Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) zombies who attended rehearsals at nearby Mecca Live Studio in the weeks leading up to the parade. Lexington’s annual Thriller Parade attracts around 20,000 spectators and features multiple actors playing the role of Michael Jackson. In 2011, the red jacket worn by Jackson in the video was auctioned for $1.8 million. A Hollywood production company attempted to turn Jackson's song "Billie Jean", which is also featured on Jackson's "Thriller" album, into a feature film, but no plans were completed. In 2009, Jackson sold the "Thriller" rights to the Nederlander Organization to stage a Broadway musical based on the video. "Thriller"
Social thriller the U.S., more than one reviewer has named the 1961 British film "Victim" as a social thriller. As the first English language film on record to use the word "homosexual" in its dialogue, "Victim" raised controversy in the United Kingdom for its critique of Britain's anti-gay laws that would remain in place until the passing of Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalized homosexuality for men in England and Wales. Ismal Xavier called the 1962 Brazilian train robbery film "O Assalto ao Trem Pagador" a social thriller. Taiwanese director Bai Jingrui's 1982 film "Offend the Law of God" has been called "an