Splatstick (the combination of excessive gore and comedy) really peaked with Peter Jackson’s Braindead in 1992, years before he reached mainstream success with The Lord Of The Rings series. That film (as well as Bad Taste, his first film) integrated violence into traditional horror situations with such reckless abandon that the viewer can’t help but laugh at the madness. Even Jackson described the film as ‘A slapstick comedy with blood and guts instead of custard pies.’ Using WETA Workshop’s (who worked on King Kong and The Lord Of The Rings) expertise, Jonathan King’s Black Sheep is a tribute to Jackson’s
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