Michael Jackson - Ghosts: The Complete Short Film (Preview)

A preview of Michael Jackson's short-film 'Ghosts'.

Plot Description (Long):
"Michael Jackson lives alone in a creepy-looking mansion on top of a hill, overlooking the town of "Normal Valley". Occasionally, he entertains the local children with scary magic tricks. One of the children tells his mother, who alerts Michael. He in turns organizes the townspeople to go to the Maestro's mansion and force him out of town. Some of them show reluctance to do so, but are pressured into joining the Mayor on his crusade. On a stormy night they go to Michael's mansion (which instead of a numbered address, is addressed "Someplace Else") holding flaming torches. When they arrive at the mansion, it is guarded by a large gate. They peer in through the gate, and by the haunting look of the mansion, have second thoughts about entering. The children assure the parents that the Maestro has done nothing wrong, and ask that they leave him alone. But the Mayor remarks, "He's a weirdo. There's no place in this town for weirdos "

The front gate opens, frightening the townspeople, who make their way to the front door, which also opens by itself. The inside of the mansion appears to them even creepier than the outside, and the parents re-assure their children (and themselves) "there's no such thing as ghosts". They make their way into the house, and once they are all inside, the front door slams shut and locks itself. Two more large doors swing open revealing a large, darkened dance hall. Hesitantly, the townspeople make their way to the dance hall, where they are greeted by The Maestro who makes a scary yet comical entrance. The Mayor angrily confronts him, calling the Michael Jackson "strange", "weird", and a "freak", and telling him that he's not welcome in their town. Jackson defends himself, and in response he threatens "Are you going to leave, or am I going to have to hurt you?" (The townspeople appear not to be as forceful in their position, but don't offer an objection).

To this Jackson replies, "You are trying to scare me. I guess I have no choice; I guess I have to scare you." He then makes a series of funny faces, which Michael calls "ridiculous" and "not funny". In a change of tone, he asks, "Is this scary?" and pulls his face sideways before pulling his face down and stretches his mouth. Then he continues to stretch his face more, ultimately pulls off his face to reveal his skull and laughing maniacally. The frightened townspeople run for the doors, which the Maestro shuts with his magical powers, then smashes his skull with his fists, revealing his normal head.
The Maestro then reminds the Mayor, he's not alone, "And by the way, did I tell you I wasn't alone?" And introduces his "family" of ghouls who, along with the Maestro, perform an extended dance routine (to original music composed by Michael Jackson) which alternately impresses and scares the townspeople. During this sequence, Jackson's acts include ripping his clothes off to reveal a skeletal body; possessing the Mayor and making him dance; and transforming the Mayor into an ugly, horrific demon while remarking, "Who's the freak now? Freaky Boy, Freak circus freak".

After Jackson's performance ends, he asks, "Do you still want me to go?". While the townspeople respond to Michael "no", he says "Yes!". The Maestro quietly agrees by saying, "Say no more...I'll go." He falls, and after smashing his hands r and face into the floor his face and body violently start to crumble into dust on the floor, which is then blown away by the wind. The townspeople are saddened by this, and somewhat sorry to see him go. The Mayor however thinks he has come out victorious and heads for the doors saying, "I showed that freak." When he opens them he finds a monstrous-looking Maestro-demon head which says "HELLO" and terrifies him, and he runs away scared (leaving a comically Mayor-shaped hole in the glass door).

The townspeople then turn back to the now open front doors to see the Maestro standing there, laughing. He asks if they all had a good time, and the townspeople realize they did. They figure he isn't so bad after all and make peace with him. The story ends with one of the children asking with a vicious look on his face, "Is this scary?"; he grips his lower face, and the camera moves to a long shot of the mansion while terrified screams are heard. During the credits it is revealed through backstage footage that Jackson not only played the Maestro but also the dancing Mayor and several monsters within the film, thus explaining the Mayor's dancing towards the end."

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[karl63830]

please please please please please please please please please show us the full video! i Know i'd be hard work...but this is by far the BEST quality on Youtube right now!

[MJacksonHD2]

@karl63830 @karl63830 I would LOVE to, but it really is time-consuming and there aren't really very many requests for it either. Sorry @ItsAlyssaYaDigg , maybe when I have more free-time :)!

[birgitta893]

do you have the whole movie? plz you are the only one that has the clearest version

[MJacksonHD2]

@birgitta893 I do, but it would be quite an undertaking to re-master all the footage like I have in this snippet; like with all things, I'd do it if there was enough demand for it :-)

[birgitta893]

@MJacksonHD2 how did you make the preview in hd cuse i don't know how to upload videos and i really want to see how to make vieos into HD

[MJacksonHD2]

@birgitta893 The source was HD to start with; I used a few filters and tweaked the footage in the video you're watching (i.e. color adjustment, sharpness tweaks, noise reduction, audio enhancement, etc.). Each 'scene' in the footage was manually re-mastered. I use Adobe Premiere CS5 for my videos :).

[MichaelJacksonTuneHQ]

Oh My God! Are you going to be uploading Ghosts in this quality??? This has to be the best I have ever seen it! Please Please upload the full thing!

[sanduMj4everluv]

The Best Quality... Plzzz.. upload the full clip.. :D

[jhgfdsslm]

Thanks great QUAILTY I would love to see the whole video with this QUAILTY!! Thanks for this little snnippet noen the less It's all for L.O.V.E.



[mooonwalkerx3]

plzzzzzz re do the full thing:[

[frankie7011]

i wish i can make the H D movies if i knew how to do this i would be bless and share

[VividGirl00]

i absolutely love Ghosts! if you have time, please do the full version. your videos are great & having this in this quality would be wonderful. you can count me as 10,000 demands if you'd like :)

[rikigl]

Why they never released this on DVD?? The full version rocks!!!!

"HE-ELLOO?!"

[ItsAlyssaYaDigg]

@MJacksonHD2 You can count this person in as a demand. :)