# Awesome Halloween house light display: MJ's "Thriller"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 31, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951 "2010-10-31T04:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/1 "2010-10-31T04:22:49Z")

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[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAV_1jBJB4)

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/2 "2010-10-31T05:07:41Z")

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That was too cool!  
Of course, in this household the Marilyn Manson “This is Halloween” was found to be better.

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/3 "2010-10-31T05:16:42Z")

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Cool, yes. But if you lived across the street…

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/4 "2010-11-02T02:54:19Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> That was too cool!  
> Of course, in this household the Marilyn Manson “This is Halloween” was found to be better.

[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5qJCEaTdr8), if anyone wants to check it out.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/5 "2010-11-02T04:02:12Z")

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> [@Lare](#):
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> Cool, yes. But if you lived across the street…

The lights would be a problem, yeah. But if they did the same thing as the [Wizard in Winter Christmas lights](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks), at least the sound wasn’t an issue:

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> So that the Williams’ neighbors aren’t disturbed by constant noise, viewers driving by the house are informed by signs to tune in to a signal broadcast over a low-power FM radio station to hear the musical accompaniment.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-halloween-house-light-display-mjs-thriller/558951/6 "2010-11-02T06:10:13Z")

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> [@Bosstone](#):
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> The lights would be a problem, yeah. But if they did the same thing as the [Wizard in Winter Christmas lights](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks), at least the sound wasn’t an issue:

That’s pretty awesome - I saved it to favorites in case it wasn’t already there.