Eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu ngemva kokuqala kwayo nangemva kokuxazulula isimangalo esingokomthetho nezindlalifa ze Michael JacksonEkugcineni, umqondisi u-John Landis uzophinde akhulule isiqeshana sevidiyo esidumile se-Thriller ngefomethi ye-3D. U-Landis uqondise ividiyo yokuqala ngo-1983 futhi manje uhlela ukuyikhulula kabusha ngenguqulo ye-three-dimensional, ividiyo ekhunjulwayo yenkosi yomculo we-pop eyayiwumkhiqizo obiza kakhulu wohlobo lwayo ngesikhathi sayo futhi yavotelwa isiqeshana sevidiyo esingcono kakhulu. sonke isikhathi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokushona komculi, UJohn Landis iqale isimangalo esisemthethweni ngokumelene nomculi ngezenzo zokukhwabanisa nezinonya mayelana namalungelo esiqeshana sevidiyo. Ngaleso sikhathi, umqondisi wayefuna amaphesenti angu-50 enzuzo yonke yevidiyo, efika cishe esigidini samaRandi. "Leyo nqubo yokwahlulela yaqhubeka iminyaka eminingi, kodwa ekugcineni bangikhokhela"Kusho uLandis. "Futhi manje izophinde ibonakale ipholishiwe futhi ibe nezinhlangothi ezintathu esikrinini esikhulu, okuzojabulisa kakhulu.".
Izinto zomculi ongasekho zihlala ziyimithombo yengxabano. Abasondelene nezihlobo badalule lokhu kwabezindaba: “Izindlalifa zakhe bezilokhu zifuna amacebo okwenza imidlalo yevidiyo, futhi i-'Thriller' ijwayela izinhlobo eziningi. Kungaba into ehlobene nokudansa noma umdlalo wokudubula lapho kufanele ubulale ama-Zombies. Kunamathuba amaningi anikezwa yilobu buciko obuhle »kwengezwe. Thriller Akuwona kuphela umsebenzi kaMichael abahlela ukuwusebenzisa, ngoba ngokusho kwemibhalo esemthethweni amaphrojekthi wesikhathi esizayo alabo abaphethe amalungelo emisebenzi yakhe ukwenza ama-albhamu amaningi wokuhlanganisa, imidlalo ye-inthanethi, idokhumentari kanye nomculo we-Broadway mayelana nokuphila. kaMichael Jackson. Ividyo kliphu yokuqala ye-Thriller yakhululwa ngohlobo olwandisiwe lwemizuzu eyishumi nane ekuqaleni kukaZibandlela 1983 futhi ngo-2009 kwaba yividiyo yokuqala yomculo ukufakwa ku-US National Film Registry, indikimba ebona ukuthi yiziphi izinto ezisebenzayo ezibalulekile ngokwesiko nangokomlando. ngobuhle.