In Sing: Thriller, it is first sung by Buster Moon's music troupe as they perform in GMO the Musical. Later, when most of the guests of Clay Calloway's Halloween party become infected by a mysterious ooze and become dancing zombies, they sing the song a second time.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's close to midnight
And something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
[Verse 2: Meena]
You hear the door slam
And realize there's nowhere left to run
[Gunter]
You feel the cold hand
And wonder if you'll ever see the sun
[Meena]
You close your eyes
[Ash]
And hope that this is just imagination, girl
[Gunter]
(Girl)
[Ash]
But all the while
You hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
[Chorus:Meena]
'Cause this is thriller (Woo), thriller night
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller (Ooh, ooh), thriller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer, thriller tonight
[Bridge: Johnny]
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade (Masquerade)
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life, ooh
[Chorus]
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer (Yeah, thriller)
Thriller, thriller night,
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller (Ooh-hoo), thriller night
So let me hold you tight
And share a killer, thriller, chiller (Ow, ow)
Thriller, here tonight, oh
Thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller (Ooh-hoo, woo-hoo), thriller night
So let me hold you tight
And share a killer, thriller (Ow)
[Outro: Miss Crawly]
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
(Hahaha, hahaha, ah, ooh)
Trivia
The infected dancing zombies perform moves from Thriller's music video.
Additionally, Sing: Thriller's credits say the short is based on said music video.
