Black Sheep (2006)

An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.

Director:

Jonathan King

Writer:

Jonathan King

Stars:

Nathan Meister, Peter Feeney, Tammy Davis

5 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nathan Meister	...	Henry Oldfield
Peter Feeney	...	Angus Oldfield
Danielle Mason	...	Experience
Tammy Davis	...	Tucker
Oliver Driver	...	Grant
Tandi Wright	...	Doctor Rush
Glenis Levestam	...	Mrs. Mac
Nick Blake	...	Taxi Driver
Matthew Chamberlain	...	Oliver Oldfield (as Matt Chamberlain)
Nick Fenton	...	Young Henry
Eli Kent	...	Young Angus
Sam Clarke	...	Young Tucker
Richard Chapman	...	Muldoon
Louis Sutherland	...	Winston
Ian Harcourt	...	Brash

Storyline

Growing up on the family sheep farm was idyllic for smart, sensitive Harry Olfield, except for some knavish mischief from cocky brother Angus, until their dad has a fatal accident. Fifteen years later, Harry has finished sheep-phobia therapy and his ICT schooling and returns. Angus buys him out, all ready to present the genetically engineered Oldfield sheep he bred with a ruthless team. When environmentalist Grant steals a discarded embryo, which has sharp teeth, he gets bitten by it, and thus the first the be infected with predatory hunger and a mechanism that turns any mammal into a werewolf version. Running for the farm men, Grant's mate, student Experience, gets teamed up with Harry and his boorish but gentle pastoral youth friend Tucker. They must survive both the bloodthirsty sheep and their creators, who didn't realize this yet but dispose of an antidote.

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Plot Keywords:

sheep | farm | antidote | genetic engineering | new zealand | 

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Taglines:

Shear terror!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

NZonScreen listing

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2007 (New Zealand)

Also Known As:

Muerte en la granja

Filming Locations:

Wairarapa, New Zealand

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£246,135 (UK) (12 October 2007)

Gross:

£534,415 (UK) (19 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, Daesung Group, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the kitchen scene in which Mrs. Mac is preparing a haggis, she recites the opening lines of "Address to a Haggis" by Robert Burns. Haggis traditionally is made using a sheep's heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.

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Goofs

When they're in the house getting attacked by weresheep-Grant, the digital clock in the background goes from "3:12" to "3:11" in a later scene.

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Quotes

Tucker: What about the sheep?
Angus Oldfield: Fuck the sheep!
Tucker: No time for that bro. Go go go!

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Black Sheep' (2007)

User Reviews

Hilarious!

Oh, come ON people, stop ragging on it so bad! It's a horror comedy about KILLER SHEEP for crying out loud! How high-brow do you expect the humor to be?? How could you even think that it's trying to achieve the level of something like LOTR??! You say that they could substitute any animal in for the sheep & get the same cliché situations, but they didn't use just any animal, they used SHEEP, and there's something really hilarious about a 'menacing' medium shot of a sheep standing in a field looking at the camera. :) I just saw it at a midnight IFF screening & it was fun & cheesy, yet I dunno how campy you could call it, because the special fx were pretty amazing - kudos for weta for the animatronic puppets, morphing sequences & really good gross-out gore. Yes, it made the audience groan at some of the baa-a-a-ad jokes, but most of the time we were all laughing hysterically & clapping & cheering at the sheer ridiculousness of it all! I think the vast majority of the audience left the theatre with smiles on their faces & in a good mood! I highly recommend this film for anyone who wants a good laugh & enjoys sheep jokes. I mean, come on, it's not hard to appreciate the silliness of this. Go out & support this movie! I challenge you to sit through it & not laugh!