Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) an abandoned house. She screams and wakes up, realizing it was a nightmare. Michael embraces her, but turns to the camera and grins, revealing his werecat eyes. Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" was released in 1982 and spent more than a year at the top of the "Billboard" 200. By mid-1983, sales began to decline. Jackson, who was "obsessive" about his sales figures, urged record executives Walter Yetnikoff and Larry Stessel to help conceive a plan to return the album to the top of the charts. Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo suggested making a third music video, for the title track, "Thriller".
Cat People (1982 film) The song was released as a single in 1982, and Bowie included a re-recorded version of the song on his album "Let's Dance" (1983). Bowie performed the song live regularly during his 1983 "Serious Moonlight" tour. The song was also used in Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) and Charlize Theron’s spy thriller "Atomic Blonde" (2017). Bowie's re-recording had guitar by a then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan. All compositions by Moroder, lyrics by David Bowie on "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)". Cat People (1982 film) Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Nastassja