Nathan Meister

Peter Feeney

Danielle Mason

Tandi Wright

Min Windle

Tammy Davis

Glenis Levestam

Oliver Driver

James Ashcroft

Ian Harcourt

Richard Chapman

Nick Blake

Mick Rose

Matthew Chamberlain

Nick Fenton

Louis Sutherland

Kevin McTurk

Justin B. Carter

Jono Manks

Luke Hawker

Matthew J. Saville

Richard Whiteside

Tim Wong

Deana Elvins

Lewis Rowe

Peter Rutherford

Jonathan King

Lucy Briant

Victoria Kelly

Richard Bluck

Chris Plummer

Kim Sinclair

Simon Bright

Philippa Campbell

Pauline Bowkett

Sam Spicer

Dion Hartley

David Brown

Joe Nolan

Veronique Lawrence

Tanea Chapman

Paul Tobin

Steven Boyle

Horror

Comedy

Black Sheep

New Zealand Film Commission

Live Stock Films

Escapade Pictures

Singlet Films

The Daesung Group

Weta Workshop

Weta Digital

Icon Productions

Icon Entertainment International

New Zealand

South Korea

Ovinaphobia in Wairarapa!

Black Sheep, written and directed by Jonathan King is a wonderfully kooky horror comedy filmed out of New Zealand. Premise is simple, genetic tampering by unstable farmer man-child type has produced psychotic zombie sheep who like to chow down on human flesh. If you are "lucky" to still be alive after being bitten, you turn into a human/sheep hybrid - who likes to chow down on human flesh! All inhabitants of this island are doomed unless three spunky young heroes in waiting can overcome monumental odds and save the day!

With effects done by Weta being no bad thing, Black Sheep is a whole bunch of popcorn munching fun. Many of the jokes aren't really surprising but they hit the mark because the comedy is drawn nice and broad. It helps as well that much of it carries a sense of mischievous depravity about it, while the snarky asides to scientists and tree hugging environmentalists shows King to have a semblance of world awareness about him. The cinematography (Richard Bluck) is gorgeous, capturing the magnificent landscapes as a backdrop to the ovine carnage, and Victoria Kelly's musical score is jovial supreme.

Nothing earth shattering here, so those horror/comedy fans who venture in for the first time expecting otherwise will be disappointed. However, at under 90 minutes in length King's movie never once sags in pace or gasp for new comedic air. It's a short sharp shocker of a rib tickler and well worthy of a look if in the requisite mood. 7/10

English

Black Sheep (2006) - Trailer HD 1080p