Artist Recreates Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Dance Using 80 Individually Carved Pumpkins

Artist Rudy Willingham who uses strategically placed cutouts and stickers to create context, carved out every step of Michael Jackson‘s icon movements in the music video for “Thriller” into 80 individual pumpkins. He then filmed the pumpkins to create an animation of Jackson’s signature dance.

Recreating Michael Jackson’s Thriller with 80 carved Halloween pumpkins

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.