SPOILERS ALERT!!!

Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

So, last weekend when my Mum and I were in Wigan (primarily to attend the ‘Wigan Comic Con Summer 2026’ on Saturday), we went to see two films at the Omniplex Cinema in Wigan on Sunday. The first was ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’.

I’ve shared my thoughts on Shaun the Sheep in previous reviews. I’ve seen his debut in the ‘Wallace & Gromit’ film ‘A Close Shave’, ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’, ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas’ and ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’.

I can’t say I’m an expert when it comes to sharing my thoughts on Shaun the Sheep, since I don’t review the CBBC TV series regularly. But when it comes to checking out a ‘Shaun the Sheep’ film, whether it’d be short or long, I know that I’m going to have a good time.

‘The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ happens to be the third film in the ‘Shaun the Sheep’ series. It also happens to be a comedy horror film and is generally kid-friendly, especially when seeing Shaun, his sheep friends and their antics when they tackle the titular beast in the film.

In the film, Shaun attempts to save Halloween for the residents of Mossy Bottom farm. However, things take a turn for the worse when the Farmer suddenly goes missing and a mysterious beast starts to roam nearby. Will Shaun and his friends stop this scary beast?

From viewing the film itself at the cinema, it’s quite a traditional monster horror movie film for kids. Personally, I prefer the ‘Wallace & Gromit’ film ‘The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ (which I need to do a review on 😀 ) over ‘The Beast of Mossy Bottom’, but the film is still enjoyable.

It’s amusing when Shaun becomes like the mad scientist wanting to grow big pumpkins in the fields of the Mossy Bottom farm. It does go pear-shaped when his growth potion for the pumpkins ends up on the Farmer’s head and he becomes the titular beast in the film.

Like most of ‘Shaun the Sheep’ in terms of TV series and films, the humans don’t stay much and are reduced to ‘ums’ and ‘aahs’ when interacting with each other whilst the animals, including the sheep, use animal noises like ‘baas’ to communicate with each other.

It echoes that silent movie aspect of these ‘Shaun the Sheep’ films that I’ve grown to appreciate over the years. The song ‘Monster’ performed by the Automatic is played twice in the movie. 🙂 It was very funny to hear the song, having played it many times via YouTube.

As well as Shaun and the Farmer appearing in the film, there’s Timmy the lamb. I’m amazed Timmy hasn’t grown up since the last time we saw him, as he’s still a toddler. Maybe it’s ‘The Simpsons’ or the ‘X-Men’ prequel films’ effect concerning Timmy’s age in the series. 😀

Or it could be ‘Shaun the Sheep’ as a series happens within the same year or something, I’m not sure. 😐 There’s also Bitzer – the Farmer’s loyal dog, Timmy’s Mum, Nuts, Hazel and the Twins. 🙂 Most of these characters have appeared in the ‘Shaun the Sheep’ series.

There are also characters like Shirley, the Influencer, the Pizza Boy, the Shopkeeper and the Captain appearing in this film. There’s also the introduction of the Vet, voiced by Nina Sosanya, who happens to be a love interest for the Farmer, specifically for this third movie.

Nina Sosanya is a name I’ve come across before, as she played Trish Webber in the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘Fear Her’. She’s also been in the Big Finish audio story ‘Aquitaine’, voiced the Duck in ‘The Highway Rat’, and was recently in an episode of ‘Man vs. Baby’.

A shame we didn’t get any dialogue from Nina Sosanya as the Vet, but it was nice to see how her character interacted with the Farmer and that she didn’t judge him when he became the titular Beast in the film. They also get to go out on a date on Halloween night. 🙂

Overall, ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ has been a very enjoyable children’s film to check out. It’s a good film to show at Halloween time, especially when it’s not too horrific nor violent. 🙂 It’s a pleasant film to sit through and quite easy to get a smile out of.

Incidentally, whilst it’s been nice to see ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ at the cinema lately, it’s a shame that ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ – another Aardman Animations film – didn’t get released at the cinemas back in December 2024. 😦

Stay tuned for my review on the second film I saw at the Omniplex Cinema in Wigan coming soon to my blog! 🙂

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

Tim 🙂