UNSUSPECTING shoppers may have thought the zombie apocalypse had started in Stourbridge yesterday (Sunday) when monstrous looking creatures swamped the town.

Scenes that would not have looked out of place in horror flick Return of the Living Dead unfolded in the High Street, Market Street and the Ryemarket shopping centre.

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Figures resembling the undead were also seen clawing at the Stourbridge News offices.

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But no - World War Z had not erupted in Stourbridge.

The spectacle was in fact the filming of a new music video for acclaimed singer/songwriter Ian Passey, who works under the moniker of The Humdrum Express and who has released 13 albums and EPs to date.

And behind the camera was Stourbridge musician/music video director Nick J Townsend, of Weak13, who has created more than 30 video clips for national and international artists.

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Ian, from Kidderminster, explained: "I’ve been teaming up with Nick pretty regularly. He’s someone I really enjoy working with to help expand on some of my ideas. I also love to get as many people involved as possible with the videos and I’m always amazed by how many love being a part of them.”

Nick J Townsend added: "The week before filming for The Humdrum Express I had to direct a Viking army raiding a village so filming an army of the dead was surprisingly straight forward.

"Ian Passey is from my hometown and I have always tried to support good talent from the area. The Humdrum Express is really going places."

More than 60 actors and music fans, aged from just three months to 72, took part in the music video shoot for Ian’s newest single E-Petition – a tongue-in-cheek take on withering social norms – which will be released as a single on Halloween (October 31). 

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The video, which was also shot inside Stourbridge High Street venue Claptrap, is also set to be released on October 31.

Among those taking part in the video shoot was Rita Dabrowicz from Worcester who said: “It was a truly fun and unexpected Halloween event.”

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