Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- grotesque
- campy
- irreverent
- horror movie night
- dark comedy night
What sets it apart
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The pathogen and genetic experiments produce dangerous sheep at the center of the rural threat.
The premise places macabre sheep attacks and biological horror within an explicitly darkly comic register.
The investigation traces the pathogen to a remote sheep station in the shadow of the original outbreak.
The young scientist tracks a dangerous new pathogen back to its source in her hometown.
Films like Black Sheeps, and why
Black Sheep
Shares irreverent animal horror, rural isolation, grotesque practical creature effects, and comic splatter.
Slither
Combines rural horror, mutated animals, dark comedy, and escalating creature-feature chaos.
Bad Taste
Shares comedic body horror, genetic mutation, practical effects, and an offbeat tone.
Eight Legged Freaks
Offers campy animal-centered horror with dark humor and survivalist tension.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jonathan King
- Release Date
- 2026-11-12
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 0.0 / 10
Cast
- Nathan Meister
- Joe Witkowski
- Tabatha Killick
- Ben Fransham
- Allan Henry
- Oliver Driver
- Ian Harcourt
Common questions
- What is Black Sheeps about?
- A young scientist investigates a deadly pathogen in rural New Zealand, uncovering a new outbreak of genetically altered sheep and grotesque comic horror.
- What is Black Sheeps like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Black Sheeps as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Black Sheeps violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Black Sheeps as graphic.
- Which films are like Black Sheeps?
- Films with a similar feel include Black Sheep, Slither, Bad Taste, and Eight Legged Freaks.
- How long is Black Sheeps?
- Black Sheeps runs 97 minutes.
