SPOILER ALERT!!! Before we get any further. For LAMB. Although if you’ve read this far, even, I guess the monster’s out of the bag. Yes, a monster shows up at the end of LAMB. This is probably more likely to make you want to watch the movie than skip it, but I must offer the obligatory apology anyway, in case you’d rather not have known about it.
Now, then. Concerning the Ram-Man. This is *not* the character from the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE cartoons and toy line. This is the first cousin of the Sheepsquatch, the second or third cousin of the Wampa from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Possibly an acquaintance of one Dr. Moreau. But what does the Ram-Man *represent*? In a movie like this, you know he represents something. First appearing in a nightmare director Vladimar Jóhannsson (third cousin to Scarlett, I believe) had, the Ram-Man “can stand for nature,” according to Johannsson, “[or] it can stand for so many things. I feel everybody has to take their own understanding of it.”
I admit I wasn’t expecting a monster to show up in this film. Maybe I should have, given that the title character herself is viewed by some as a monster and the narrative certainly suggests that something monstrous—that is to say, portentous and terrible—is happening. But then a Sheepsquatch shows up. What a delightful surprise!
