What we have here is a great comedy/horror made in New Zealand about a genetic experiment on sheep gone bad. In New Zealand there are 40 million sheep and only 4 million people so the idea of killer sheep is at the same time hilarious and frightening, especially to Kiwis. The owner of a large farm decides to invest in making the "uber sheep" but instead creates a sheep that has a thirst for human blood! If the sheep bites you then you become a were-sheep. Awesome.
The film emphasizes more of the comedy rather then the horror much like Kiwi made Dead Alive. Interestingly the same FX company, Weta Workshop, did the gore for Dead Alive, as well as Black Sheep, not to mention King Kong and LOTR. You get the same silly but compelling and fun storytelling as seen in Dead alive as well. Much like dead alive the film is presented in a traditional Kiwi storytelling approach. The film benefits from this in spades.
The film is also very very gory. They certainly don't pull any punches here. Sheep devouring humans, humans killing sheep. Its all done in good fun though. There are great creature effects and human transformations as well. There's even a were-sheep transformation scene that pays homage to An American Werewolf in London. There is very little CGI, the film uses practical effects instead and is the better for it. To be honest the "puppet" sheep look just as convincing as the real thing. The FX team really outdid themselves on this one.
I can't speak highly enough about this film. It's perfect if you're looking for something very gory and very fun.
I would also recommend a film that came out earlier this year, Isolation, if you're looking for a serious film about farm animal genetic mutations.
Gore - Medium to High
Nudity - none
Overall - 8/10
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