Shrek and the gang come out of the theater after watching The Music with Sound. He is furious that he wasted his time on Halloween night. Donkey brings on a sing-along of the Michael Jackson song Thriller. It's a Halloween short. The sad truth is that it's an easy spoof and quite frankly, less fun than the Jackson video. It doesn't even do it right. Shrek and Fiona should be on date night. She should be the one doing Michael. Nevertheless, it's fun to have the characters doing the dance and replacing the zombies in the video.
4 Reviews
Not bad given the circumstances
Horst_In_Translation25 October 2015
Warning: Spoilers
It looks like by 2011, when "Thriller Night" came out, the "Shrek" franchise was already pretty much over. However, that did not keep them to make this 6-minute Halloween special here. It's clearly influenced by the famous Michael Jackson song, and pretty much everybody (except Shrek) turn into zombies in this one. There is lots of music and dancing involved, but in the end we find our that reality can sometimes be even harsher than a dream. The director and writer is Gary Trousdale again, who made several Shrek-related short films, but is mostly known for directing "Beauty and the Beast" over 20 years ago. That was probably also when he peaked. Still, this little movie here is not bad, especially given the fact that none of the original voice actors are in here, or at least not for the major characters. Good watch for fans of the franchise.
It's ok
mitsubishizero26 September 2020
I'm not really a Thriller fan so this isn't for me. The animation's nice and the textures are admittedly cool but as mentioned before, thriller's not one of my favorite songs from the late Michael Jackson so this doesn't really do it for me. Regardless, it's ok to watch. Both kids and adults will enjoy it.
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bevo-1367814 March 2021
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