Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1996 short film starring singer Michael Jackson, written by horror novelist Stephen King and Mick Garris, and directed by Stan Winston. It was filmed and first screened in 1996 and released along with select prints of the film Thinner. It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD. Jackson plays five roles.
Ghosts tells the story of an eccentric man with supernatural powers being forced out of a small town by its mayor. The film includes a series of dance routines performed by Jackson, set to the songs "2 Bad", "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", taken from Jackson's albums HIStory (1995) and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).
