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Ghosts

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In the village of Normal Valley, a small child is scared by the ghost stories and tricks of Maestro (Michael Jackson), a magician who lives on the outskirts of town. The Mayor (also Jackson) leads a group of outraged villagers to Maestro's spooky mansion, where he demands the mysterious outsider leave town. Instead, Maestro challenges the Mayor to a scare-off, delighting the children and parents with a series of tricks and musical numbers, performed with help from some ghosts.

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We Talk N What a job my MJ. The short film itself was simple and watchable while the songs and choreography were top notch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/03/23 Full Review Audience Member most hard coreography by the king Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Love this!! KING OF POP!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member This 35 minute film is the longest music video ever made. It's an odd beast, not the least because it's quite obviously a direct reply to sexual abuse allegations that had been levelled against him. That aside, the plot is strange since Jackson seems to defend himself against the charge that he's weird and scary by being weird and scary. Go figure. Stan Winston's work is, as expected, phenomenal, but the whole thing leaves me with a vaguely bad feeling. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member It beats the video of thriller, the best Michael jackson music video ever and one of the best music videos ever made. 4\5 Very good. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Thriller this definitely isn't. While the Stan Winston makeup is good when Jacko is the mayor, this is just stale and pretty stupid. I think this is when I stopped caring about his videos. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In the village of Normal Valley, a small child is scared by the ghost stories and tricks of Maestro (Michael Jackson), a magician who lives on the outskirts of town. The Mayor (also Jackson) leads a group of outraged villagers to Maestro's spooky mansion, where he demands the mysterious outsider leave town. Instead, Maestro challenges the Mayor to a scare-off, delighting the children and parents with a series of tricks and musical numbers, performed with help from some ghosts.
Director
Stan Winston
Producer
David Nicksay
Screenwriter
Stan Winston, Mick Garris
Genre
Musical, Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
40m