The first time I saw there was a horror film about killer sheep, I was expecting it to be "baaaad," if you can pardon the pun. But this movie is "shear" entertainment. Black Sheep is a 2006 horror-comedy film from New Zealand. It features beautiful scenery of rolling grassy mountains, as many of you will recognise from Lord of the Rings. While this movie has been compared to Shaun of the Dead, I have yet to see a better horror-comedy film than Shaun. Just think of Shaun of the Dead in a rural setting with zombie sheep instead and you have Black Sheep!Black Sheep is about the genetic engineering experiments gone-wrong on the protagonist's sheep farm in rural New Zealand. While there is little intimidating about sheep, this movie will make you think twice the next time you wear a wool coat. There is a fair amount of bestiality-related and other raunchy jokes in the movie, but you could expect no less from a film about killer sheep.
The filmography and directing is top-notch. The acting is also commendable. The main characters are lovable and fun, which makes this type of movie even more entertaining to watch. Instead of a bunch of semi-nude teenagers running around idiotically, the main protagonists include a timid guy with a not-so irrational fear of sheep and a feng shui obsessed environmentalist who mistakeningly helped cause the whole mess in the first place.
There are limbs flying, entrails yanked, and a pit of bloody viscera so it is "sheepish" to say that this film is lacking in the horror department. The opening scene of the film will be shocking to any animal lover. The animatronics in the film are deliciously bad. The special effects in this movie is from a company called Weta, which is behind the effects in the Lord of The Rings trilogy. This movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, so the effects are apt for such horror comedy.
All in all, this is a great monster movie, exactly what you would expect from a movie about killer sheep. This movie is as ridiculous as it sounds, but it is a guilty pleasure. 3.5 out of 5.
I'm writing a blog entry and cast about for other commentary and came across yours. Nice series you have going here. I was pleasantly surprised to see this one covered! I agree - completely surprising and entertaining.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work - this hasn't been updated in awhile, hope you're just percolating.