 The music video for " Ghosts " was a five @-@ minute clip taken from a film entitled Ghosts . Jackson unveiled the film at the Cannes Film Festival , as part of the album promotion . It was released theatrically in the US in October 1996 , as for the UK , it debuted at the Odeon Leicester Square in May 1997 . The UK event attracted fans , media and business organizations . It was released on cassette in most parts of the world . The film was written by Jackson and Stephen King and directed by Stan Winston . The story was based loosely on the events and isolation Jackson felt after he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993 . The music video won the Bob Fosse Award for Best Choreography in a Music Video . 
