Ghosts (I) (1997)

A Maestro is stalked by the Mayor of a small town. When he is forced to leave based on his potential, he puts on a show that the entire mob has to see.

Director:

Stan Winston

Writers:

Stan Winston (screenplay), Mick Garris (screenplay),

Stars:

Michael Jackson, Pat Dade, Amy Smallman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Jackson	...	Maestro / Mayor / Mayor Ghoul / Super Ghoul / Skeleton
Pat Dade	...	Pat
Amy Smallman	...	Amy
Edwina Moore	...	Edwina
Yasiin Bey	...	Dante (as Dante Beze)
Seth Smith	...	Seth
Kendall Cunningham	...	Kendall
Loren Randolph	...	Loren
Heather Ehlers	...	Heather
Michael Balderrama	...	Dancer
Troy Burgess	...	Dancer
Nicole Pantenburg	...	Dancer (as Nikki Pantenburg)
John Gregory	...	Dancer (as John 'Havic' Gregory)
Travis Payne	...	Dancer
Michael Gregory	...	Dancer

Storyline

The story tells of a small town that is very much bothered by a very strange and weird man living in a visually haunted house. One day the mayor decides to go with a couple of people from his town to the weird man who's living up the hill, and tell him to leave. When they reach the mayor starts convincing him to leave his town, but the people with the mayor started liking Michael Jackson, and he started singing to them and scaring the mayor. Until in the end the mayor gets too scared and runs away, and the people come to know that Michael isn't too bad after all.

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Plot Keywords:

haunted house | motion capture | fat suit | antigravity | skeleton | 

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Taglines:

Are you scared yet?

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Genres:

Short | Horror | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1997 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Michael Jackson's Ghosts

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heliopolis, MJJ Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

38 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unlike his previous music videos, Michael sings a song other than the titular song. His opening number, is a song called "2Bad" from the "HIStory" album. The actual song "Ghosts" is played while The Mayor's body is possessed.

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Quotes

Maestro: Did I scare you?

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Connections

Featured in Michael Jackson Memorial (2009)

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Soundtracks

GHOST
Written by Michael Jackson
Co-written by Teddy Riley
Performed by Michael Jackson
Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Prods., Inc.
Mijac Music (BMI), admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Donril Music admin. by Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved
Used By Permission

User Reviews

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.