VIDEO: Remote-controlled 'devil baby' goes on the rampage in New York in stunt to promote horror film

 
Scary: the 'devil baby' in New York
Rachel Blundy16 January 2014

Footage of a robotic baby terrorising the streets of New York in a publicity stunt for a new horror film has gone viral online.

More than 19million people have watched a short clip of the mechanical monster screaming, vomiting and making rude gestures at shocked strangers as it roamed around the city in a pram.

Scary: the 'devil baby' in New York (Picture: YouTube)

The stunt, which was shared on YouTube on Tuesday, was staged to promote supernatural horror film Devil's Due.

The film, set to be released in the US tomorrow, follows the story of a newlywed couple who conceive a possessed child on their honeymoon.

Watch the trailer below.

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