Michael Jackson - Thriller REACTION!

[@_antiparis2X]

y’all should watch the making of thriller. It gives great behind the scenes to show how he put time and patience into making it as well as practice with Ola Ray (the girl in the video)

[@brandonshepherd7477]

YES!

[@cminagil]

I had that on VHS back in the day. Man, 1984 was hot with this album!

[@ja_right]

Must watch the Making of

[@kellyalexander3287]

Everyone had Thriller parties! the premiere of the video of Thriller to come on MTV it was the most anticipated event of its time!

[@omarfernandez1620]

This was the video of the century folks, once in a lifetime , way ahead of his time!

[@HappyMarie888]

The day he died, people from all over the world did this dance routine in the streets, unbelievable.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

Michael Jackson's videos give us a mini movie as a bonus. Thriller has to be Michael's biggest, video of all time. As far as production value.

[@samestuffdifferentday5712]

This was like a mini movie. Nobody had ever seen anything like this before . MTV played it over and over and you would wait for it to come on again . Amazing

[@Milkers777]

This was at a time, people were doing videos while standing in front of a wall singing, just nothing and then suddenly Michael comes with THIS! And also, there was no internet. You had to wait till they played it on TV. And kids were missing school to see the premiere of it on MTV. Even in the 90's, when MJ would release a video, it was on evening main news, like CNN, BBC News, not Entertainment TV News. Back then there wasn't this celebrity culture we have nowadays, where you get regular "news" on celebrities this truly is The Greatest Music Video Of All Time! Long Live The King Of Music Michael Joseph Jackson Forever!👑❤🔥🌟(The opening message for the "Thriller" short film is mainly placed their cause at the time MJ was getting threats by his own religion at the time the Jehovah’s Witness that if he released the short film he’d be kicked out of it so, MJ placed the message their but originally he was going to burn and destroy the entire tapes of the short film, it was a last minute decision but it shows u how much pull/influence MJ had in general that even his own religious group was worried about the short film’s impact. Also the "Thriller Rap" is done by the one & only horror icon Vincent Price. And MJ's main inspiration came from after he seen the movie "An American Werewolf in London" and got the same film director to direct his short film for "Thriller" that director is John Landis, imagine that having an actual movie director work on a music video/short film that's unheard of...only Michael Jackson I tell you only Michael Jackson.)

[@ayaanbretmitchell9830]

It's also worth mentioning, yes, every release of an MJ new song _was_ primetime but crucially he was the only artist that had that. Ever. Then crucially his 02 shows in 2009 in UK was *BREAKING NEWS* like it overlapped every program on at the time! And he was past his prime. That was his impact. Never again trust me.

[@Milkers777]

@@ayaanbretmitchell9830 You got that right, nothing but facts you wrote never we will see something of that nature EVER AGAIN!

[@descepticon9213]

They have a making of Thriller documentary if you want to know more. It was released the same time as the video.

[@benoitcorneau3555]

Y’all should watch the thriller’s making of… it has a lot of answers to your questions

[@EricFleming-ic1ji]

The girl in the video name is Ola Raye. She modeled for Playboy before this video.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

I KNOW I wasn't alone in having a MAJOR crush on her!!!😮😮❤❤

[@cheneethompson5756]

​@@bernardsalvatore1929she's pretty, isn't she?

[@ja_right]

I didn’t want to break that news to them. 😊

[@paulamoya7956]

MTV had a World Premiere on a Friday night for this video !it was a Huge event that was very anticipated by all live at 8 PM on MTV. I can literally still remember where I was and where I was sitting. I am now 56yrs old . I was in High School then . I can remember watching ALL of his epic performances live on TV. Everyone spoke about it the next day at school and work. Different times that were such Magical Times for Music, Film and TV ⭐️

[@dcstoy]

You definitely have to react to the making of Thriller! Great reaction. More MJ!

[@BartT75]

Damn, we're old. Half the world sat down one night (I think it was a Fri or Sat night at 8PM) to watch the world debut of this video on TV. Everything else stopped because nothing else mattered. And now, to you all this is OG Legendary - Damn, we're old.

