Black Sheep (2006)

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Movie
German title Black Sheep
Original title Black Sheep
Country of production New Zealand
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK not approved for young people, abridged version: FSK 16
Rod
Director Jonathan King
script Jonathan King
production Phillipa Campbell
music Victoria Kelly
camera Richard Bluck
cut Chris Plummer
occupation

Black Sheep is a New Zealand horror comedy directed by Jonathan King . The style is based on Peter Jackson's early productions such as Bad Taste or Braindead .

The film was first presented to an audience on September 10, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada . The cinema premiere took place on March 29, 2007 in New Zealand and on August 10 in Europe. The film had its German premiere as part of the Fantasy Filmfest , where it was shown as the opening film in 2007. It premiered in the US on June 22nd and was released on DVD on October 9th .

action

Despite his morbid fear of sheep, the traumatized Henry Oldfield, after 15 years of absence, goes to his family's estate in the New Zealand hinterland to sell his share of the inheritance to his older brother Angus. He plans to develop the “sheep of the future” there with the help of genetic engineering experiments. With the help of the controversial genetic researcher Dr. Rush and her team finally succeed in breeding a new breed of sheep that Angus wants to demonstrate at an investor meeting. Grant and Experience, two eco-activists who want to uncover the machinations, steal a glass sample container in which a mutated lamb from the test series is. On the run, however, Grant falls and the vessel breaks, allowing a bloodthirsty creature to escape, biting him and turning him into a sheep-like monster within a short time. From then on, like the mutated research sheep, it falls on people and animals in a blood frenzy, which in turn transform into bloodthirsty beings.

Henry, Tucker (the farm manager) and the environmental activist Experience are soon attacked by these "zombie-infected" sheep. But the cold-blooded Angus, who is also a bite victim, initially refuses to believe in the existence of the killer sheep and sees his profitable business with potential investors at risk. However, his plan fails miserably when his gathering is attacked by a wild horde of sheep who brutally slaughter the participants. Only now does Angus realize that his body is changing, but meanwhile it is too late and he is mutating into a being half human, half sheep; soon afterwards he becomes romantically involved with a particularly white sheep.

Meanwhile the farm is besieged by an epidemic of biting sheep; Henry is also injured, his transformation is imminent, when Tucker suddenly shows up with an antidote and gives him it. At the end of the film, Angus is eaten by some of the sheep who are then burned by Henry, Tucker, and Experience. The remaining mutated people (including Grant) are injected with the antidote and saved. While the great misfortune seems to have been averted, the family dog ​​bleats at the end of the film.

Reviews

“As befits a horror comedy of this type, the film is becoming increasingly absurd and at the same time more brutal; Above all, Henry and Experience run frantically from one hiding place to the next, while blood and intestines spurt around them as high and far as they can. [...] King also plays with the clichés of the subgenre: Of course Henry has a panic phobia of sheep, of course his fear is confirmed, and of course he will have to overcome it. Since you know that from the start, the fun can start, and you also have eyes for the fact that the film contains a fine commentary on the image of New Zealand in mainstream cinema, as it has been cultivated since Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. "

- critic.de - the film site

The lexicon of international films described the film as a "[g] ut moody horror comedy" that feeds on "successful gags and committed actors".

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Black Sheep . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 390 DVD).
  2. ^ Certificate of Release for Black Sheep . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, October 2007 (PDF; abridged version).
  3. ↑ Catalog entry on the Fantasy Filmfest website, accessed on September 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ Wolff: Black Sheep. critic.de - the film page, December 7, 2007, accessed on August 25, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Black Sheep. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 24, 2015 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used