DEATHGASM (review)

Review by Joshua Gravel

When Brodie is sent to suburban New Zealand to live with his overly religious Aunt and Uncle he has a hard time fitting in. But once he develops a crush on his cousin’s girlfriend, Medina. and starts a band with fellow metal head Zakk and Dungeon’s and Dragons enthusiasts Dion and Giles he thinks things are looking up.

That is until the band, Deathgasm, start to experiment with sheet music they found in an old book stolen from one of their local metal heroes.

Suddenly their quiet suburb is under siege from the demonically possessed undead, and if that weren’t bad enough there are a group of occultists who do not want this onslaught stopped.

The best way to describe Deathgasm is to recall that time in the late eighties when Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi had a physical altercation in a practical effects studio while nothing but great metal played in the background.

What do you mean that didn’t happen?…

Well, it happened in my mind and I bet it happened in Jason Lei Howden’s mind as well since that is the easiest explanation as to his influences in writing and directing Deathgasm.

So let’s just get this all out of the way now, Deathgasm is fucking amazing, fun, shocking, and hilarious.

The characters are all well written and believable even in ridiculous situations while the actors all bring something extra to their roles. But the real extra special notice has to go to everyone who worked on Deathgasm’s special effects set pieces because with the rare exception of some slightly off looking CGI this film had tons of impressive practical effects.

Deathgasm will be just what every gorehound is looking for this Halloween season while it also offers plenty of references and in-jokes for fans of metal along the way as if we were given a hardcore metal and horror fan version of Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil.

If you like your horror a little goofy, splattered in gore, and having some heart to the story then make sure to check out Deathgasm immediately.