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Zombie sheep of Black Sheep

FilmInfected, still aliveRunsScience gone wrong2000 to 2009

Black Sheep is a New Zealand film in which genetically altered sheep turn bloodthirsty and pass the condition on by biting. The film's page describes them as zombie sheep. The effects were made by Weta Workshop.1

Battle it
First appeared
2006
Released 2006
Source work
Black Sheep (2006)
Jonathan King
Made in
New Zealand
What causes it
Science gone wrong
Genetic engineering experiments turn sheep into carnivores.
How you become one
A bite infects both sheep and people; bitten humans turn into human-sheep hybrids.
How it moves
Runs
The flocks run downhill at their targets.
Weak spots
  • amniotic fluid from a mutant lamb reverses the change
field notes

What the sources say

1

A bitten man's foot turns into a sheep's hoof1

2

Effects by Weta Workshop under Richard Taylor1

3

Partly financed from South Korea, a first for a New Zealand film1

4

Premiered in the Midnight Madness section at Toronto1

5

A sequel was announced in 20241

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
Zombie sheep of Black Sheep about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Black Sheep (2006 New Zealand film) - Wikipedia

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