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Thriller Night

Thriller Night

Animation · Music · Horror · 2011

A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.

Movie details

Thriller Night

2011 Animation · Music · Horror 6m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sean Bishop · Gary Trousdale

Written by

Sean Bishop · Tom Shannon · Elaine Rogan · Mark Walton

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Shrek (voice)

Dean Edwards

Dean Edwards

Donkey (voice)

Holly Fields

Holly Fields

Princess Fiona (voice)

André Sogliuzzo

André Sogliuzzo

Puss in Boots (voice)

Cody Cameron

Cody Cameron

Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)

Conrad Vernon

Conrad Vernon

Gingerbread Man (voice)

Walt Dohrn

Walt Dohrn

Rumpelstiltskin (voice)

Court is in session

Put Thriller Night on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.