At Jackson Liberty High School, Samantha Savona took on a monster of a project. The sixteen year old sophomore, who is usually seen bounding around on the school’s basketball court, starred as Michael Jackson in her video - production class’s remake of “Thriller.”

Scrunching her blond hair up to more closely resemble the original star’s, she said “Everyone told me I was good for the part… I already know all the words because I love Michael Jackson.”

The shooting took the cast of 30 two days. The results were fifteen minutes of video recorded at Six Flags Great Adventure. They shot scenes inside Skull Mountain, Houdini’s Great Escape, Showcase Theatre and Batman the Ride.

Fifteen of the students dressed as zombies with tattered clothing, latex prosthetics and airbrushed shadows. Tony Mankile, who does makeup for characters during Great Adventure’s Fright Fest, volunteered his services to make the students into zombies.

Teacher Harry Ferone’s TV Tech 1 class will defiantly remember this class.

The finished product will be entered in Ocean County Library’s first annual film festival and the Ocean County Teen Arts Festival.

Source: Asbury Park Press, MJFC