{"id":5863,"date":"2011-10-06T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2011-10-06T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T21:14:30","slug":"michael-jacksons-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/michael-jacksons-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Movie Madness: Michael Jackson’s Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Less a movie than a 38 minute long music video, Michael Jackson’s Ghosts portrays Michael Jackson as a loner living on the outskirts of town who enjoys entertaining the local children and who is about to be run out of town by a lynch mob. This was in no way inspired by real life events, right? Said angry mob is lead by the town’s mayor, who bears a striking resemblance to the lead prosecutor in the child abuse case against Jackson in 1993. In fact, if you watch it with a thought toward Jackson’s history and public opinion about him, it’s actually quite sad, as he was no doubt aware of all of the people who thought he was a freak, and it comes through crystal clear in Ghosts*. For maximum entertainment value, it’s probably best to enjoy it on a superficial level.<\/p>\n

On a superficial level, this “movie” features: the worst angry mob I’ve ever seen, pretty great makeup effects, decent CG, MJ shooting ectoplasm out of his hands, and a moonwalking skeleton. Worth the watch for the moonwalking skeleton alone!<\/p>\n