BlackSheep

Black Sheep (2006)

Animal rights activists, Grant and Experience steal a toxic waste container from a lab on a huge New Zealand farm where they have been doing genetic experiments on the sheep. As they are being chased from the area by employees of the farm they are split up and Grant ends up tripping and breaking open the container releasing a mutant sheep fetus that bites him and then escapes and infects other sheep on the farm, turning them into bloodthirsty killing machines. In the meantime, Henry, the brother of the farm owner Angus, has returned to the family farm at the behest of his therapist to confront his past and sell his half of the farm to his brother. Eventually he meets up with Experience as he is being taken for a drive around the farmland and soon they are fighting for their lives against flocks of mutant killer sheep, giant mutant sheep people (the first of which is Grant) and greedy agricultural scientists led by Angus.

This movie has a great gore factor to it. It's got some of the best practical gore effects you can find and they are even better since the cause of the gore are fluffy white sheep. One of the high points of the movie is a scene where groups of potential investors are massacred by a flock of infected sheep. The bloody mess that results rivals that of any slasher film and is all carried out on a bright sunny day instead of in a dark gloomy basement where you can't get a good look at the splatter. The beautiful setting of the New Zealand countryside is another big bonus for this film and really does help set up a contrast to the darker aspects. The writing is good and this movie is full of great humorous scenes, even if it is always over the top.

This is a great movie to watch if you are in the mood for a gory mess with a light and funny story line. So if you have an exceptionally strong stomach, cook up some haggis and pop in this movie for a fun gore filled evening.

PS. This movie also contains some rather blatant bestiality. I don't think that John would forgive me if I didn't at least mention it.

3 out of 4

Reviewed by Scott Schwarzwalder