[@mikew5144]

I’m only 38 but I enjoy seeing younger ppl enjoy stuff I did as a real young kid. I saw this first when I was maybe 7

[@shinacollins9910]

My son dated her daughter like 10 years ago. She is a very nice lady. She had memorabilia of this video. It was cool asf.

[@ajruther67]

I first saw the video when it came out in 1983. I was 16 years old. Months later I saw the making of this video.

[@ajruther67]

The car at the beginning of the video is a 1957 Chevy convertible. It's set in the 1950's hence the car and Ola wearing a 1950's poodle skirt and saddle shoes. Michael gives her his class ring to wear which means she is going steady with him. That's how people dated back then. Then it switches to present day in the movie theater. FYI ... Michael was a huge fan of horror movies.

[@cheneethompson5756]

Yeah! His werecat transformation was inspired by "an American werewolf in london"

[@jiujitsujackson9831]

This was a time where you had to wait for a program to come on television at a certain time. This video was heavily anticipated all over the world!

[@christelthorns]

This is one of the best reactions to Thriller. Tristian, you was 4 years old when we lived across from the cemetery…the most peaceful neighborhood ever! This is another great reaction video from both you and Gillian!!!! Love it❤❤❤❤

[@HBKSHOW1]

My mom😍😍😍 yes this is true

[@cheneethompson5756]

​@HBKSHOW1 that's your mom?! How sweet!😊

[@marshalljankins4526]

Mike is the one who made Music videos a thing.

[@ja_right]

This video was an entire primetime event. The world stopped to watch it, and it single-handedly changed music videos forever. The Making of played on Showtime. It was a VERY big deal.

[@devonstokes7150]

His inspiration was a movie called An American Werewolf in London. The director of the movie is a man named John Landis. Michael contacted Landis and got him to be the director for this video. Michael raised the bar for music videos, making many of in videos into short films like this one. The girl in the video is Ola Ray, she was a playboy playmate/ model back then.

[@AT-gu1vr]

Classic movie

[@ericechols6056]

Also, the movie, I was a teenage werewolf, starring actor Michael Landon.

[@russelljudkins3314]

Once again you didn't finish the whole video cause you pause and talk too much

[@manjirosano8083]

😭😭

[@_antiparis2X]

dang😭😭 eat them up unc

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

They do it ALL THE DAMN TIME. I'm trying so hard to be supportive of these 2 but they are making it virtually impossible

[@iykeharrison9161]

The constant pausing is so annoying

[@Ghostface4045]

Why’d they randomly end the reaction in the middle of the video lol that was so strange

[@jeanetteweis1365]

Her name is Ola Ray. Waitch the making of thriller. American warewolf was michael jacksons favourite movie. That is where he got his inspiration from and he so loved the direktor John landis

[@Erica92184]

The werewolf inspiration came from a movie Michael saw. Director John Landis had released the movie, The American Werewolf in London. 1981. Michael loved the movie so much he asked Landis to direct Thriller. It was the first music video that was 15 mins long.

[@itsraid_bitchez8084]

5:40 You guys paused it on the Facebook popcorn 🍿 meme 😂😂😂

[@HBKSHOW1]

Perfectly 😂😂

[@Reefism]

The makeup artist is a guy name Rick Baker! He did the makeup on Coming To America, Nutty Professor, An American Werewolf In London, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas...

[@LauraCollins-nd1ju]

PLEASEEE react to the making of Thriller!! It's here on youtube

[@Milkers777]

YES!!!!!!!!🤩

[@ccjtv809]

Y'all should watch the making behind thriller

[@vershawnbailey8011]

Happy 66th Birthday🎂🎉🎁 To The Goat🐐

[@ayaanbretmitchell9830]

The practical effects still hold up today, especially the zombies. I was 5 when this came out and every 80s kid was shooook by this video trust me. Somome mentioned on here every MJ release was primetime event and it was, but _crucially_ he was the only artist ever that had that power. Even his 02 shows in 2009 when he was past his prime, just the announcement was *BREAKING NEWS* in UK. It actually overlapped current tv shows. Have we got that today? Defo not. The man was exceptional

[@glamourisbest]

All of the questions you have can be answered in The Making of Thriller. Michael has always had beautiful women in his videos, but Ola Ray is my favorite. She’s so cute and feminine.

