| has gloss | eng: Thriller is a viral video featuring the dancing inmates of a high security penitentiary. In 2007, the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison in Cebu, in the Cebu Province of the Philippines, imitated the zombie dance featured in the music video of Michael Jacksons "Thriller". The footage, uploaded onto video sharing website YouTube, became an immediate internet hit and viral video. The idea behind the dance came from the prisons chief, Byron F. Garcia. Garcia first conceived the idea of exercising as an enjoyable way of keeping the prisoners mentally and physically fit. Music was then added to provide additional motivation. The convicts marched and danced to several songs, including "In the Navy" and "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People. |
