Unknown to Henry, Angus is carrying out secret genetic experiments that transform sheep from docile vegetarians into ferocious carnivores whose bite can transform a human into a bloodthirsty half-sheep monstrosity.Ī pair of environmental activists named Grant ( Oliver Driver) and Experience (Danielle Mason) accidentally release a mutant lamb and flee in a panic, but the lamb bites Grant and infects him. Fifteen years later, Henry (Nathan Meister) returns home to sell his share of the family farm to Angus (Peter Feeney). The combined shock of these two incidents leads Henry to develop a crippling phobia of sheep. Mac, the farm's housekeeper, comes to tell the boys that their father has been killed in an accident.

After witnessing his father's pride on Henry's natural ability at farming, Angus plays a cruel prank on him involving the bloody corpse of his pet sheep, just moments before Mrs. It also received a Narcisse Award nomination for Best Feature Film.Ī young Henry Oldfield (Nick Fenton) lives on a sheep farm in New Zealand, with his father and older brother, Angus.

In North America, IFC Films picked up theatrical distribution rights, and Genius Products and The Weinstein Company released on DVD via their Dimension Extreme labelīlack Sheep received positive reviews from critics and grossed $5 million at the box office. In Spain Manga Films released it on August 15, 2007, in a double-session Grindhouse lookalike after Severance. It was theatrically released in New Zealand on 29 March 2007 by the New Zealand Film Commission.

The film premiered at the TIFF on 10 September 2006 as part of their Midnight Madness series. The special effects were done by Weta Workshop. It was produced by Philippa Campbell and stars Nathan Meister, Peter Feeney, Danielle Mason, Tammy Davis, Oliver Driver, Tandi Wright, Glenis Levestam, Nick Blake, Matthew Chamberlain, Nick Fenton, Eli Kent, and Sam Clarke. Black Sheep is a 2006 New Zealand comedy horror film written and directed by Jonathan King.

Bad Sheep by Catana Grant