The Thriller (Michael Jackson) [Graphic imagery]

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	The Thriller
Song/Album	"Thriller"/Thriller
Act	Michael Jackson
Writer	Rod Temperton
Release Date	1983
ABILITIES
Powers	-Cause heart attack on sight "You see a sight that almost stops your heart" -Use fear to render victim silent "You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it" -Paralyze with vision "Terror looks you right between the eyes/ You're paralyzed" -Envelop victim (with mouth?) "You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller" "There's no escaping the jaws... they're open wide"
Skills	Relentless, tactical stalking "There's nowhere left to run"
Attributes	Is basically an advanced predator, but its hunting methods seem overtly sadistic to humans
Vulnerabilities	Does not affect senses "You hear a door slam" "You hear a creature creeping up" The Thriller seems to come from out of a movie "The terror on the screen" The Demons (see "relationships" below) seem to come through the TV, since "They will possess you/ Unless you change that number on your dial" -Can be stopped by the power of intense relationships/ powerful sensation "Now is the time/ For you and I to cuddle close together... I'll save you... I can thrill you more."
Formidability	When faced alone, The Thriller is extremely powerful. When faced together... not so much
Attractiveness	Horrifyingly repulsive
Source	Is an alien
Goals	Prey
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A
Vehicles	N/A
Dwelling	N/A
Milieu	Night "It's close to midnight" Darkness "Something's... lurking in the dark"
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	N/A, but likely irrelevant
Age	N/A
Physique	-Appears to be some sort of animal "The beast about to strike" "A creature creeping" -Still has human-like hands "You feel the cold hand" -Has 40 eyes (compound, insect-like?) "The thing with 40 eyes" -Is an alien "There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time"
Ethnicity	N/A
Origin	is a space alien
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	hunting
Education	N/A
SES	N/A
Relationships	Can be accompanied by zombies "The dead start to walk" Can be accompanied by demons "There's demons closing in on every side"
Pets	Nocturnal animals with the ability to awaken zombies "Night creatures call/ And the dead start to walk"
PERSONALITY
Morality	Immoral "Something evil's lurking"
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert
Intelligence	Above average
Emotions	Savagery
Sanity	Sane, methodical
Enemies	Anything that produces a sensation more intense than itself
Narrative Function	Antagonist
Other Notes	The Thriller is a hideous alien beast, with hand-like appendages and more than enough eyes-- perhaps they are compound eyes, like an insect's. It has enormous jaws and can engulf its prey in one bite. If you see it, you'll almost have a heart attack, and if it sees you, it can render you immobile with fear. You will still be able to hear it, however, which it seems to want you to be able to do, the better to scare you. Perhaps able to hitch a ride on radiation aimed at a target-- a TV broadcast wavelength or light from a film projector-- it re-solidifies on screens, from which it then emerges. Disabling this beam, or its source, seems to be a viable defense. Also, it seems to want its victims to be terrified before it consumes them; perhaps it considers adrenaline a necessary condiment to flesh. Ironically, this presents a weakness in The Thriller. The mouth-watering adrenaline rush can be countered by the exposure of the would-be victim to something he or she deems an even MORE intense experience than even an attack by this predator. The mere sight of a loved one by the victim releases a rush of calming and happy-making hormones that The Thriller finds unappetizing. If something can thrill the victim more than The Thriller, it loses interest and moves on. The emergence of The Thriller seems to allow other beings to follow its lead. Once it appears, demons begin emerging from other screens. Also, nocturnal animals being to make noises that waken the dead as zombies. So, even once The Thriller has been made to abandon its hunt, there are still other... issues to be dealt with.