Black Sheep (2006)

"Black Sheep" is one of the most original, comic/horror hybrids I've ever seen. In the same style as the other famous New Zealand horror flick "Dead Alive", "Black Sheep" fully embraces the absurd and doesn't shy away from intense gore or violence. It should be noted that Weta Workshop created all of the special effects for the film, the same company that Peter Jackson uses for films. The characters are likable, the story is kept simple and easy to follow, and hilarious action is non-stop.


Henry lives on a sheep farm in New Zealand. One day his older brother Angus kills Henry's prize sheep and uses it as a prop to scare his little brother. Right after Angus plays his cruel joke, the brothers find out that their father had died in an accident. This leaves Henry traumatized and he leaves the farm. 15 years later Henry returns to the farm to officially sell his half to his brother, but even after all the years, Henry is still terrified of sheep. And during that time, Angus had begun conducting genetic experiments on the farm's sheep. Henry's fear of sheep is justified when the animals become blood thirsty and try to kill him and the others on the farm, including two environmental activists that are trying to find out the farm's secrets. Grant, one of the environmentalists is bit by one of the test subjects and begins to turn into a sheep-man hybrid. The other environmentalist, a girl named Experience, is saved and joins Henry and his farm hand Trucker. Together they try to figure out what is wrong with the sheep while trying to stay alive. Matters are only made worse after Angus is bit and he holds a business presentation where the guests are attacked and "killed" by a huge flock if infected sheep. At the end, it's a showdown between brother versus sheep-monster brother as the fate of the farm hangs in the balance.

Angus and his prize sheep

Experience and Henry surrounded by blood thirsty sheep