Terror has a new face. And that face is attached to the three-foot tall, wooly frame of an animal known quite simply as the sheep.

New Zealand has 45 million of these animals. In fact sheep outnumber people 11-to-one in that country. No problem, right? Wrong, because New Zealand is just a few unscrupulous scientists short of total disaster, as is shown in this week's film, Black Sheep.

Black Sheep is a 2007 film that was first released in New Zealand, and just recently found it's way to DVD in North America. It is not to be confused with a 1996 comedy by the same name. While that film featured the zany antics of Chris Farley and David Spade, this newer film features a sheep biting off a man's penis. Why would the sheep do this? I'll explain, but first a little back-story.

Black Sheep focuses on two brothers who grew up on a sheep farm in New Zealand. One of these brothers (Henry) develops a phobia of sheep after his older brother (Angus) played a prank on him involving a bloody sheepskin.

Years after this incident, Henry returns home to sell his share of the family farm to Angus. Henry is still afraid of sheep, but the creatures are quite harmless. That is until his brother Angus does something to change that.

Angus is secretly running genetic experiments that result in the formerly docile sheep population becoming quite aggressive. As in biting arms off of people kind of aggressive. You haven't lived until you've seen a sheep being fought off by a driver, who then rams the sheep's head into a steering wheel in self-defense.

Henry and a female environmental activist by the name of Experience are in for the fight, and fright of their lives as they try to survive constant sheep attacks. It gets even worse for them when people start turning into sheep, but then it usually gets worse when that happens.

I cannot recommend this film enough. It works so well on a comedic level, and also provides many terrifying moments. If you have ever been scared by the antics of Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, Leatherface or Michael Myers, then you'll be soiling yourself at the site of a flock of hundreds of bloodthirsty sheep running towards their next victim.

I would say that this film is not baaaaaaaa-d, but I could never undersell the film that much, even if it meant that I got to utilize a fine sheep pun. Instead I will say that Black Sheep is a wild and wooly movie that is a guaranteed good time. I'm going to go out on a lamb limb and say that you will find this to be one of the most entertaining films of the past decade. I suggest that you all flock to your local video retailer today, and grab your own copy.