Thriller (Michael Jackson album) Thriller (Michael Jackson album) Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. It explores genres similar to Jackson's previous album, "Off the Wall," including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. In just over a year, "Thriller" became the world's best-selling album, having sold an estimated 66 million copies. It is the second-best-selling album in the United States and was
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