The Walking Dead Are Back With A Vengeance

Could zombies live among us? AMC set a load of them free in the streets of New York and found that the answer was, in a word, no.

As a PR stunt for the new series of The Walking Dead, everyday New Yorkers were transformed into zombies and let loose in the city to scare the crap out of everyone.

Hot dog vendors, cab drivers and cops were among the few to hobble around the Big Apple with blood and gore dripping from them. One living dead even appeared to have his jaw hanging off.

The video shows the actors being transformed into flesh-eating zombies, as well as the hilarious public reaction, with girls running and screaming, while guys casually photgraphed the event.

Made by PutZombiesBack, it closes by saying "Zombies don't belong here, put them back on TV," in reaction to the popular AMC show being dropped from Dish Network's line-up.

The new series is ready to launch this October, and with the stunt gaining 474,421 views and 52,899 shares in just two days, it looks likely to be a success.