Black Sheep
Directed by Jonathan King
Starring Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney, and more
Release Date: 2007
Unrated

Review written by Joe Dickerson

Okay, let me see, for Black Sheep do we have bumbling heroes...check, mad scientist plots...check, a clichéd liberal hippie chick bent on overthrowing the dreaded sheep farmer...check, the moronic villain destined to get his comeuppance...check, gallons of blood and more latex gore than one can easily shake a stick at...check and double check!! Well, since we effectively have everything, let's sit back and watch this unbelievably entertaining train wreck.

Now, I mean train wreck in the absolute best possible sense of the word, because with taglines like "Get ready for the Violence of the Lambs!" and "Get the flock out of here!" you know this movie has got to be worth watching. And the one thing I can say without a doubt is that Black Sheep delivered in droves.

Set in New Zealand, the veritable land of sheep, the premise of the movie is quite simple. Angus Oldfield has set out to develop the perfect sheep—yes, in this case he is just a bit too friendly with the wooly creatures—and make a fortune in the sheep farming industry around the world. Unfortunately, things go wrong, and a genetically mutated sheep embryo gets loose and infects other sheep with a insatiable hunger for flesh. And the kicker is that the bite of these sheep infects people, causing them to mutate into half-man, half-sheep monsters. Yes...for those keeping score that would be basically a were-sheep.

Black Seep is one of those movies that refuses to take itself too seriously, and with not-so-subtle scenes like the one with the chainsaw, the rather disturbing night of romance with our deranged Angus, and poor Henry, our protagonist and sufferer of a sheep phobia, as he has a run in with a frisky sheep while disguises as a sheep to avoid detection, that deranged humor shines through.

As a note of warning, however, Black Sheep is not only gory in the extreme, but for those with a weak stomach, I would recommend shipping meals for...oh, say a week or so before watching. For those of a stronger constitution, this one is definitely a keeper.