Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

"What's that coming over the hill?"

2026 1h 21m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 16

AnimationComedyFamilyAdventureHorror

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On Halloween Eve at Mossy Bottom Farm, excitement turns to dismay when the clumsy Farmer ruins the pumpkin patch. Shaun tries fixing it with science experiments, but things go wrong when a wild beast appears in the woods.

“What's that coming over the hill?”

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Cast

Justin Fletcher
Shaun / Timmy (voice)
John Sparkes
The Farmer / Bitzer (voice)
Nina Sosanya
The Vet (voice)
Kate Harbour
Timmy's Mum (voice)
Andy Nyman
Nuts (voice)
Simon Greenall
The Twins (voice)
Emma Tate
Hazel (voice)
Rich Webber
Shirley (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Cox
Writers: Mark Burton, Giles Pilbrow
Languages: No Language
Countries: United Kingdom, France

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 6% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shaun the Sheep Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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AWARDS

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steve Cox, shot by Charles Copping. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Natalie Holt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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The take

Steve Cox directs. Charles Copping behind the camera. Natalie Holt scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, France. Dialogue in No Language.

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 6% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.
5Part of the "Shaun the Sheep Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
7Directed by Steve Cox, shot by Charles Copping. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Natalie Holt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Justin Fletcher and John Sparkes and Nina Sosanya carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "What's that coming over the hill?".
11IMDB entry: tt36841161 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
13Classified under 10 themes, including "farm", "sheep", "halloween", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Copping
Original score: Natalie Holt
Runtime: 81 min · 1h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $1,904,000
Return: 6% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026)

Part of

Shaun the Sheep Collection

The Shaun the Sheep Collection is a charming compilation revolving around the clever, mischievous, and endearing sheep, Shaun. Born from the world of Wallace and Gromit in "A Close Shave", Shaun became the star of his own popular TV series and has since expanded into feature films with "Shaun the Sheep Movie" (2015) and its sequel, "Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie" (2019). This collection encapsulates a world filled with slapstick humor, memorable characters, and delightful escapades, all set in a rustic countryside.

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CinemaSerf2026-09-14
★ 6/10
When the sozzled farmer turns the pumpkin patch into something resembling the Somme, and with Halloween barely days away, "Shaun" comes up with a cunning wheeze. Using his recently discovered science book, he is going to make a formula that will restore them to their bright orange rotundity. Snag? Well he shoves his magical serum into a hair-growing tube and the blind farmer tries it in the hope that it will restore his locks and thereby improve his luck with the local vet. Off course, he goes a little overboard with the rubbing and next thing he has become something akin to a yeti. With the neighbourhood now terrified by this marauding hairy beastie it falls to "Shaun" and his sheepish pals to try to reverse this procedure before the poor old farmer goes the way of the monster from "Frankenstein" - complete with pitchforks and a windmill! I do struggle a little with the full-length Aardman features and this one really misses the human touch - there's a "Gromit" but no complementing "Wallace" type of thing with some daft or panicky dialogue. I also didn't feel there was as much in the detail with this as with others. There's much less for us to appreciate from the backgrounds; no dubious entendre in the signage or silly shop names. This is much more of a straightforward light-hearted adventure that is still a magnificent piece of artistic craftsmanship, but that just lacks something of the charm that we have seen before. Perhaps it's just because I'm done with sheep and it's ovine comedy antics and although there are moments here that did raise a smile, there weren't enough of them to sustain eighty minutes of storytelling and I left wondering if perhaps these folks need to start from scratch and create something that can seize our attention again. The sheep has been sheared, now it's time for someone new?

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