
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 bitt... (Full plot summary below)
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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 to 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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| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonTakes a ludicrous concept and plays it as totally straight-up horror, which makes it even funnier than it might have been if it were presented as a joke in the first place. |
| Dread CentralJohnny ButaneA good, midnight movie crowd is best, but something tells me even the most jaded common moviegoer will have something to scream about in Black Sheep. |
| CinematicalKim VoynarBloody good fun. The acting is solid throughout -- everyone seems to be having a great time, and they all seem to realize they're making a campy horror-comedy, not a serious drama, so they just take the premise, roll with it, and have a blast. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's smart; it's silly; it's – kill me now – shear terror. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis impeccably filmed comedy horror film echoes An American Werewolf in London and early Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, but it has its own unique energy, and it's a must-see. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubNever very frightening, but it's clever and fun, with a memorable amount of humor and gore. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasFolks looking to pass 90 minutes with a comic horror movie in the vein of "Tremors" or "Shaun of the Dead" won 't need to feel -- heck, let 's just say it -- sheepish about buying a ticket. |
| Houston ChronicleBruce WestbrookThis lurid lunacy from New Zealand is a horror-humor cross-breed of animal lore and giddy gore. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergPretty impressive work from a first-time filmmaker who aimed for equal portions of broad humor and gore galore -- and nailed both genres right on the mutton. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA raucously hysterical romp by some seriously twisted filmmakers. |