Dave White
Black Sheep Review

Dave's Rating:

1.5

Good Will Hunting with zombie lambs.

Who's in It: Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney, Tammy Davis

The Basics: A terrified sheep-o-phobe returns to his New Zealand family farm to sell his half of the land to his corporate jerk brother. But what he finds are genetically engineered sheep turned mutant monsters bent on eating anyone who steps up to take their wool for sweaters.

What's the Deal? I've never written a screenplay, but I know one thing that's pretty much gospel: If you're writing a comedy, you need more than one joke. And this movie's joke is sheep, sheep and more sheep. It's like if the humor in Jaws had been all shark gags, one after the other.

Another Reason It's Lame: It becomes all about the phobic guy's inner journey to fearlessness. At times, you'd think it was Good Will Hunting with zombie lambs.

What's Good About It: The sheep effects are nice. And see? I just wrote the word nice. Horror-movie effects should never bring the word nice to anyone's mind. Serviceably gross at times but never really busting it out is no way to make your name in the crowded horror genre.

What to See Instead: The Birds, Frogs, Night of the Lepus, Grizzly, Meet the Feebles.

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