Freaky Farmers and Sick Flocks: 'The Locals' and 'Black Sheep'

Turning the contemporaneous depiction of New Zealand as a land of awe-inspiring natural beauty on its head, 2000s films The Locals and Black Sheep capitalise on the familiarity and ostensible tranquillity of the countryside to relay stories of the horrors lurking within, writes Louise Lavery.

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black comedy, dark humour, Greg Page, Jonathan King, schlock.