[@angelcharms7297]

I was 10yrs old when this came out. I remember my brother and I in our pajamas, with our parents, in front of the TV with popcorn, watching this premier..thank u for the memories. If u don't like scary movies, watch them in the daytime and/!or something else ( funny) afterwards. That helped me. Now, I LOVE SCARY movies. New sub.

[@samestuffdifferentday5712]

Vincent price was the deep scary voice

[@cheneethompson5756]

*evil laugh* Hell yeah!

[@Maggimae2367]

The director of the video is the famous movie director John Landis who directed a bunch of movie’s in that time including a cult classic werewolf movie from the 80’s An American Werewolf in London. He wanted to to have the feel of a classic horror movie. He even had Vincent Price a famous classic horror movie actor do the narration. I was 13 when this came out and remember watching MTV any chance I got waiting for this video to come on.

[@elegantdusk8341]

i yelled when I saw this video was posted! love all your content so much

[@HBKSHOW1]

Yay! Thank you!🙏🏾

[@moongod7158]

The statement at the beginning of Thriller was due to MJ's religion of being a Jehovah's Witness. He faced heavy backlash from fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Thriller video/lyrics and had to add a disclaimer that assured he was not a believer in the occult or risk being disfellowshipped a.k.a kicked out. MJ almost didn't take out the music video until his record company convinced him it would be okay with a statement and the rest is history. Imagine what pop culture/Halloween would be like without Thriller. 🤯

[@cheneethompson5756]

I don't think MJ was baptized, though So, how could he be disfellowshipped?

[@moongod7158]

@@cheneethompson5756 I'm pretty sure he was. Plus he dissociated himself from JW eventually, so he wouldn't have to be kicked out.

[@cheneethompson5756]

@@moongod7158 ohhhh ok!

[@hughfuller8416]

I knew the dance scene by heart. I couldn’t mess up. This and “Beat It” I had do it with no mistakes on demand or I got beat. Watch “House Of 1000 Corpses” with her. She won’t sleep right for 6 months.

[@AngeloJohnson-t5m]

The Song came first and they had no intentions of a video or anything. This all is from the mind of Quincy Jones. Legendary Musician and Producer/Director. He Hired The video and Producer and asked Mr. Vincent Price him self to add the audio.

[@Halkaniin]

Thriller dance is a halloween staple

[@abyoungrome136]

The inspiration was MJ being very well read and a fan of Edgar Alan Poe

[@blkstr239133]

You guys should watch Captain Eo. It was a show that used to play at Disneyland when I was a kid. It's a mini movie kinda like this

[@allengarvey1832]

@13:56 that zombie who came out the door he is a make up artist and came up with all the creatures in the thriller video his name is Rick baker

[@isaiahwasabi1381]

They shot the video in L.A.

[@brandonwalsh4497]

Mj got the inspiration to do this from a movie called a Werewolf in London.. Yall need to watch Making of Thriller Documentary Tomorrow ❤😂🎉

[@tommyc139]

R.i.p Michael jackson ❤❤❤

[@elegantdusk8341]

to answer your questions (to the best of my ability) her name? -ola ray. an actress and model did they date? -not exactly. but ola did say that they kissed and had lots of flirtatious incidents his inspo? - im not sure for the whole video but his wolf transformation was inspired by the movie 'american werewolf in london' hope this helps 😁lots of love 💙

[@hameedhimself]

It's so simple,u can't get it unless u lived this era,the sensation used to be mer vellous.

