10 Horror Movie Monsters Who Make You EAT Your Words
6. The Sheep -- Black Sheep (2006)
If, when you hear “Black Sheep” you think of Chris Farley’s nineties comedy, boy do we have something for you. Made on a shoestring budget by Jonathan King, 2006’s Black Sheep takes us to rural New Zealand, where the idealised, bucolic farm life turns bad when the, uhh, sheep go rogue…
Henry Oldfield (Nathan Meister) returns to the farm where his father died fifteen years earlier in order to sell his stake to his brother Angus (Peter Feeney) and move on. But his whistle-stop visit goes on longer than expected when he discovers Angus has been conducting genetic experiments on the livestock, and has inadvertently created nigh-unstoppable mutant sheep.
Sure, sheep going postal doesn’t sound like much of a threat, but these aren’t your average woolly pals – once they get a taste of blood, they are relentless, and one bite can turn other sheep into killers, and people into sheep. King blends effects and real sheep seamlessly into something that looks far better than its limited budget would suggest, paired with just enough slapstick comedy and absurdist humour to keep the whole crazy thing on the rails.
This outing manages to combine the lore and vibe of all the classics monsters – werewolf, vampire and zombie – into one unassuming package. Kind of like Evil Dead meets Dog Soldiers meets All Creatures Great and Small. What’s not to love?