子供時代を実家の牧場で過ごしていたヘンリーだったが、とある事件や親の死が重なり羊恐怖症に陥ってしまい実家の牧場を離れていた。それから15年後、兄のアンガスから農場を売るため、呼び出され、里帰りをする。しかし、牧場ではなにやら羊を使って秘密の遺伝子研究がされていた。その秘密を暴こうと、環境活動家グラントは1頭の狂暴化した子羊を盗み出すのだが、子羊に噛まれたグラントもまた狂暴化してしまい…。
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監督: Jonathan King
脚本: Jonathan King
音楽: Victoria Kelly
撮影監督: Richard Bluck
制作会社: New Zealand Film Commission / Live Stock Films / Escapade Pictures / Singlet Films / The Daesung Group / Wētā Workshop / Wētā FX
Ovinaphobia in Wairarapa! Black Sheep, written and directed by Jonathan King is a wonderfully kooky horror comedy filmed out of New Zealand. Premise is simple, genetic tampering by unstable farmer man-child type has produced psychotic zombie sheep who like to chow down on human flesh. If you are "lucky" to still be alive after being bitten, you turn into a human/sheep hybrid - who likes to chow down on human flesh! All inhabitants of this island are doomed unless three spunky young heroes in waiting can overcome monumental odds and save the day! With effects done by Weta being no bad thing, Black Sheep is a whole bunch of popcorn munching fun. Many of the jokes aren't really surprising but they hit the mark because the comedy is drawn nice and broad. It helps as well that much of it carries a sense of mischievous depravity about it, while the snarky asides to scientists and tree hugging environmentalists shows King to have a semblance of world awareness about him. The cinematography (Richard Bluck) is gorgeous, capturing the magnificent landscapes as a backdrop to the ovine carnage, and Victoria Kelly's musical score is jovial supreme. Nothing earth shattering here, so those horror/comedy fans who venture in for the first time expecting otherwise will be disappointed. However, at under 90 minutes in length King's movie never once sags in pace or gasp for new comedic air. It's a short sharp shocker of a rib tickler and well worthy of a look if in the requisite mood. 7/10