[@amanuel_23]

i love MJ's solo stuff, but a few more Jackson 5 reactions would be nice. Anyways this music video had me scared shitless as a kid 😂

[@JohnnyBarton85]

If you ever heard the demo to this song it's called starlight basically the same beat it's on KZbin you can search it up 😂 totally different song but that was the genesis of THRILLER

[@BlakeCausey-x9o]

I still enjoy this video

[@JohnBrown-id3qc]

It's kind of hard to enjoy it when you pause it every couple of seconds but I get what y'all do it for copyright reasons but it's kind of hard to enjoy it but thriller is one of my most all-time favorite videos of Michael Jackson out of a whole bunch of videos and everything I like that he's done thriller is the top for me I love your channel and everything about it

[@Mari-jd4po]

Fr I hate all that pausing

[@JohnBrown-id3qc]

@@Mari-jd4po but I understand why because a copyrights and everything like that and KZbin is ridiculously strict nowadays you can't just do that like they used to do you have to pause it so I understand why

[@lanceborders7340]

And then they skipped the end 😭

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

They do not have to do this much pausing because of copyright. This is a commonly video that is reacted to and no one has done this much pausing and the video didn't get paused. I was counting the pauses and stopped at 14. It's a 14 music video, so they are pausing more than once a minute. That's crazy then they cut the end of the video off again!

[@robertgibbs2201]

Lol you guys are funny Michael Jackson is the truth if you like the dancing in the thriller video I'll be waiting for you guys to react to smooth criminal 🔥🔥🔥

[@marcsolomon4060]

His inspiration for the Thriller video was the movie AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.

[@LatashaTisby]

You wanted to know the actress name in the thriller video I believe her name is ola Ray I don't think she was Michael Jackson's girlfriend or some she just a actress I'm not sure but I know she was a dancer or something

[@cheneethompson5756]

She was a Playboy playmate Very pretty girl!

[@anastasiamitchell3855]

Hi, I'm an old GenX'er and in interviews Michael said his inspiration was from loving horror movies and enjoying scaring ppl. He got a kick out of it. This video came out when I was 7 and it scared the heck outta me for years! 😂

[@LauraCollins-nd1ju]

@@anastasiamitchell3855 I'm pretty sure in an interview he said he was afraid to watch scary movies lol

[@anastasiamitchell3855]

@@LauraCollins-nd1ju I'm not sure about that. I will try to find the clip if it exists. Thank you.

[@LauraCollins-nd1ju]

@@anastasiamitchell3855 it's the 1999 interview I think

[@anastasiamitchell3855]

@LauraCollins-nd1ju ive been looking while making dinner. So not having great luck proving my statement. 🤣🤣 I will look for proof of your statement as well. (Give me some time). But since i couldn't instantly access proof of my argument I have a some doubt what I said was some b.s. 😂

[@LauraCollins-nd1ju]

@@anastasiamitchell3855 😂😂😂 it's ok

[@bgreen9356]

Ola Ray was a Playboy Playmate slash model.

[@B4th0ry]

Yo HBK the vomiting zombie at 15:46 is actually my friends afterschool teacher and he was one of the dancing zombies, His Name was Andrew and he met Michael and they would do dance rehearsals together unfortunately he passed away just a while ago but still may he rest in peace

[@cheneethompson5756]

15:46 is so gross, I love it!

[@MISHKAJAI]

Why did you guys cut the ending of the Thriller video so short? I was wanting More and just getting into it??

[@brandonwalsh4497]

Premiered in December of '83

[@brandonwalsh4497]

Ola Rey is her name.. I think she was a Playboy model🎉

[@Kasu-AL]

Great reaction

[@tashawilliams1928]

I was a sophomore in highschool and Michael and Prince were THE SHITT !

[@paulamoya7956]

Wait! You guys said you’ve seen this so many times. You haven’t seen any of it before.Maybe just heard the song 😂

[@alejandroacosta1227]

Have you seen the full length Michael Jackson moonwalker movie with Joe pesci?

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

Wait why did u cut off the entire last part of the video that was the best part? U didn’t even finish the dance scene or when they ran to the house or him turning back to the screen at the end. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@HBKSHOW1]

That part got blocked unfortunately 🤦🏾

[@NathanYouTube00]

@@HBKSHOW1For the next time, I would recommend putting a massive copyright sign on the screen. I believe that would work. Love the MJ reactions!

