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THRILLER Rises Again : A New Generation Discovers Michael Jackson’s Dark Magic It’s back from the dead — again. Michael Jackson’s Thriller , the album that defined an era and reshaped pop forever, has clawed its way back onto the Billboard charts. Forty-plus years later, the King of Pop’s most iconic creation is dancing with the living once more — and maybe, just maybe, the undead too. Every Halloween , Thriller sneaks out of its tomb and infects the world all over again. The song’s slow-burning synths and Vincent Price’s wicked laugh seem engineered to wake up buried memories — not just of the 1980s, but of a time when music videos could be mini-movies and MTV was the campfire every teenager gathered around. There was nothing family-friendly about it. Thriller was both pop perfection and horror homage — a bold mix of talent, terror, and taboo that no one would dare attempt today. But the surprise this year is who’s listening. Gen Z , raised on algorith...

The Zombie-Industrial Complex: How The Walking Dead Killed The American Mall Listen , I know you're still recovering from Halloween and absolutely nobody asked for this, but we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the shambling corpse in the food court. America's malls are dying, and it's because we won't stop watching zombie movies. I can already hear you preparing your counter-arguments about Amazon  and, " changing retail landscapes ," and economic factors,  but consider this: Dawn of the Dead came out in 1978, and what's been happening to malls ever since? Exactly . They've been slowly deteriorating into the very zombie apocalypse sanctuaries we see on screen. Life imitates art imitates life eating brains. The evidence is irrefutable if you squint hard enough and ignore all contrary data. Every October, we collectively consume zombie media like it's candy corn we pretend to enjoy. We binge The Walkin...