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Michael Jackson's Ghosts

  • 1996
  • Not Rated
  • 39m
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7.5/10
6.2K
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Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1996)
FantasyHorrorMusicShort

The mayor of a nameless town gathers a mob to confront a hermit living in a "haunted house," but when the mob arrives, the man has a few tricks up his sleeve to convince them that he's not t... Read allThe mayor of a nameless town gathers a mob to confront a hermit living in a "haunted house," but when the mob arrives, the man has a few tricks up his sleeve to convince them that he's not that bad.The mayor of a nameless town gathers a mob to confront a hermit living in a "haunted house," but when the mob arrives, the man has a few tricks up his sleeve to convince them that he's not that bad.

  • Director
    • Stan Winston
  • Writers
    • Stan Winston
    • Mick Garris
    • Stephen King
  • Stars
    • Michael Jackson
    • Pat Dade
    • Amy Smallman
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    6.2K
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    • Director
      • Stan Winston
    • Writers
      • Stan Winston
      • Mick Garris
      • Stephen King
    • Stars
      • Michael Jackson
      • Pat Dade
      • Amy Smallman
    • 56User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michael Jackson
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    Pat Dade
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    Amy Smallman
    • Amy
    Edwina Moore
    Edwina Moore
    • Edwina
    Yasiin Bey
    Yasiin Bey
    • Dante
    • (as Dante Beze)
    Seth Smith
    • Seth
    Kendall Cunningham
    • Kendall
    Loren Randolph
    • Loren
    Heather Ehlers
    • Heather
    Michael Balderrama
    • Dancer
    Troy Burgess
    Troy Burgess
    • Dancer
    Nicole Pantenburg
    Nicole Pantenburg
    • Dancer
    • (as Nikki Pantenburg)
    John Gregory
    • Dancer
    • (as John 'Havic' Gregory)
    Travis Payne
    Travis Payne
    • Dancer
    Michael Gregory
    Michael Gregory
    • Dancer
    Mia Pitts
    • Dancer
    Heather Harley
    • Dancer
    Charlie E. Schmidt
    • Dancer
    • (as Charlie Schmidt)
    • Director
      • Stan Winston
    • Writers
      • Stan Winston
      • Mick Garris
      • Stephen King
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    10LostntheFuture

    The Brilliance of a Man That Won't be Truly Appreciated Until he's Gone.

    This video serves as a reminder that the only thing that has changed about Michael Jackson is the way we look at him. The genius is still there and has grown 10,000 times since thriller. If you put this movie up against thriller it makes thriller pale in comparison musically, special effects wise, basically in every way, it's just that most people are too stupid to see it because like little kids, they are too caught up in the way he looks (which is just fine in this movie btw).

    The dancing is jaw dropping! The music is excellent! Makes you want to get up and dance! The plot is funny and shows Michael Jackson's sense of humor about the way he knows people think about him.

    EXCELLENT MOVIE! Do yourself a favor and stop believing all the crap you hear and missing out on jaw dropping perfection which is everything he puts out!

    In my opinion my top 10 favorite pieces of work by him are:

    1) The 'Scream' Video (over 7 Million Dollars and you see every dime) 2) The 'Ghosts' Video / Movie 3) The 'Earth Song' Video (if it doesn't move you emotionally you're not human) 4) The 'HIStory' album (easily his best work for someone mentally over the age of 12) 5) The 'Dangerous' album (every song is perfection) 6) The 'You Rock My World' video (Chris Tucker, Malron Brando, Michael Madsen & Michael Jackson how do you not have a great video?) 7) The 'Invincible' album (10 million records sold & counting, great piece of work, tuned to perfect pop precision) 8) The 'Black or White' song / video (They are both excellent!!) 9) The 'Stranger in Moscow' song /video (I mean that's where you see how much of a genius he still is) 10) The 'Blood on The Dance Floor' album (the first five tracks really show how amazing he is as a writer, it awesome) *** Thriller goes without saying, but he really has done some of his best work since then.***
    revival05

    Meet the family

    This was a breathtaking short-horrormusical with Michael Jackson, finally a bit cool.

    Some people think that it is a spin off to THRILLER, but I can't see any similarity at all. Let's all remember that Michael Jackson was an adult as a child, and he has got to have room for his childhood somewhere too.

    I love Michael Jackson's short films, and this is no exception.
    8fam.pelgrom-2

    Michael still knows how to thrill an audience

    Michael Jackson has embraced generations with beautiful short films. Usually they are made to promote a single, but in this case he gives us something else. Sure, in this film there are also songs (which are available on c.d.), but the emphasis is on a funny story and great special effects. This release passed many people by, which is a shame since this thing is really worth watching and shows great promise at Michael's promised new acting jobs.
    eternitti

    Classic Jackson

    He may not look like the same Michael Jackson we saw in "Thriller", but he's just as good as he was before. The special effects were incredible. The makeup work (I loved seeing Michael Jackson as the mayor-ish guy) was incredible and so was the dancing. It's too bad the music wasn't as good. He uses some of his worse stuff in "Ghosts", which is mediocre by our standards. It isn't his best work, but "Ghosts" is still pretty entertaining.
    Unbreakable27

    Michael Jackson is still the king of video

    Being a Michael Jackson fan since the early 1980's I've always remained interested in anything he does.

    I think commercially his best days were behind him in the mid-90's, but this is still an excellent video and it far exceeds a lot of the crap that artists put out there today.

    Most videos are the same thing over and over, the artists with the line dancers in bikinis behind them, YAWN!

    Michael Jackson comes along and takes the music video to the next level, he puts a storyline into it and killer special effects.

    When you get done, the only person the guy has failed to outdo is himself.

    Like him or no, Michael Jackson is still the king of music video.

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    • Trivia
      From 1996 to 2013, this music video held the Guinness World Record as the longest music video. Pharrell Williams would surpass this record by creating a literal 24-hour music video for his song "Happy". As of 2024, Twenty One Pilots holds the record for the longest music video for Twenty One Pilots: Level of Concern Never-Ending (2020), which ran for precisely 177 days, 16 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds.
    • Quotes

      Maestro: Did I scare you?

    • Alternate versions
      The first screening of the movie featured only the "2Bad" song, from the 1995's "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I" album. But since the marketing campaign had already started for Jackson's next album "Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix" they added "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", both from the new album, which was released in January 1997.
    • Connections
      Edited into Michael Jackson: Ghosts (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      2 Bad
      Written by Michael Jackson

      Music Composed by Bruce Swedien, Rene Moore (as Rene) and Dallas Austin

      Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc., Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flytime [sic] Productions, Inc.

      Mijac Music (BMI), admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) / Bruce Swedien Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Rene Moore Music (ASCAP) / EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / DARP Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

      Special version from the Epic release "HIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book I"

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    • Release date
      • July 10, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • British Film Institute
      • Cannes Film Festival
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ghosts
    • Filming locations
      • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
    • Production companies
      • Heliopolis
      • MJJ Productions
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    • Runtime
      39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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