Michael Jackson's Halloween

I love Michael Jackson and I love Halloween, but this was... 😖😖 I know some bad Halloween movies can have enough fun campiness to be watchable, but this wasn't.

I'm giving 10 stars not only because I know MJ himself would absolutely adore this film but because it has a lot of unfair low stars from people who expected to see something more grown-up and less Disney-ish, I think. I worked with MJ's inner circle in the 90s and I know Halloween was his favorite holiday and that he watched a lot of cartoons in general. He would have loved the messages in this film, which totally reflected his values. MJ fans will notice the film pretty much has all his famous moves, many of his album covers or themes, and utilizes many characterizations from Ghost and Thriller. Not surprisingly, one of the executive producers is John Branca who is not only an attorney managing the Jackson's estate but who worked with Michael for many years. Branca has stated Michael always wanted to do just such a production but it was not realized before he passed. This special was created and produced by Optimum Productions, owned by Jackson's estate. It's a close as you'll get to something actually sanctioned by Michael himself.

I watched the show and was impressed with how the music was integrated into the video. It was clear the plot was about conformity and how doing what you believe is alright in order to change things. The animation was very good. The animated dancing pumpkin's performance of MJ's dangerous song was excellent. Some of the scenes reminded me of the plot in Captain EO. The animated Michael performing Thriller was super. At the end, the message from Michael was Believe In Yourself.

I don't think Michael Jackson would've approved this. Actually, I'm pretty sure MJ would've been offended by it.

Cheap animation, an extremely generic story with shoe-in characters and a terrible use of Michael Jackson music and references end up presenting one of the worst animated TV specials of all time. Stay away from it.

Instead of listening to the fans they really want were like yeah let's make some bizarre Halloween movie with a lame plot and bunch of Michael Jackson references and music throughout. I honestly don't know what happened in this movie... I don't understand.