Werewolf In London'. Vincent Price did the narration, evil laugh and rap, which borrows lines from 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. Vince took a paultry $20k for his part. Had he taken the percentage instead of the lump sum, he would have made millions. A sore point which saw him excluded from the 7” single in some markets.All in all the video was a big hit, named the #1 video of all time in the ‘VH1 100 Greatest Videos’ countdown. But what of the song it's self? We all know Fall Out Boy and John Mayer covered Thriller for Jackson’s Greatest Hits (new/covers)... but nobody’s asking: what about the Indians? I picked this one up on YouTube. Be afraid, be very afraid: this is Indian Thriller.
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