A Thriller of a night: Strictly Come Dancing cast prepare to Trick AND Treat as they rehearse ghoulish Halloween routine
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Strictly Come Dancing stars are scaring up a treat for viewers on Saturday's Halloween themed edition.
The cast have been spotted rehearsing for a ghoulish opening routine - reminiscent of Michael Jackson's classic Thriller video.
Lisa Riley, Louis Smith and other celebrity dancers are seen being put through their paces as they attempt to perfect the spine tingling moves.
Thriller Nights: Strictly Come Dancing cast get ready for the Halloween themed episode
The dance seems romantic enough as they do the waltz.
But then things take a turn for the worse as the dancers seem to turn into zombies.
While dressed in their tracksuits and casual scares are hardly the stuff of nightmares, we're sure Saturday's costumes will have a scarier effect on viewers.
The dancing dead: Lisa Riley and Kimberley Walsh show of their moves
Zombie boogie: The cast will perform the dance on Saturday's Halloween special
Starting off nice and slow: The dance seems to be a timid affair... but we're guessing it soon becomes ghoulish
The Halloween episode sees Victoria Pendleton paying a corpse bride as she and Brendan Cole dance a tango to Billy Idol's White Wedding on Saturday.
Professional dancer Anton Du Beke is to make a comeback just days after being given the boot from the show to play the vicar who officiates at the ceremony.
Rihanna's Disturbia is given the tango treatment as gymnast Louis Smith and partner Flavia Cacace play a pair of zombies during the dance.
Fright night: The stars try to perfect the devilish dance before Saturday night
Trick or treat: The show is bound to scare up a series of spine tingling surprises
Sid Owen is to dress as a Ghostbuster, along with partner Ola Jordan, as they dance to the Ray Parker Jr theme from the hit 1984 film.
Other dances include Westlife star Nicky Byrne and partner Karen Hauer rocking out to the theme from Weird Science, recorded by Oingo Boingo.
Byrne will be playing a mad scientist, despite the film being about two geeky teenagers who create their own fantasy woman with a computer which is struck by lightning.
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