Thriller named greatest video of all time

MICHAEL JACKSON’S groundbreaking Thriller has been named the greatest video of all time by musicians, almost three decades after it was created.

Thriller named greatest video of all time

The creepy film, which sees the late singer transformed into both a werewolf and a zombie, narrowly beat Lady Gaga’s raunchy Telephone in the poll. Another vintage promo — Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, from 1975 — was third in the vote by musicians’ website musicradar.com.

Thriller, made by John Landis, the director of An American Werewolf In London, is credited with turning pop videos into an art form of their own.

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