[@Spideymrw]

He has a making up thriller that goes into details of his motivation but his main motivation he said was that he turned on MTV and watched music videos and said they were horrible and told no stories so he wanted to change that with this videos for Beat it and Thriller. The werewolve beginning was inspired by one of his favorite movies american werewolf in london so he got the director of that movie to direct this video

[@RaLeaChaddle-kq9gi]

It is the infamous Vincent Price narrating the graveyard scene. His movies are classic!😊

[@GionathanGarvey]

The inspiration came from a movie called “American werewolf in London “ by John landis

[@misscocoababii]

I love michael jackson I do the thriller dance every halloween

[@kellyalexander3287]

You should do a reaction to the "Making of Thriller".. gives you all the history about the actors and how it was made it's fabulous!

[@level10tenx81]

There is an even longer video.

[@ja_right]

There are a few more seconds left in the video!!!!!!! React to Remember the Time, Black and White, Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean, Bad, They Don’t Care About Us, and Scream… and Earth Song

[@JohnnyBarton85]

Definitely check out Chris Brown THRILLER world music awards show 🙌

[@demetriosthompson6898]

I really enjoyed y'all's comments!!

[@DanYeLL2003]

If you think this is chef’s kiss wait till you check out “Smooth Criminal”. That’ll blow that kiss out of the room.

[@kellyalexander3287]

The reason why you thought it was so fabulously made and like a movie is it was directed by movie director John Landis

[@jamesway]

Still waiting for the actual reaction.

[@adeolaatitebi4575]

American werewolf in London. Michael said he was watching it when he came up with the idea for the song and music video.

[@mistyfaella3115]

This was originally Starlight. Listen to it

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

You now need to watch Ghosts by Michael Jackson!!!!!!

[@giocondavasquez5595]

Quiero recomendarles a una banda argentina, creo que es la más emblemática de los 80’s en Latinoamérica, su nombre es Soda Stereo y su último concierto fue en 2007. La canción es “Prófugos” kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5jYlKd9n7qBgqssi=TF77iyVtA8P99W0e

[@sheffg7715]

MOREEEEE

[@RockFan89]

And then you think who would wear heels to the movies if you have to walk home afterwards? Cute outfit or not, hahaha. I believe the guy who choreographed this video also did Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling, and Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield"

[@Mari-jd4po]

The girl is mine- Michael Jackson pls react to it

[@Bigboi4k]

Janet Jackson is also in the video

[@KingReezy-bl9ku]

Please react to mj Billie Jean 1988 it was an amazing performance live

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

I think this premiered on MTV in 1981 if I remember correctly!! And I had a major crush on Ola Ray after the first time I saw this!!! YES she is definitely CUTE!!!❤ The hype leading up to the premiere was unlike ANYTHING we'd ever seen before!!

[@johnsonmark65]

1983

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

@@johnsonmark65 thanks for the correction my friend!! I do remember that it was nothing like we had ever seen before on MTV, which was pretty much an infant at that time!!!

[@chadlove5029]

She the actress

[@brandonwalsh4497]

Please react to the JACKSON 5 All i do is think of you live🎉😮

[@SarahAli-oc8hy]

Please react to his full 1988 Grammy performance

[@whyamihereweirdo9912]

The Great Vincent Price was an Amazing horror Actor he was Never paid for his bit on this album.

[@anjheidebrink]

The Voice is Legendary Vincent Price; muse for many a man of horror, casting him in Edgar Allen Poe's classic tales. Please Google Him and his movies. I've wanted to be adopted by him since I was 5yrs old.🙏😇RIP Vincent 😉👊💥

[@jaimemartineziii6113]

Y’all needa watch spider man does thriller dance video, clean af 🔥

[@blawrence2496]

Please watch the making of thriller Los Angeles 1983🎉😂😮

[@Tigerwes716]

Mj paid for all his music videos out of his own pocket

[@ANT1989]

The actress is Ola Ray 💯🫡

[@markhobbs8310]

Her name is Ola Ray

[@richardharris6374]

React to shake your body to the ground in Yokohama

[@L0uL0uisa]

Please REACT to Janet Jackson RHYTHM NATION 🎉🎉🎉🎉