Bedraggled job-seekers dragged their 'best foot forward' yesterday (mon) in a bid to land one of the best jobs on the planet – as a scarer at Thorpe Park.

After a more conventional face-to-face interview, applicants donned creepy head-to-toe zombie costumes.

They then underwent an hour each in the make-up chair to complete the look before climbing 127ft (38.7 metres) onto the platform of one of the rollercoasters.

And the job is clearly not for the faint-hearted as several of those who applied failed the ‘head for heights’ test.