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Par; 3 10 Dally Nchn::kan Monday, Decembers, 1CC3 L .., L J L O V- - . O v, ... .4 L ....... - v... - vi. m . mini-- 02 if Flashy 'Thriller video Icmdmmrlc. Television review by Ward 7. Triplett III The scene is always the same. Under eerie moon- the innocent-lookin- g falls light, young, couple prey , to car trouble. The young man insists he's not - t.p '.'-y.L- kidding, and the two set out on foot through the y woods. ' They engage in a bit of sappy conversation, and the next thing we know, the young man has asked V' ' " the much younger-lookin- g to be "his as he girl girl" ' " , S .. l, f 4 .. slips a ring on her Hncr. 1 . - f "But," he warns, "I'm not like other guys." v n Surely enough, the dark cloud3 that have covered the moon dissipate, and the young man begins to 0 shiver. As the girl screams, he becomes a menacing, crowned werewolf. She turns to but there is no o run, ! escape, the werewolf that was once Michael Jackson pounces in front of her. There's only time for one more scream . That's only the start of Jackson's "Thriller" video, which premiered Friday on MTV in its 14-minu- te entirety. It will also air six times on Showtime before the end of the month. r It takes five minutes before the first beats of "Thriller" begin to kick in, but that's not the problem with it. Thriller," though a magnificent production in itself, not only finally succeeded in making music rhita ccuriasy LA Tl.--tt tynCal only an incidental part of the video phenomenon, it could lead to the return of the movie musical For $500,000, Jackson used the best horror film director he could find Landis the best back-to-bac- (John credits at the end, it looks like a motion picture Jo Boxers, k with Thriller" Saturday, special-effect-s expert (Rich Baker, who did the and thw two transformation scenes in "An American Werewolf in excerpt: completely paled by comparison.
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