2006 Black Sheep

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Posted By: Brian Schell July 16, 2025

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

The poster makes it seem funnier than it is, but there are some chuckles to be had. Mostly it’s a killer animal movie with a familiar formula, but they cranked the absurdity up to eleven. The effects are quite good, all practical with no CGI, and there is plenty of gore horror. We liked it alright, but it’s not a classic.

Spoilery Synopsis

As credits roll, we get sweeping panoramas of New Zealand, along with large herds of sheep. Young Henry is with the people herding the sheep, and he goes after a lone straggler. His father praises his good job. Credits roll. 

We cut to Angus who kills Henry’s pet sheep with an axe. He then puts it’s head over his own and terrorizes the younger child. Almost immediately after, Henry’s father dies in an accident. Henry develops a sheep-phobia after all this. 

Fifteen years later, Henry is still terrified of sheep. He’s returned to sheep country from the city, and he’s not thrilled. On the road, he passes a couple of Vegan eco-terrorists sneaking around in the field. They watch Angus fly over in his biplane and curse at him. 

Henry arrives at the family home, adorned with sheep heads all over the walls. Mrs. Mac, the old housekeeper, is there, and she’s happy to see him. Angus, on the other hand, isn’t so thrilled; he’s about to sell off the family land. Mrs. Mac gives Henry his father’s sheep-shearing trophy, and it looks really sharp. Like something that will come in useful later.

The two eco-terrorists, Grant and Experience, watch the lab as the scientists load test animals on the back of a truck. Grant steals one of the containers of genetic material. In the chase through the woods, the sample container breaks open and releases a tiny baby sheep with a really bad attitude that bites Grant. The little mutant sheep soon finds its way to the main herd. It bites one of the sheep. Soon after, Grant eats a rabbit– live. 

Henry and Tucker are out checking out the farm and they run into Experience. They see smoke coming from Mike’s place and rush over there. They’re chased into a room by an angry sheep, and Henry overreacts. Experience says that Angus has been breeding mutant sheep to increase profits. They find Mike’s body and know the sheep means business. 

On the way out, they find that the house is surrounded by normal-looking sheep. As they drive away, Tucker is attacked by another sheep. Soon, the sheep is the only one driving– over a cliff. 

Back at the lab, one of the scientists is the victim of a sheep-gang up. Also, Grant is turning into some kind of were-sheep. He runs into Angus on the road and bites him on the hand. Tucker takes off his boot where the sheep bit him, and his foot is now a hoof. 

Henry, Tucker, and Experience are chased by sheep and win up at the lab to hide. They see that these sheep are really hard to kill– there’s one there skinned and cut open, and it still snaps at them. Angus and the scientists come in and everyone argues. Henry and Experience wind up falling into an offal pit. They spend a lot of time trying to get out and crawling through tunnels. 

Henry and Experience get out of the tunnel and encounter Grant, who’s gone full were-sheep now. He roars and attacks Henry, who runs away with Grant’s former girlfriend. 

At the lab, the scientists hide Tucker’s foot from Angus, who shows them the bite on his hand. Tucker continues to mutate back and forth between sheep and human, and Dr. Rush enjoys watching the progress. She goes outside for a break and gets chased by evil mutant sheep, who soon eat her. 

Outside, Angus welcomes his many high-paying investors to a meeting. He starts giving his speech, but he’s obviously starting to change. He’s got a sheep in a box next to him, and it’s getting angry in there. It bleats repeatedly, and soon, the attendees see a huge stampede of sheep coming up onto the assembled crowd like all-you-can-eat for sheep. There is much carnage. 

Mrs. Mac drives up and gives Henry and Experience a drive back to the house, where Angus has gone with his favorite sheep– there’s a budding romance in the works. Grant is there as well; Experience uses her acupuncture skills to paralyze him. Henry and Angus confront each other about who’s worse at farming. The sheep outside are slowly breaking in, so Henry, Experience, and Mrs. Mac go upstairs to hide. They notice that Henry has been bitten. 

Angus makes it to his airplane,  planning to evacuate somewhere safe. As he loads on his sheep-girlfriend, he starts to further change. He’s more sheep than man by the time Henry finds him. They fight in the barn, then out in the field, at least until Angus and the propeller blade meet. He gets sheared. Tucker shows up to save the day. 

In the morning, the group decides to switch to organic farming. Grant is mostly back to normal as is Tucker. As we zoom out, the sheepdog lets out a “Baaaah!”

Brian’s Commentary

It’s not as  funny as I’d hoped. Other than the fact the sheep are involved, it’s just another “Killer ____” movie. The were-sheep transformation effects are really well done. It was pretty good, but it hasn’t held up terribly well. 

Kevin’s Commentary

I wasn’t expecting the were-sheep transformations until I saw the trailer just before viewing. I kind of wish they hadn’t given that away ahead of time. It’s just silly enough to have the comedy elements with plenty of seriousness to balance it. I’m going to resell the used DVD copy that we watched it from. I was entertained, but it’s not worthy of entry into the physical media library.