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[[Image:Thriller in Prison.PNG|thumb|right|350px|The inmates dancing to "Thriller" in their YouTube video]]

'''''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 [[Thriller (music video)|the music video]] of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Thriller (song)|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 prison's 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. 

Garcia posted the prisoners' dance regimes onto the internet in April 2007. The most popular of the presentations was their ''Thriller'' performance. The video showed over 1,500 male inmates emulating Michael Jackson's dance moves from the original ''Thriller'' short film. Jackson fan Crisanto Nierre played the role of the pop star, with the openly gay former pizza chef Wenjiel Resane playing his girlfriend. The video became one of the most viewed on the internet, receiving 300,000 views per day at its peak.  As of January 18, 2008, the ''Thriller'' viral video has received almost 15 million reported views. The clip also garnered complaints, with one professor stating that the dancing does not rehabilitate CPDRC inmates. The prison and its officers faced allegations of prisoner abuse, claims which both the officers and inmates denied.