Vincent Price’s voice cameo on Michael Jackson’s Thriller is one of the most iconic spoken-word appearances in pop music. Known for his elegant yet ominous delivery from decades of horror films like House of Wax and the Roger Corman Poe adaptations, Price brought a theatrical darkness to the track that perfectly completed its Halloween-meets-pop aesthetic. His “rap” was written by Rod Temperton and recorded in a single take at the end of the Thriller sessions, with Price delivering the lines in