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 
 [bad word]  
'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 life inside 
a killer, thriller tonight 

You hear a door slam and realize 
there's nowhere left [bad word] 
You feel the cold hand and wonder 
if you'll ever see the sun 
You close your eyes and hope that 
this is just imagination 
But all the while you hear the 
creature creepin' up behind 
You're out of time 
 [bad word]  

Night creatures call 
The dead start to walk in their 
masquerade 
There's no escapin' the jaws of the 
alien this time (they're open wide) 
This is the end of your life 

They're out to get you, there's 
demons closing in on every side 
They will possess you unless you 
change the number on your dial 
Now is the time for you and I to 
cuddle close together 
All [bad word] the night I'll save you 
from the terrors on the screen 
I'll make you see 
 [bad word]  

Darkness falls across the land 
The midnight hour is close at hand 
Creatures crawl in search of blood 
To terrorize y'awl's neighborhood 
And whosoever shall be found 
Without the soul for getting down 
Must stand and face the hounds 
of [bad word] 
And rot inside a corpse's shell 
The foulest stench is in 
the air 
The funk of forty thousand years 
And grizzly 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.