Black Sheep

Name: Black Sheep
Brand: Icon Home Entertainment
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

By Jonathan King

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Description

Viewed objectively, sheep arent all that scary. Theyre actually quite cute and fluffy. But Black Sheep achieves the almost impossible by making you believe, at least for 90 minutes, that they could really turn into unstoppable killing machines. When a sheep-phobic ends up back on his familys farm to discuss his fathers estate with his tyrannical brother, a pair of bumbling eco-warriors accidentally unleashes his worst nightmare--a flock of mutated sheep, hungry for human flesh. Pitched perfectly between horror and comedy, Black Sheep fits neatly into the tradition of genre classics like Shaun of the Dead and American Werewolf in London. Its funny without either being cruel or becoming tediously post-modern, scary without being sadistic. New Zealands rolling green hills make a stunning and rather incongruous backdrop for the bloodbath--and the prosthetics and special effects look fantastic, packing a visceral punch that CGI could never hope to match. Director Jonathan King paces the laughs and scares expertly; theres not a minute wasted in Black Sheeps runtime, and not a minute that isnt ridiculously enjoyable. Whod have thought zombie sheep could be so much fun? --Sarah Dobbs

Product details

Languages:: Original: English
Translation missing: en.product.details.running_time:: 87 Translation missing: en.product.details.minutes
Number of Discs:: 1
Aspect Ratios:: 1.78:1
Publisher:: Icon Home Entertainment
Publication Date:: 2008-03-31
Release Date:: 2024-05-21

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