The wild New Zealand theme continues, only this time, the food strikes back. One of the most common truisms about NZ is that there are more sheep than people: around 40 million woolly residents, and 4 million humans. After being outnumbered for so many years, it looks like the kiwis have finally cracked. Black Sheep, a new local B-movie, features rampaging herds of mutant sheep attacking their keepers and taking over the country that’s rightfully theirs. You can see the trailer here, and never fear, it’s light on gore and heavy on slapstick. The effects for the movie were designed by local hero Peter Jackson’s WETA workshop; before he was legitimized by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson directed some pretty schlocky horror-comedy flicks of his own. Somehow I don’t think flesh-eating sheep are going to do as much for regional tourism as those adorable hobbits did. (via Transbuddha)
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Posted on Mar 08, 2007 04:20 PM by kristin
