# Break Out the Mint Sauce! Black Sheep Released in USA! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447 "2007-06-26T07:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/1 "2007-06-26T07:41:50Z")
[The Kiwi film about killer sheep finally comes to America!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0779982/) So far, it’s only in limited release, but hopefully it’ll go into wider release soon. [Check out the trailer if ewe dare!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0779982/trailers-screenplay-E32150-10-2) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/2 "2007-06-26T08:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [The Kiwi film about killer sheep finally comes to America!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0779982/) So far, it’s only in limited release, but hopefully it’ll go into wider release soon. [Check out the trailer if ewe dare!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0779982/trailers-screenplay-E32150-10-2) [/QUOTE] Looks like a baaad-ass film! “Save us from the Wrath of the Lamb!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/3 "2007-06-26T12:07:49Z")
I saw a clip of this on TV. Good. It’s about time we had another film in which killer sheep threaten everyone. The first killer sheep movie I know of is **Godmonster of Indian Flats** : > **[Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) ⭐ 3.6 | Drama, Horror, Western](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070119/)** > > 1h 29m | Not Rated ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/4 "2007-06-26T12:36:43Z")
Ten posts. That’s what I predict. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/5 "2007-06-26T12:46:46Z")
Does \*\*Hal \*\*know? Should someone tell him? Nah, he’ll probably find it on his own. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/6 "2007-06-26T12:49:11Z")
I saw the trailer for this a couple weeks ago, and thought, “Kiwis are. . . _different_ from other people.” (Actually, I have a young lady from New Zealand to thank for teaching me what “snogging” means.) ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/7 "2007-06-26T12:52:41Z")
I read about this a while back in _Fangoria_ and I’m psyched. I also think it’s going to be showing at the theater across the street from my apartment, so I’m totally there. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/8 "2007-06-26T13:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Ten posts. That’s what I predict. [/QUOTE] You were too generous. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/9 "2007-06-26T13:06:11Z")
I hope the exposition includes how sheep (who have no upper teeth in the front of their mouths) become flesh rippers or it won’t be possible to suspend disbelief throughout the film. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/10 "2007-06-26T13:33:55Z")
I’ll probably go see it this week. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/11 "2007-06-26T14:38:51Z")
[Paging Tom Smith!](http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/fenton.htm) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/12 "2007-06-26T14:48:27Z")
My God. I’ve never seen anything so sublime before. Watching that trailer was like having a religious experience. I don’t know when I’ll get the chance to see it, since I live out in the boonies, but I’ll surely be making an effort. ETA: And on second viewing I just caught the bit with the guy coming upon the man in the room, smoking a cigarette with the sheep. “You wouldn’t understand.” It’s even better than I thought. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/13 "2007-06-26T15:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] You were too generous. [/QUOTE] Apparently so. The words “Spoke too soon” were never more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/14 "2007-06-26T15:33:18Z")
Yay, I get to be the first to provide an actual report of the movie. (I saw it a few weeks ago at the Seattle film fest.) Verdict: It’s a blast. It’s exactly what you hope it is from the preview: silly, gory, funny, clever, and just a _leetle tiny bit_ scary. The characters are great. The storyline is hardly original but it gets the job done and offers a handful of variations on the standard model. The sheep effects are fantastic. The movie is very much in the tradition of Peter Jackson’s early splatter-farce work, and I mean that as a compliment. Me says check it out. (If you’re into this genre, the currently circulating _Severance_ is also very good.) ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/15 "2007-06-26T16:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] (If you’re into this genre, the currently circulating _Severance_ is also very good.) [/QUOTE] I saw the trailer for _Severance_ before I can’t remember what, and it looked like a good time; nice to hear it’s worth a viewing. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/16 "2007-06-26T18:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Apparently so. The words “Spoke too soon” were never more appropriate. [/QUOTE] You probably meant 10 minutes and just mis-typed. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/17 "2007-06-26T18:48:07Z")
I haven’t seen the trailer, but I wanted to add that Richard Roeper and his guest co-host from the _Tribune_ both gave it thumbs down. They didn’t find it funny OR scary. But I’ll probably rent it when it comes out anyway. On a positive note, they liked it a hell of a lot more than _Evan Almighty_. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/18 "2007-07-01T23:50:44Z")
A friend of mine was talking with a female coworker from Ireland and she was showing him all these photos she’d taken of sheep in Ireland, saying that she just loved them. Naturally, he showed her the trailer for this. She was completely mortified! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/19 "2007-07-02T04:20:51Z")
I shall pray to various and sundry deities that this will be coming soon to a theater near me. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447/20 "2007-07-02T13:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] You probably meant 10 minutes and just mis-typed. [/QUOTE] Hee! That’s why I responded. I \*had \*to, since \*\*JT \*\*threw down the gauntlet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-out-the-mint-sauce-black-sheep-released-in-usa/409447.md?page=2)